FOR the second time in two weeks, another round of total darkness has hit the South East following the collapse of operations of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC. Head of Corporate Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh in a press statement titled ‘Notice Of Total System Collapse’ said the incidentContinue Reading
Port Harcourt—Gift David Okpara, popularly known as 2baba, has been declared wanted by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, as a prime suspect in the killing of the late Divisional Police Officer in Rivers State, SP Bako Angbashim. It will be recalled that Angbashim, who was the DPO ofContinue Reading
Nigeria’s power supply dropped by 93.5 per cent to 273 megawatts, MW in the early hours of today, from 4,182MW recorded on Monday, this week, following a complete system collapse, due to equipment failure or grid disturbance in the sector Data obtained from Nigeria Electricity System Operator, the semi-autonomous armContinue Reading
THE management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ile in Osun State and the Students’ Union Government, SUG, are on logger heads following the school’s decision to introduce a new school fee regime. The institution increased school fees payable by both freshers and returning students from N20,100 and N28,100 for returning studentsContinue Reading
The Nigeria Labour Congress has insisted that the so-called palliatives provided by the President Bola Tinubu-led government are an insult to Nigerians, as each legislator went home with N100million while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians in each local government grapple with few bags of rice. The organised labour onContinue Reading
As celebrities and music fans continue to mourn the death of late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, his wife, Omowunmi, said the late singer lived with fears in a cryptic post on Instagram. Omowuni, in a series of posts on her Instagram story, lamented that Mohbad struggledContinue Reading
THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, issued a 24 hour ultimatum to truck drivers along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, to vacate the road or face the consequences. The state government also vowed to impound vehicles and prosecute any violator caught in the act after the expiration of the ultimatum. The Head ofContinue Reading
The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has confirmed the clearance of about 60,000 passport backlog in four days out of over 200,000 pending passport applications. This is consequent upon the directives given to the immigration service by the minister to ensure clearance of all pending passport applications within twoContinue Reading
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, of Ondo state, has sacked the media aides attached to his deputy, Hon Lucky Ayedatiwa. This is coming as Vanguard gathered that the fear of possible dissolution of the State Executive Council has gripped the commissioners and other members of the council. Recall that while theContinue Reading
