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The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, on Thursday said it pays vigilante groups monthly to protect its facilities in the country. DAILY POST reports that the General Manager of the company in the Benin Region, Engr Isaac Okpe, disclosed this during interaction with newsmen in Benin City. Okpe said the development was part of the efforts of the company to protect, as well as to dissuade people from vandalism its facilities. He noted that those caught vandalizing the company’s facilities have been charged to court for prosecution. He, however, stated that if the rate of vandalism was not checked, it…

Akwa United will trade tackle with Enyimba in a pre-season friendly match in Uyo, DAILY POST reports. The encounter is billed for the training pitch of the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium on Saturday. Akwa United made the announcement on the social media. “The stage is set for a grade A pre-season friendly against Enyimba International.” The club wrote on X. The game is aimed at intensifying both clubs preparation for the 2024-25 season. Akwa United will take on Lobi Stars in their first game of the new season while Enyimba will play newly promoted side Beyond Limits. The new NPFL…

An Ogun State chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Akintunde Armstrong, has denied reports of him imposing councilorship candidates for Iperu Wards 3 and 5 in Ikenne Local Government Area of the state. According to a report on Thursday, the chieftain was alleged to have boasted of using cash and influence to impose his two loyalists, Olaleye Babatunde and Osularu Olabanjo Muyiwa, as the councilorship candidates for the party in the November 16 local government elections in the state. Armstrong was also alleged to have boasted that even Governor Dapo Abiodun, who is from one of these wards, could not…

The Osun State Government has warned tricycle operators in the state to ensure they have all the necessary documents for their vehicles. The state government issued this warning through a statement by Yakubu Adejare, the Special Adviser to Governor Ademola Adeleke on Transportation, on Thursday in Osogbo. The government urged the tricycle operators to obtain documents such as a hackney permit, roadworthiness certificate, and vehicle license. The directive was revealed due to recent intelligence indicating that tricycle operators were being used by criminals to wreak havoc on unsuspecting innocent residents of the state. The government also revealed that these operators…

The Department of State Services (DSS) has secured an order from the Federal High Court in Abuja to freeze 20 different bank accounts linked to a suspected female terrorist, Aisha Abdulkarim. The accounts, domiciled in eight different banks, are to remain frozen for a period of 60 days to enable the secret police to carry out forensic investigations into the alleged acts of terrorism by the bank account operator. Justice Peter Lifu issued the order for the freezing of the accounts following an ex-parte application brought and argued before him by the DSS. Also linked with the alleged acts of…

Teachers in Isoko south local government area of Delta State are now jittery. The LG Chairman, Friday Ovoke has vowed to sack any of the primary school teachers who reject postings, especially to riverine areas. He issued the warning during a courtesy visit by Concerned Indigenes of Ikpide-Irri 4-Development (CIID) to his Oleh office, stating that ‘it is no longer business as usual’. He said any teacher posted to Ikpide-lrri community or anywhere in the local government area and refuse to go and resume duty will be shown the way out. “If you refuse to report and stay there to…

Governor Adetola Adeleke of Osun State has revealed that plans are in top gear to generate electricity in the state. Adeleke disclosed this during the flag-off of the Obokun 33KV Feeder Line at Osunjela, Ilesa West LGA on Thursday. As part of the steps taken so far, Adeleke revealed that the state has a draft electricity bill and policy which would expand power generation and distribution. He added that these frameworks, when finally passed into law, will change the face of the electricity sector in Osun State. While expressing delight that the feeder line project has been constructed and relocated…

As political parties in Edo State intensify campaigns for the next month governorship election, the war of words between the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has remained unabated. DAILY POST reports that APC and PDP are among the 17 political parties fielding candidates for the governorship election slated for September 21, 2024 by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The two political parties had been at loggerheads accusing each other of plans to rig the election with the state owned Security Network and Federal Government might. In the latest accusations, the APC alleged that the…

Activist lawyer, Madubuachi Idam, on Thursday urged President Bola Tinubu to sack all over-aged government officials like he did to the immediate past Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Yusuf Bichi. Idam said the decision to sack Bichi was a good turn that deserved another from Tinubu. A few days ago, Tinubu had removed Bichi as the head of the secret police and replaced him with Adeola Ajayi. However, Idam said the removal of the now-former DSS DG came too late because Bichi was aged 68 years when his appointment was terminated. In a message sent to…

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, says the labour movement is worth dying for. Ajaero stated this on Thursday after answering a Police invitation over terrorism financing allegations levelled against him. The NLC President also said he would not be distracted in his quest to ensure that workers’ welfare was paramount. Sequel to this, one of the lawyers who followed him to the Police headquarters for interrogation, Maxwell Opara, said that the NLC will not relent as the Police may come up with another allegation. The NLC President honoured the Police invitation in the company…