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The bill seeking to improve electricity generation, transmission and distribution within Ogun State scaled the second reading on the floor of the State House of Assembly on Tuesday. The bill titled “HB No. 017/OG/2024 – Ogun State Power Sector Law,” passed through a second reading as the state lawmakers took turns debating the desirability of the bill at the plenary presided over by Speaker Oludaisi Elemide at the assembly complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. The second reading process commenced through a motion moved by Babatunde Tella, seconded by Damilare Bello and supported by the whole house through a unanimous voice vote. In…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, said the Nigerian Army has acquired essential combat enablers such as Mine-Resistance Ambush Protected, MRAP, vehicles, rifles and ammunition necessary to strengthen troops’ operations across the country. He further said they are already impacting positively troop operations against security challenges. Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement, said Lt. Gen. Lagbaja made the assertion on Wednesday, August 27, 2024, at the Opening Ceremony of the Chief of Army Staff Combined Second and Third Quarters Conference 2024 held at the Council of Chiefs Hall Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, said a video on the use of saccharine in bread circulating on social media does not reflect its stand. The agency, in a statement signed by Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of NAFDAC, on Tuesday debunked the claim in the report that the agency raised concern about the use of saccharine in baking bread. “NAFDAC wishes to provide clarification that the content of the video on avoiding bread in Nigeria does not reflect the observation of the agency made during a stakeholders engagement held on August 16 in Ibadan,”…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Anambra State chapter has lost a heavyweight with the resignation of the former Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, and former National Auditor of the party, George Moghalu. Moghalu quit the APC after submitting a resignation letter dated 26th August, 2024, which he addressed to his Uruagu Ward 1 chairman of APC in Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The letter reads, “I bring to you the good wishes of my dear family and to formally notify you of my decision to resign my Membership of the All Progressives Congress,…

A nine-year-old child has died and four other children severely burnt after their room was set on fire in Adamawa State. The five are children of one Daniel Cha’ama in Mubi Local Government Area, who is said to have been having a land dispute with one Nicodemus Ajaku who also lives in the area. Nicodemus Ajaku allegedly set on fire the room in which Cha’ama’s children were sleeping in what has been said to be a case of mistaken identity. Neighbours said Nicodemus, now at large, mistook the children’s room for that of Cha’ama himself, Cha’ama being his real target.…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Taoreed Lagbaja on Tuesday said the military will not heed calls for overthrow of democratically elected government to satisfy some interests. Speaking in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State at the opening ceremony of the COAS Combined 2nd and 3rd Quarters Conference, Lagbaja said the call for military takeover was majorly coming from young Nigerians who never experienced the era of Nigeria’s extensive military rule. He stressed that the Nigerian Army was not ready to lose the “new prestige” it has painstakingly built in the past 25 years by allowing safe democratic rule. “The Nigerian…

Gunmen have killed one man and abducted two others in the Gadabuke community of Toto Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. The victim, identified as Garba Yakubu, was shot during the invasion of the residence of a man named Agaba Yakubu on Monday. The Police Public Relations Officer for Nasarawa State, Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Lafia. He reported that the attack occurred in the early hours of August 25, 2024, around 2:00 am. According to him, the unknown gunmen stormed the residence, shot Garba Yakubu, and kidnapped two others whose identities have not yet been disclosed. “Upon…

The Simon Ekpa-led Biafra Republic Government in Exile, BRGIE, has claimed that over 50 million persons have voted for self-referendum. Ekpa, known as the Prime Minister of BRGIE, disclosed this in a statement through his official X account on Tuesday. According to him, the flair with which Biafrans embraced the e-voting and physical voting showed their enthusiasm for liberation. He claimed that the number of Biafrans who have voted for self-referendum in the last eight months surpassed the number of voters in the 2023 Nigerian presidential election which stood at 25,286,616 million. He cited marginalization, underdevelopment, insecurity, attack against Christians…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Tuesday said that it will hold mock accreditation of voters on September 10, 2024, ahead of Edo State governorship election scheduled for September 21, 2024. The Commission revealed that it has designated 12 Polling Units across six Local Government Areas (LGAs) covering the three Senatorial Districts of the State as centres for the mock accreditation. It, therefore, appealed to registered voters to come out with their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for the exercise. The electoral body emphasised that only registered voters for the designated polling units are invited to participate in the exercise. INEC…

The Coalition of Northern Youths Organization has written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, calling for the sack of the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed. The northern youths further issued a seven-day ultimatum asking Ahmed to resign or face mass action. The demand came as the Authority faces scrutiny over its handling of petroleum products’ importation and regulation. The coalition, in an open letter signed by its spokesperson, Muhammed Saad Aboki, claimed that Ahmed faces multiple allegations, including economic sabotage related to the importation of petroleum products containing…