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The Federal Government has upgraded the existing 2×40 Mega Volt Ampere (MVA) in Bayelsa Transmission Substation with the installation of a 90MVA capacity transformer to boost electricity supply in the state. The project, situated in Gbarantoru area, was sanctioned in ...

The Federal Government has begun moves to end granting of cabotage waivers nationwide. To this end, a five-year plan was yesterday launched in Lagos to see to its successful execution and establishment of a new regime that makes indigenous operators ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will release the timetable and schedule of activities for the governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states before the weekend. Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this yesterday in ...

Following a recent attack by bandits, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, visited Kakangi Community in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area where he condemned the incident. The governor, who was accompanied by some government officials and security chiefs, described the attack ...

Indications have emerged that official activities in Benue State have been partially shut down following the three weeks annual leave embarked upon by Governor Samuel Ortom. Prior to this, government appointees, teachers and local government employees had complained about non-payment ...

Justice Sururat Soladoye of Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a 30-year-old bricklayer, Idowu Gbolahan, to life for defiling his seven-year-old niece. The trial judge sentenced him following his guilty plea to the charge of defilement brought ...

The Federal Government and the Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) Group have signed a $523,823 (N185, 957, 165) million agreement on technical assistance to build capacity for improved cotton and textile industries in Nigeria. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna ...

The promise by the Senate to finish work on the N8.83 trillion 2019 budget before it proceeds on Easter break may eventually not see the light of day. The fresh concerns followed the failure by its various sub-panels to meet ...

The federal government is introducing a funding mechanism to carter for patients with confirmed cases of Lassa fever in the country, the director-general, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has said. Ihekweazu told the News Agency of ...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is beginning mass metering of electricity consumers nationwide on May 1. Its General Manager, Public Affairs, Dr. Usman Arabi, in a statement, said the exercise would be executed under the Federal Government’s Meter Asset ...