Nigerians are groaning again in darkness after the national electricity grid suffered a major failure on Wednesday, seizing power supply to homes amidst scorching weather conditions. The collapse has seen Nigeria’s electricity output dwindle to a meagre 230 megawatts or less for a population exceeding 180 million, Premium Times learnt.Continue Reading
A group of gunmen has shot and killed a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Benson Omunakwe. Omunakwe was killed at Agip Estate in Port Harcourt on Wednesday night. The gunmen were said to have driven into the estate where he lived and shot their victim. Omunakwe was a formerContinue Reading
A group of five armed robbers were said to have blown up an automated teller machine, making away with all the cash they got from it. The incident, which happened in Mpumalamga area of South Africa, was reported by Iharare on Thursday. The Online platform reported that the dare-devil robbersContinue Reading
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has reiterated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has no powers to investigate financial transactions of his government. He said that before EFCC can investigate his government, the anti-graft agency must first vacate the Federal High Court judgment that declared that itContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele for a second term in office. A letter for the tenure renewal was signed by Buhari on Wednesday and has now been sent to the senate for confirmation. The CBN Act stipulates that the senateContinue Reading
Governor Gboyega Oyetola has been declared by the appeal court in Abuja on Thursday as the winner of governorship gubernatorial election in Osun State. More to come…Continue Reading
Danny Baker has been sacked by the BBC after tweeting a joke about the duke and duchess of Sussex’s son using a picture of a monkey. The radio DJ posted a black and white photo showing a well-dressed man and woman holding hands with a suited chimpanzee. Baker captioned it:Continue Reading
Lucas Moura scored a dramatic 96th-minute winner to cap an astonishing Tottenham fightback against Ajax and set up an all-English Champions League final against Liverpool. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Spurs made the worst possible start in Amsterdam when a towering fifth-minute header by 19-year-old Ajax captain Matthijs deContinue Reading
A building has collapsed in Birmingham city centre this evening, leaving at least one person seriously injured. Authorities were called to the city’s Jewellery Quarter just before 6pm on Wednesday and pictures showed ambulance crews gathering outside a Victorian building. A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said in a statement: ‘Police wereContinue Reading
A Bill seeking for the establishment of four new Emirate councils in Kano State has been passed into law by the Kano State House of Assembly on Wednesday. The bill is seeking to amend the Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs law to pave the way for the upgrading of someContinue Reading
