An early Monday morning fire outbreak has destroyed not fewer than 50 shops with goods worth millions of naira at a popular plywood market, Rijiyar Lemo in Kano State. The Chairman of the market, Mamuda Musa who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Kano, said the fire outbreak started around 1:30 am. Musa said the fire incident destroyed shops loaded with plywood among other building materials. He further said the cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained. According to him, “The incident started from around 1:30 am up till around 8 am when the fire was…
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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said power supply has dropped in Gombe as a result of vandalism and destruction of two of its transmission towers, T377 and T378 along the Gombe – Damaturu 330kV transmission line on February 23, 2024. In a statement sent to a national TV and signed by the Commission’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah said the vandals had at approximately 9:35 PM on Friday, attacked the facility; the Gombe – Damaturu 330kV transmission line, resulting in a trip off of the line. Following initial checks, TCN said engineers from the Bauchi regional office…
The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, has urged the regional body to re-examine its approach to ensuring constitutional order in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Niger. Speaking while delivering his opening address at the extraordinary summit on the peace, political and security situation in the ECOWAS sub-region taking place in Abuja, the President said the situation on the ground in the region demands difficult but courageous decisions. He also urged the three member states that announced their withdrawal from ECOWAS to reconsider their decision and not see the union as…
The Department of State Services has urged organised labour to shelve its planned protests against the prevailing economic situation in the country. The organised labour, on Monday, began mobilising its members for a nationwide protest slated for February 27 and 28 over the cost of living crisis in the country. The Federal Government’s failure to fulfil its promises after the 14-day ultimatum by Labour, according to sources, will be met with a two-day nationwide protest already slated for February 27 and 28. Reacting to the planned protests in a statement on Wednesday, the DSS in a statement by its…
The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has rescheduled Edo State governorship primary election. The party says it will conclude the exercise in the state on Thursday 22nd of February, 2024. A decision to this effect was reached on Tuesday night at an emergency meeting of the NWC. National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka disclosed this development after the NWC meeting that lasted for about three hours. According to Morka, ” At it an emergency meeting, to consider the report on the Edo State primate election, the BWC of our party deliberate on the report and resolved…
An collision involving a truck and a Mazda bus at Kere Bridge on the Lagos-Abeokuta road killed nine people and injured seven more. Mrs Florence Okpe, spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the event to journalists in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Okpe stated that the incident, which occurred around 8:00 a.m., was caused by speeding and route violations, resulting in a head-on collision between the truck, which lacked a registration number, and the bus, marked SMK 808 YD. She indicated that a total of 17 people were involved: seven men, nine women, and one female child.…
The Federal Government says it has uncovered 32 routes through which food items are smuggled out of Nigeria. Vice President Kashim Shettima disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing a conference on Public Wealth Management held in Abuja, the nation’s capital. He said on the midnight of Sunday, 45 trucks loaded with maize were intercepted while making their way to neighbouring countries. The Vice President said, “Just three nights ago, 45 trucks of maize were caught being transported to neighbouring countries. Just in that Ilela axis, there are 32 illegal smuggling routes. And the moment those food stuff were intercepted, the…
A Constitution Amendment Bill to introduce state police has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, which was sponsored by 13 members of the House, enjoyed support from majority of the lawmakers in the green chamber who believed that concerns of political victimisation by state governors, should take the backseat to the current state of insecurity across the country. Last week, President Bola Tinubu and 36 state governors considered the creation of state police as solution to the menacing security challenges like kidnapping and banditry ubiquitous in the country. Quest For State Police State police has been…