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Bayelsa Set For Long Blackout After Vandals Wreck 13 Transmission Towers
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that Bayelsa State will face a prolonged blackout due to the vandalism of 13 transmission towers...
Economic Hardship: Nearly 50% of Oyo Poultry Farms Have Shut Down – Poultry Association Head Laments
Nearly half of all poultry farms in Oyo state have been forced to shut down their operations due to rising costs. This alarming...
WHO Declares Mpox Global Public Health Emergency, Second Time In 2 Years
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), the highest level of global...
Burkina Faso To Create Atomic Energy Agency For Energy Independence, National Railway, Others
Burkina Faso Council of Ministers, during a meeting chaired by the President, Captain Ibrahim Traore, on Wednesday, adopted a decree to create the...
Aviation Workers To Shut Down Airports, Ground Aircrafts Over 50% IGR Deduction
Aviation workers have issued a notice of a Day-strike in protest against the federal government’s deduction of 50 percent from the internally generated...
Speaker Abbas Withdraws Bill Proposing Prison Terms For Insulting Public Servants, Refusing To Recite National Anthem, Others
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has officially withdrawn the controversial Counter Subversion Bill, which proposed severe penalties for those who...
CJID, Citizens’ Gavel, Journalists, and Others Write to Tinubu Over Press Freedom Attacks
The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), Citizens’ Gavel, Journalists, Media Professionals, and other CSOs have, in a formal letter written to...
Senator Kawu Reveals N21m Monthly Take-Home, Contradicting RMAFC Claims of N1.06m for Senators
Senator Sumaila Kawu, representing Kano South, has disclosed that his total monthly take-home package amounts to over N21 million, contradicting the recent claims...
PSquare: Peter Obi Visits Paul And Jude Okoye Amid Ongoing Family Dispute
Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, paid a visit to the Okoye family by visiting Nigerian singer Paul Okoye,...
Dangote Refinery Denies Partnership with IPMAN, Clarifies Petrol Price Speculation
The management of Dangote Refinery has refuted claims of a fixed petrol price of ₦600 per litre, labelling the reports as “speculative announcements”...
FIJ’s Editor-in-Chief Fisayo Soyombo Voluntarily Reports to Police Cybercrime Centre Abuja
Investigative journalist Fisayo Soyombo has voluntarily presented himself at the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCC) in Abuja, following publicly available information...
New Bill Proposes Prison Terms For Insulting Public Servants, Refusing To Recite National Anthem, Others
A new bill in the House of Representatives is seeking to criminalise and impose prison terms for dissenting actions such as insulting public...