The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the successful commissioning of a new 330/132/33kV Bauchi Transmission Substation in Bauchi town. The substation, commissioned on July 3, 2025, according to a statement by TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, has added 250MW to the national grid. The project, a TCN/World Bank initiative which commenced…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on Monday that the government was channelling funds saved from the removal of fuel subsidy into the provision of critical infrastructure across the country. He said this at the opening of a National Conference on Public Accounts and Fiscal Governance, organised by the Public Accounts Committees (PACS) of the Senate…
Governor Seyi Makinde is set to make history as the first governor to install three Olubadan of Ibadanland. Following the passing of Oba Owolabi Olakulehin on Monday, July 7, High Chief Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja is set to ascend to the throne as the next Olubadan. Governor Makinde has already installed two Olubadans since he assumed…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has responded to some of the claims made by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike during a recent interview. Wike recently appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today where he, among other things, claimed that he came from rich background…
Senator Gbenga Daniel, representing Ogun East and a former governor of Ogun State, has announced a shift in the state creation agenda pursued by the Remo people. Speaking on Sunday at the 4th edition of the Asiwaju of Remo Christians Choir Festival in Sagamu, Daniel disclosed that Remo indigenes have resolved to pursue the creation…
The traditional ruler of Umudiawa autonomous community in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, Eze Nnamdi Ofoegbu, has described his recent suspension as monarch as a grave injustice that will not stand. He also linked his suspension to an award presented to President Bola Tinubu and the Deputy Speaker of the House of…
Taiwan has expressed its desire to strengthen diplomatic ties with Nigeria, lauding President Bola Tinubu’s recent state visit to Saint Lucia as a landmark step in expanding Nigeria’s global engagements. Taiwan’s Representative and Head of Mission in Nigeria, Andy Yih-Ping Liu, commended Tinubu’s outreach to the Caribbean nation, describing it as visionary and comparable to…
Maybe not totally strange, but Ibadan has further validated the state as a ‘pace setter’ in recent times, in terms of little twist to ascension to the first-class stool of Olubadan. In this article, we’ll explore 6 things you should know about the Obaship system in Ibadan. 1.Olubadan Ascension Ladders There are two lines of…
A soldier was killed and a Chinese expatriate abducted in the early hours of Monday when suspected kidnappers attacked a construction site in Ogaminana, Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State. Sources in the area revealed that the assailants, who were said to be in large numbers, stormed the site where a Chinese construction company…
Oyo State House of Assembly has perfected plan to begin recruitment of 181 people into its Civil Service Commission. The recruitment process which is slated to kick-start tomorrow, 7th of July, 2025 invites public to fill the vacancies through the official portal of Oyo State Government. https://jobportal.oyostate.gov.ng The statement on the recruitment was made available…