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The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has assured Nigerians that the nation’s power grid will achieve significant stability following the completion of phase one of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI), also known as the Siemens project.The assurance came on Wednesday, coinciding with yet another national grid collapse, the 12th incident in 2024.Speaking after a meeting with German officia...

In a major disruption affecting millions of users, Meta’s key apps, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have been down for many users globally. Reports flooding in on social media, including X (formerly Twitter), confirmed that the issue is widespread, with many users unable to load their accounts or post content.Downdetector, a platform that tracks outages, has also shown massive spikes in outage reports acr...

The President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier has arrived in Nigeria. ...

A chief Magistrates court in Ado-Ekiti has adjourned Dele Farotimi’s bail ruling to December 20....

The Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja has fixed December 12 for the hearing of an application filed by the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, challenging the jurisdiction of the court....

Ademola Adeyemi-Bero has been appointed as Nigeria’s Governor for Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), as well as the Chairman of the OPEC Board of Governors for 2025....

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Shamseldeen Ogunjimi as the Acting Accountant General of the Federation (AGF)....

The strike led by the Nigeria Labour Congress in the Federal Capital Territory has entered its 11th day, with negotiations between the labour unions and Area Council Chairmen at a standstill over the implementation timeline for the N70,000 minimum wage.Speaking in an interview, FCT Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, Abdullahi Kabir, revealed that the Area Council Chairmen proposed a January 2025 i...

The House of Representatives may resume debate over the tax bills currently before the National Assembly for consideration and passage. This followed the pledge of the Southern caucus of the Green Chamber, made up of federal lawmakers from 17 states of the federation.On Tuesday, the caucus met over the controversial tax bills and resolved to subject them to thorough legislative scrutiny.The meeting, which ...