Vice President Kashim ShetÂtima is expected to launch the Light Up South East Initiative to accelerate power supply to inÂdustrial clusters in the region. The launch will hold on Monday, February 26, 2024 in Enugu, the Enugu State capital. According to the presidency, it is in continuation of the onÂgoing efforts to improve enerÂgy supply…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned manufacturers and dealers in regulated products to desist from producing and selling fake and substandard items. The South East Zonal Director of the agency, Mr Martins Iluyomade, issued the warning at a stakeholders’ meeting on Friday in Owerri. The meeting was organised by…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested ten suspects for their alleged involvement in illegal mining activities at different mining sites in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. While parading the suspects in Umuahia on Friday, the State Commandant Usman Ishaq Alfadarai, said the arrest was made in strict compliance with the directives…
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has said that the South East Governors are working together to achieve regional integration, despite party leanings. Otti, who stated this while receiving a delegation of a joint body of South East Council of traditional rulers and representatives of Igbo Archbishops and Bishops, led by the Obi of…
Some residents of Surulere area of Lagos State were seen scooping oil after a 33,000 liter tanker crashed on Friday. It was suspected that the tanker, which was carrying motor oil, accidentally overturned while traveling up the Dorman Long Bridge opposite Abalti Barracks on Western Avenue. First responders currently on the scene include the Lagos…
The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill for an Act to establish the South-East Development Commission (SEDC). The Bill was passed after it was read for the third time during the plenary of the upper chamber on Thursday and will be transmitted to President Bola Tinubu for assent. The Bill was initially passed by the…
Corpses in mortuaries in several Nigerian Army bases are reportedly decomposing due to the ongoing power outage, according to Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja. This was revealed by Lagbaja when he paid the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu a visit to seek intervention about its N42 billion debt to the Abuja Electricity…
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has declared that he would be contesting for the state’s top job in the forthcoming gubernatorial election. Aiyedatiwa stated this on Friday while featuring on a television programme shortly after the remains of his immediate predecessor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu were interred. Recall that Mr Aiyedatiwa was on December 27, 2023…
The husband of a BP employee has been charged with insider trading in the US following claims he overheard details of calls made by his wife while working from home. The US Securities and Exchange Commission alleged Tyler Loudon made $1.76m in illegal profits. The regulator claimed Mr Loudon heard several of his wife’s conversations…
The Anambra State Government And its Lagos counterpart have entered a partnership to strengthen their respective IT ecosystems. The Managing Director of Anambra State ICT Agency, Mr Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, told journalists in Awka on Thursday, that the collaboration is geared towards addressing emerging challenges, fostering innovation, and enhancing the overall cybersecurity infrastructure. The partnership,…
