Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has given explanation on the blackout across the country last weekend, attributing it to the emergency maintenance at the National Gas Company’s pipeline supplying gas to Egbin, Omotosho, Olorunsogo and Paras power stations. In a statement, the TCN said that a leakage was discovered on the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System gas […]
Royal Dutch Shell declared force majeure on exports of Nigeria’s Bonny Light crude following the closure of one of its two export pipelines, the company said on Monday. Aiteo shut down the Nembe Creek Trunk Line on April 21 following a fire, and Shell said it had declared force majeure on April 25. Bonny Light […]
The Federal Government has paid the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, N13.8m in salary and allowances despite being indicted by a committee set up by the government to probe him, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. The seven-man committee, led by Dr. Hassan Bukar, a retired permanent secretary, set up […]
The Ebonyi Police Command has rescued the two Chinese nationals who were abducted by gunmen at a road construction site in Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the victims, Messrs Sun Zhi Xim and Wang Qinghu, were employees of Tongyi Chinese Group of Companies. The […]
While candidates who sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, await the release of the results, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has alerted of fresh plots being deployed by fraudsters to dupe unsuspecting candidates. To this end, the board, which said this in a weekly news bulletin, released to the media, […]
The Vehicle Inspection Service in Lagos State says its officials are on road operations only to check rickety, overloaded and unregistered vehicles. Head of Control, Regulations and Enforcement, Mr. Olusoji Adebayo, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday that VIS in Lagos had adopted new operation system of carrying out vehicle inspections in the […]
Anxiety, confusion and shock have taken over many residents, business and property owners at Agidingbi in Ikeja, Lagos when the Akinole-Oshiun family took over possession of 398 acres of land following a Supreme Court judgement which ruled in their favour. The development was the outcome of a 42-year old legal tussle between the family and […]
The Director-General, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Mr Lanre Gbajabiamila, said on Friday that his agency had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Communications Commission to flush out illegal lottery operators, especially those involved in Ponzi schemes from the country. He stated this in Abuja at the closing ceremony of a two-day specialised training […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has assured candidates of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) that results would be ready from April 29. The Board’s Head of Media and Publicity, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Bwari. Mr Benjamin said that screening […]
Authorities are rolling out a number of enhanced security measures in airports across the country following reports of criminals planting hard drugs on innocent passengers. These measures follow the discovery by the authorities that air passengers with little or light luggage have become targets of criminals planting extra luggage laden with hard drugs on them. […]