Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, has stated that electricity supply will start improving within 48 to 72 hours, as the Federal Government is working to resolve the generation and transmission constraints that caused recent outages in parts of the country. Tegbe blamed the worsening electricity situation on planned maintenance at Egbin Power Station in Lagos, Nigeria’s “largest” thermal power generating station, which supplies about 16% of the total electricity on the national grid. The minister made this known in a statement titled ‘Update on Power Situation,’ which he posted on his Facebook page on Friday. “I am aware of…

President Bola Tinubu has taken aim at Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), over how he dealt with erosion in Anambra State, casting doubt on his leadership abilities ahead of the 2027 general election. Tinubu made these remarks on Friday during the All Progressives Congress rally at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, where he called on voters not to back Obi in the upcoming presidential election. The president set Obi’s record in Anambra against his own efforts to tackle coastal challenges in Lagos and those of Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno.…

The Delta Government has allocated over N2bn to sponsor successful Christian pilgrims to Israel and Jordan under the 2026 pilgrimage program. Mr Erijo Etacherure, the State Commissioner for the Bureau of Special Duties, revealed this in Asaba on Friday. He stated that the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission would commence screening prospective pilgrims on November 11. Etacherure made the statement while briefing the State Head of Media for the pilgrimage, Dr. Latimore Oghenesivbe. He explained that the screening would be conducted at the Christian Association of Nigeria Secretariat in Asaba. According to him, applicants who obtained registration forms are required to…

Pedro Alliana assumed the presidency of Paraguay on Friday after his predecessor was impeached over a massive banking crisis that left nearly half the country unable to access their accounts. Shortly after voting to remove Santiago Pena over the chaotic collapse of a bank he was linked to, senators appointed Alliana, the former vice president, to the post. After 44 of 45 senators voted in favor of impeachment, with one lawmaker absent, Senate President Basilio Nunez declared Pena “guilty of poor performance in his duties.” Hundreds of people gathered outside Congress and celebrated his impeachment loudly. “Justice has been done.…

Abubakar Malami, the Kebbi State governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress, has condemned the alleged attacks, intimidation, and destruction of property that occurred during the party’s presidential campaign flag-off in Birnin Kebbi. Malami also demanded an impartial investigation into the demolition of the Malami Pressure Group headquarters along Sani Abacha Bypass, Birnin Kebbi, describing the incident as one that raises concerns about democratic freedoms. The former Minister of Justice made these allegations in a press statement issued on Friday through his Special Assistant on Media, Mohammed Bello Doka. The condemnation came after Thursday’s campaign flag-off, which was attended by…

President Bola Tinubu has taken aim at Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), over how he dealt with erosion in Anambra State, casting doubt on his leadership abilities ahead of the 2027 general election. Tinubu made these remarks on Friday during the All Progressives Congress rally at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, where he called on voters not to back Obi in the upcoming presidential election. The president set Obi’s record in Anambra against his own efforts to tackle coastal challenges in Lagos and those of Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno.…

President Bola Tinubu has given the green light to the long-awaited Ibom Deep Seaport project in Akwa Ibom State. Tinubu made the announcement on Friday in response to a request from Governor Umo Eno at a reception and rally held in his honor at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo. The President, who was in the state to commission projects carried out by the Eno administration, stated that the development must drive inclusive growth, create economic value, and bring progress to the people. “Now, development must be even inclusive and reasonable and must bring progress and create economic value. I…

A Kenyan court has handed down a 200-year prison sentence to doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie for the murder of 191 people, among them 190 children, after he instructed his followers to starve themselves to death in the belief that they would meet Jesus, according to the BBC. In October, Mackenzie was convicted together with 28 co-defendants for the killings tied to his religious group in Shakahola Forest, located near Kenya’s coast. When delivering the sentence on Friday, Justice Diana Mochache stated that Mackenzie carried the “primary criminal culpability” for directing his followers to undertake lethal fasts. The court gave…

The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted actress Doris Ogala bail in the amount of N30m, with two sureties in the same sum, over allegations of cyberstalking and other offenses involving Pastor Chris Okafor. Justice Akintayo Aluko, who granted the bail on Friday, 2026, nonetheless directed Ogala to hand over her international passport to the court registrar and barred her from making electronic publications that could intimidate or harass prosecution witnesses. In his ruling, the judge stated that he was conscious of the need to balance the defendant’s constitutional right to liberty against the duty to protect witnesses and…

The Delta State Police Command has raised an alarm over the alleged fraudulent registration of SIM cards using personal information belonging to unsuspecting Nigerians, cautioning that victims could face criminal investigations and legal consequences for offenses committed with such phone numbers. The command called on members of the public to visit the official offices of telecommunications service providers in order to check all phone numbers linked to their National Identification Numbers (NIN) and to request the removal of unfamiliar lines. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police Edafe Bright, issued the warning in a security advisory posted on…