Month: August 2024

Nigerians Worse Off Than You Met Them – Afenifere Tells Tinubu

Abibat Babalola

Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has expressed disappointment at the current economic state of the country, especially since the assumption of office by President Bola Tinubu. They lamented that the Tinubu-led administration in one year has left Nigerians worse off than they were at the beginning. This was stated in a communiqué issued at the end of its quarterly meeting presided over by the Deputy Leader, Oladipo Olaitan, held on Tuesday at Isanya-Ogbo, Ogun State. Salient Times reports that Afenifere, while maintaining that the country is troubled by pervasive…

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‘Unpaid N472m Bill,’ Eko Disco Disconnects UNILAG

Abibat Babalola

The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Lagos State has been thrown into darkness by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) over outstanding debt. The UNILAG management confirmed the development via a statement on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. The university disclosed that it paid the sum of N180 million to EKEDC but was abruptly cut off from electricity supply on Tuesday, August 27, without prior notice of disconnection and despite engagement with the management of the company. The university stated: “The University of Lagos management wishes to appeal to members of…

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‘Sept. 14 Or Nothing,’ NCC Gives Final Deadline For N8N-SIM Linkage

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced significant progress in the Federal Government’s 2020 policy to link all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) to National Identity Numbers (NINs). According to a press release on Wednesday, 28th August 2024 signed by the NCC Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, said that to date, over 153 million SIMs have been successfully linked to a NIN, reflecting an impressive compliance rate of 96 per cent, a substantial increase from 69.7 per cent in January 2024. The statement reads, “As we approach the final phase…

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Protests Erupt Across Canada As 70,000 Int’l Students Face Deportation

Abibat Babalola

Tens of thousands of international students took to the streets across Canada this week in a wave of protests against new immigration policies introduced by the federal government. According to a report by City News Toronto on Monday, the demonstrations, which drew approximately 70,000 students occurred in major provinces including Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia. The protests came in response to a series of immigration reforms that have left many international students fearing deportation. In 2021, Canada abolished the Post-Graduation Work Permit programme, which had previously allowed…

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‘Milestones,’ NGML-NIPCO Gas JV Commissions 100mmscfd Lekki Gas Project, 24MW Power Plant

Ridwan Oladimeji

▪️NIPCO Gas MD, Nagendra Verma; NGML Boss Justin Ezeala; and LFZDC’s Dia Shunfa; Role Call of dignitaries and Word-for-word of what they said at the event   The NGML-NIPCO Gas Joint Venture (JV) on Wednesday commissioned the prestigious Lekki Gas Distribution Project and the Lekki Power Plant. Platforms Africa reports that the infrastructure developed by NGML-NIPCO Gas JV has capacity of over 100 mmscfd. The City Gate Station constructed by NGML-NIPCO Gas JV has a present capacity to flow 5 mmscfd to 25 mmscfd of gas further extendable to over…

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NCDMB Top List Of MDAs, With Best Performance In Transparency And Efficiency Compliance Report

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), came top among the various government agencies whose performance in transparency and efficiency were assessed Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC). Other agencies next to NCDMB are Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), and Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) have emerged as top-performing agencies, according to the 2024 half-year Transparency and Efficiency Compliance report. This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), Jumoke Oduwale, at a press conference held by the council on Wednesday,…

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Two Storey Building Razed, BRT Buses, Container Accidents Rock Lagos

Rofeequr Adeola--Yusuf

. ‘Three emergencies at three different locations,’ LASEMA gives updates, graphical details of the accidents   Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, was on Wednesday rocked by three different emergencies that involved a two storey building, two BRT buses and a 40-foot container at three different locations of the metropolis. A report by Platforms Africa reports quoted the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) to have confirmed the incident. ‘After Days On Life Support,’ Popular Nollywood Actor Dies + PHOTO Head of the public affairs unit of LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, in a…

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‘After Days On Life Support,’ Popular Nollywood Actor Dies + PHOTO

Ganiyu Amodu

Nigerian actor, Yusuf Olorungbede is dead. It was gathered that the actor who acts in Yoruba movies d!ed on Tuesday, August 27. He had been sick for a while and was placed on life support days before his death. READ ALSO Texas Judge Suspends Biden Immigration Reform Policy Why I Wear My Wife’s Dress To Drive Passengers — Viral Ibadan Micra Driver US Donates 10,000 Mpox Vaccines To Nigeria Fans and colleagues have gone to various social media platforms to mourn him. Platforms Africa

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Texas Judge Suspends Biden Immigration Reform Policy

Abibat Babalola

A Texas judge on Monday ordered a temporary pause on a policy that would streamline the process for spouses of US citizens to obtain legal status in the country, a blow to one of US President Joe Biden’s biggest immigration reform policies. Judge J. Campbell Barker granted a 14-day administrative stay in a case brought by the Republican attorneys general of 16 US states challenging the Biden administration’s policy. In June, Biden announced the new policy, which streamlined a pathway to citizenship for an estimated half a million immigrants married…

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Why I Wear My Wife’s Dress To Drive Passengers — Viral Ibadan Micra Driver

Abibat Babalola

A driver, Afeez Adedigba, who went viral wearing his wife’s dress while driving a popular micra taxi in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has explained the reasons behind his action. Adedigba, who was seen in a viral clip wearing his spouse’s dress, said it was mainly because the rain drenched his clothes, and the only quick fix available to him was the cloth. In an interview with a media personality, Ayo Adams, on Monday, the driver said that when he took the cloth, he explained to his wife that he…

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