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Gunmen operating along the East/West Road have attacked a convoy of workers of Daewoo company on their way to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, The Sun is reporting. According to The Sun, the gunmen killed four soldiers and two drivers on escort duties for the company. Two top officials of the company, who are Korean nationals, were abducted. A security source, who confirmed the development to The Sun, said the suspected kidnappers ambushed a team of expatriates being escorted by troops of the 5 Brigade, Nigerian Army along Ahoada-Obua Road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to him, the gunmen took the…
*Approves completion of Zungeru hydroelectric power plant concession *Ratifies NCP standing committees In a bid to ensure better service delivery in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu administration, the National Council on Privatization (NCP) has set up an ad hoc committee to fast-track the restructuring and resuscitation of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA). The Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, who chaired the maiden meeting of the reconstituted NCP at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, emphasised the importance of the tasks before the new Council, particularly the rejuvenation of BOA, among others. Speaking after the presentation of the agenda…
The All Progressives Congress in the United Kingdom (APC UK) has expressed readiness for a congress to usher in new leadership in 2024 to address all grievances in the diaspora chapter. The diaspora chapter disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos by its Chairman, Mr Tunde Doherty, and the Publicity Secretary, Mr Babatunde Ajisola. The Nigeria’s ruling party’s diaspora group said that the chapter was ready to organise a congress that everyone would be proud of. “The APC UK congress wheel has set off, we can’t do this alone.’’ The All Progressives Congress in the United Kingdom (APC…
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it plans to restructure the Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN) to align with the Electricity Act 2023 and the industry demands. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu said this in Abuja at the Ministerial Retreat on the Integrated National Electricity Policy and Strategic Implementation Plan. The retreat has as its theme ‘’Navigating and Aligning on the Path to Enhanced Electricity Reliability’’. Mr Adelabu said: ‘’It is time to restructure the TCN into two entities: the Independent System Operator (ISO) and the Transmission Service Provider (TSP). “This restructuring must synchronise with the evolving landscape of state electricity…
A self-acclaimed pastor, David Eludi, has been docked in Lagos for allegedly conspiring with others to collect the sum of N352,000 from one Florence Samuel, with a promise to use the funds to liberate her from family curses. Eludi was arraigned before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on a three-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretences and stealing on Tuesday. The Prosecutor, Dr Simon Uche, told the court that 44-year-old Pastor Eludi committed the offences in November at Jakande area of Ajangbadi in Ojo. He said that the defendant conspired with others, now at large, to collect the…
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The Senatorial candidate of Accord in the 2023 general elections, Faozey Oladotun Nurudeen will defect to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Oyo State. A source close to Faozey from Oyo town told Goalpoacher News that he (Faozey) alongside Shina Peller will join Governor Seyi Makinde in the PDP. Faozey was a senatorial aspirant for Oyo Central senatorial district on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) but resigned from the party and defected to Accord party. The aspirant in a statement issued by his campaign organization, said he left the APC because of the undemocratic principles of…
The first asylum seekers were brought back to the giant vessel, moored in Portland, Dorset, in October, some two months after it was evacuated. An asylum seeker on board the Bibby Stockholm barge has died, the PA news agency understands. The first asylum seekers were brought back to the giant vessel, moored in Portland, Dorset, in October, some two months after it was evacuated following the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the water supply. Further details of the incident are yet to be confirmed. The person’s age and country of origin are not yet known, it is understood. The person…
Bamidele Oloyeloogun, the immediate past Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly has posited that individual ambitions prior to the State’s 2024 governorship election is what is fueling the State crisis. Speaking on what the allegations and agitations has cost the State in a chat with Punch, he said: “They should let peace reign. Let there be representation, everywhere, as supposed to be. We are lagging in all areas. A lot of things are happening in Abuja now that we are not part of because we don’t have representatives there. “We are all human and nobody is perfect. There…