August 2025 – Page 86

Stakeholders Urge TCN to Monitor Power Facilities, Improve Connectivity

21.08.2025

Stakeholders in the power industry have urged the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to monitor its facilities across the country to reduce incessant grid collapse. The stakeholders, who made this call during a community sensitisation programme at Umelu community in Benin, Edo State, also urged the TCN to improve connectivity among rural communities to enhance...

FCTA Begins Construction Of 198km Water Projects

21.08.2025

The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA) on Wednesday commenced construction of the 198-kilometre Bwari Area Council’s water project. Flagging off the construction, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, said that President Bola Tinubu approved the project as part of his campaign promises to provide Nigerians with affordable portable water. Wike disclosed that the contract awarded...

FG Unveils Strategic Interventions To Boost Sector

21.08.2025

The Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, has outlined key challenges and strategic interventions to enhance the growth and development of Nigeria’s creative economy and tourism sectors. The Minister made this known while declaring open the 2025 Ministerial and Sectoral Retreat, organised by the Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism, and...

Rainstorm Destroys Jos South LGA Secretariat Gate, Houses

21.08.2025

A heavy rainstorm on Wednesday hit Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, causing widespread destruction in the Bukuru community. Our correspondent gathered that the storm destroyed several houses, including the gate of the Jos South Council Secretariat. The Chairman of Jos South LGA, Hon. Silas Patrick Dung, confirmed the development to newsmen in...

Edo Assembly Clears Eight New Commissioners

21.08.2025

The Edo State House of Assembly has Cleared Eight additional Nominees as Commissioners to be added to the state executive council. This followed a request from the state governor, Senator Monday Okphebolo, which was acted upon by the House through its committee on Rules, Business and Government House. The house considered the report of the...

Chinese Ambassador Warns Compatriots Against Illegal Mining In Nigeria

21.08.2025

The Chinese government has cautioned its nationals living in Nigeria against engaging in illegal activities, including mining. The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, gave the warning in an interview after he led a delegation of Chinese Embassy officials in Nigeria on a courtesy call to the governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, in...

NDLEA, NNPC Collaborate To Address Drug Abuse Among Adolescents

21.08.2025

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Edo State Command and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have joined forces in addressing the challenge of drug and substance abuse among adolescents. The event, which is aimed at equipping young people with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions regarding health and lifestyle choices, was...

Tinubu Committed To Transforming Osun Through Investments In Education, Agriculture, Others

21.08.2025

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, on Wednesday said President Bola Tinubu is committed to transforming Osun State through targeted investments in education, agriculture and health empowerment. Idris stated this in Osogbo at a town hall sensitisation campaign meeting on the “Mid-term Achievements of President Tinubu‘s Administration” in the South West,...

Ex-Sokoto PDP Financial Secretary Defects To APC

20.08.2025

The political landscape of Sokoto State took a new twist on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, as Hon. Nasiru Yahaya Isa, popularly known as Wamban Isa, officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Hon. Isa, a retired Permanent Secretary and former State Financial Secretary of the PDP in Sokoto,...

Pay Rise For President, Vice, Ors, Insensitive To Suffering Nigerians’ Plight – Ajadi

20.08.2025

A South West stalwart of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi, has rejected the reported plan by the Federal Government to raise the salaries of political office holders, including the President, Vice-President, Ministers and others, saying such move is insensitive to the current plights of Nigerians due to the present economic challenges....