Minister of Power. Chief Adebayo Adelabu has unveiled an urgent 10-year rescue plan to revive the manpower shortage in the electricity sector, mandating the training of not less than 1,200 electrical engineers within the next decade and prioritizing local contractors under a strict “Nigeria First” procurement policy. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the management retreat of the Ministry of Power, themed, ‘Development of Ministerial Performance Management System (MPMS) for 2025’, in Abuja on Tuesday, Adelabu warned staff that President Bola Tinubu’s administration would not tolerate excuses in delivering stable power to households and businesses, calling the sector’s revival “non-negotiable”…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has moved to advance digital connectivity across the region and foster a robust and interconnected digital ecosystem. The regional bloc hosted a technical workshop on policy and regulatory exchange and knowledge sharing on connectivity market integration in West Africa in Abuja on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Acting Director, Digital Economy, ECOWAS Commission, Folake Olagunju, in her remarks at the opening of the Regional Workshop on Connectivity Market Policy and Regulatory Coordination, explained that the workshop seeks to engage participants in meaningful discussions around thematic areas such as strengthening policy and regulatory…
By Fouad Oki Nigeria’s ruling APC is on the brink of self-inflicted damage in Lagos State. As the July 12, 2025 local government and LCDA elections approach, biter infighting has replaced unity. Party stakeholders warn that internal division and the imposition of candidates by powerful insiders threaten both the party’s credibility and its electoral prospects. In community after community, aspirants and supporters are openly defying top-down arrangements, insisting on genuine primaries. If Lagos APC leaders persist in sidelining grassroots voices by invoking President Tinubu’s name to justify undemocratic picks we are risking alienating voters and inviting legal disaster. This crisis…
In a bold demonstration of commitment to youth empowerment and grassroots sports, Parallex Bank has awarded cash prizes of ₦1 million each to four exceptional young athletes from Lagos State in recognition of their outstanding performances at the 2024 National Youth Games. This remarkable gesture followed the Bank’s earlier pledge to identify, recognize, and reward top athletic talent in the state that distinguished themselves through exceptional performance and discipline at the U-15 Sports Competition held in Asaba. Beneficiaries of this prestigious recognition: Emmanuel Bright, Tennis; Akanbi Demilade, Swimming; Kanu Chioma, Swimming; and Akinwuwo Oladeji, Deaf Athletics; were celebrated for their…
By Gbenga Nicholas, Abuja The Nigeria Governors’ Spouses Forum (NGSF) has thrown its full support behind the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), stating that a successful war against drug abuse and trafficking is critical to the realization of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. This was the key message in a communique delivered on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, by Mrs. Bamidele Dapo Abiodun, First Lady of Ogun State, on behalf of the Forum’s Chairperson, Prof. (Mrs.) Olufolake AbdulRazaq, First Lady of Kwara State. The communique was issued at the end of a high-level training workshop organized by the…
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentence of one Al-Mustapha Isah Gupa and Qareeb Adekunle Yusuf before Justice I. A Isiaka of the State High Court, sitting in Kaduna. They were prosecuted on a separate one-count charge, bordering on cheating and impersonation. The charge against Yusuf reads “That you Qareeb Adekunle Yusuf (a.k.a Teddy Swims) (M), between January and April, 2025 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, cheated several unsuspecting victims of the total sum of $200 when you falsely presented yourself as Teddy Swims, on Facebook (an online social media application), and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section…
President Bola Tinubu has sent warm greetings to veteran journalist and former Executive Director of Tell Magazine, Oludare Babarinsa, on his 70th birthday. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu saluted the Chairman/Managing Director of Gaskiya Media for attaining the milestone, which has been marked by decades of dedication and sacrifice to nation-building. The President lauded Babarinsa’s distinguished journalism career, which began at the Daily Times, where he served as a corps member in 1981. From there, Babarinsa’s passion for journalism evolved into activism through his work at…
The Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has questioned the rationale by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for downgrading its economic growth projection for Nigeria in 2025 from 3.2 percent to 3.0 percent on the back of the global oil slump. This, according to the think tank, is because the Nigerian economy has not, of late, been solely about oil especially with the substantial growth in the country’s non-oil export year-on-year as a result of ongoing economic diversification and the impact of government policies. In a policy statement signed by its Chairman Dr Omoniyi Akinsiju, IMPI argued that it was…
The Oba of Lagos, His Royal Majesty, Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu I, has assured the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC of support and commitment of the state’s traditional institution to the fight against corruption, economic and financial crimes. He gave the assurance in Lagos, while receiving the Acting Director of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the EFCC, Ahmad M. Ghali, who led top officers of the Commission on a courtesy visit to his palace. “Your presence here today is a mark of respect, not only to the traditional institution of Lagos, but to the enduring values of integrity, justice and collaboration. I am pleased to receive you on this critical courtesy visit and to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the exercise of its mandate of tackling economic and financial crimes, invited Martins Innocent Otse owing to a series of petitions bordering on sundry issues of alleged financial crimes raised against him. He refused to show up in spite of several invitations sent to him through his known addresses and medium of communication. The petitions pertain to grave allegations of financial malfeasance which cannot be ignored by the Commission. It is needful to admit that the Commission is aware of several unguarded attacks of the suspect against its operations. While such conduct…