The first batch of meter installers have begun their training in Abuja. The training is part of efforts to scale up delivery of seven million smart electricity meters and close metering gap. The training which began on Thursday, with the flag-off of POWER FORCE, will produce 5,000-meter installers across the country. The Power Force […]

  By Bayo Onanuga   Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s relentless desire to become President of Nigeria has regrettably closed his eyes to the virtues of statesmanship, decorum, and propriety expected of an elder statesman. Instead of embracing the dignity and maturity that come with his standing, he continues to diminish himself through reckless public […]

  Justice Nkeonye Maha of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Thursday, sentenced one Kazeem Akinde, 35, to four years in the correctional centre for dealing in illicit drugs. Delivering judgment, Maha said that she convicted and sentenced Akinade based on the evidence tendered against him by the prosecution, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency […]

  A Federal High Court in Ibadan on Thursday sentenced a 40-year-old woman, Omodunmami Ayantola to one year in the correctional centre for trafficking 45.6kg of Cannabis. Delivering judgment, Justice Uche Agomoh convicted and sentenced Ayantola based on her guilty plea and the evidence tendered against her by the prosecution. Agomoh added that she reduced […]

  Nigeria and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have urged African countries to strengthen regional cooperation and adopt a common position on global digital governance. They made the call on Thursday in Abuja, at the opening of the 7th Ordinary Session of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU), ahead of the forthcoming 2026 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference […]

  The police, on Thursday, charged a 59-year-old farmer, Okeyemi Poroye, before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo for allegedly damaging palm trees worth N10 million. The defendant, whose address was not given, is standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on felony and malicious damage. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. […]

  The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has called for peaceful coexistence among Nigerians, to ensure unity, security and development of the country. The Head of NEMA, Enugu operations office, Mrs Priscilla Madukwe, made the call on Thursday in Agu-Ifite Awka South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Madukwe led an assessment team of […]

  TikTok has said it removed more than 4.8 million videos in Nigeria during the first quarter of 2026 as it intensified enforcement against harmful content and strengthened AI safety measures. The platform disclosed this in its Q1 2026 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report saying the removed videos represented 0.6 per cent of all content uploaded […]