The federal government is set to receive the first batch of 3,205,101 electricity meters as part of a renewed effort to address Nigeria’s metering shortfall and enhance transparency in electricity billing. In a statement on Sunday, April 6, Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser on Strategic Communications and Media Relations to the Minister of Power, Chief…
Every corridor of power is strewn with its own peculiar coterie of grovellers. They may come under various designations — Special Assistant, Press Secretary, Special Adviser, Commissioner or some other official nomenclature — what unites them is their blind and unthinking resort to extra-legal measures in defence of their principals. Some public officials who don’t…
Lawyers confirmed on Wednesday that a man accused of the attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022 is planning to plead guilty in court. In a Wednesday letter sent to U.S District Judge Deborah Boardman, Nicholas Roske’s lawyers, Andrew Szekely and Ellie Marranzini, said, “We write to inform the Court that Mr. Roske…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Bayelsa State Command, has issued a firm rebuttal against social media reports alleging the unlawful detention of 15 domestic staff members of former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Okaka. ASC I G.T. Isari, Public Relations Officer of the Command,…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Bayelsa State Command, has refuted reports alleging that former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, was involved in the illegal detention of 15 of her former domestic staff at the Okaka Custodial Centre. The command described the claims as false and an attempt to tarnish the image of the Service. The…
