Yola Electricity Company Announces Weeks-Long Power Outage
Africa-Press - Nigeria. The management of Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) says contractors of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) will carry out maintenance...
Nigeria’s Living Costs Exceed Kenya’s Says Atiku
Africa-Press - Nigeria. Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has said Nigeria is more expensive to live in now than Kenya.
President Bola Tinubu, in his remarks...
Sowore Visits Detained Businessman Blord’s City Boys Link
Africa-Press - Nigeria. Human Rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has visited detained Awka businessman, Linus Williams, also known as Blord.
Blord had been sent to Kuje...
YEDC Schedules Outages for North-East Upgrades
Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) has announced a new round of planned electricity outages affecting parts of Nigeria’s northeast, citing...
Nigeria’s Health Sector Risks Without Local Drug Funding
Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, have declared that Nigeria’s health sector will remain at risk without funding for specialised training...
NDLEA Seizes N1.8bn Drugs in Edo Arrests 104 Suspects
Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives seized N1.8 billion worth of illicit...
IFAD VCDP Warns Niger Food Processors on Equipment Safety
Africa-Press - Nigeria. Food processors under the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and International Fund for Agricultural Development-assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) in...
Troops Destroy 101 Illegal Refineries, Arrest 219 Suspects
Africa-Press - Nigeria. The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, says troops of Operation DELTA SAFE destroyed 101 illegal refining sites and arrested 219 suspects involved in...
Weak Regulatory Framework Slows Nigeria’s Property Growth
Africa-Press - Nigeria. A property developer, Barrister Cecil Ezem Osakwe, has expressed concern that weak regulatory frameworks slow the growth of Nigeria’s property sector.
Speaking...
Atiku Reacts to Kwankwaso’s Defection to ADC
Africa-Press - Nigeria. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the defection of the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party,...