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Aug

13

2023

Adamu Garba says Algeria will supply free electricity to Niger Republic.

Economy, Metro, Opinion, PoliticsEconomy, Niger, Nigeria, Opinion

Adamu Garba, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), asserted that Algeria had chosen to provide the Niger Republic with free electricity. According to Naija News, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) turned off the country's electricity supply. Adam Umar El-yandiski, the TUC's public relations officer for the Kano State subregion, called Channels Television to corroborate the information. He maintains that there is no relationship between the connection that supplies electricity to the Niger Republic and the provision of electricity to any other area of the nation because it receives its power directly from the national grid. Pressure was…

Aug

07

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

2023 WASSCE results have been released by WAEC.

Education, Metro2023, Education, Metro, WASSCE

Results for the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have been made public by the West African Examination Council (WAEC). On Monday, the examination body announced the results. Patrick Areghan, Head of Nigeria's Office (HNO) of WAEC, reported that 262,803 of the 1,613,733 applicants who registered for the exam have had their results withheld "due to reports of cases of examination malpractice." A total of 1,361,608 candidates, or 84.38 percent, received credit or above in a minimum of five courses, with or without English Language or Mathematics, he claimed, showing an improvement in the pass rate. Additionally, 1,287,920…

Aug

07

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

‘The whole story will soon emerge,’ Yul Edochie responds to his father’s comments over his second marriage.

Entertainment, MetroEntertainment, Lifestyle, Metro, Nollywood, Pete Edochie, Yul Edochie

Nollywood star Yul Edochie has responded to his father, Pete Edochie's, recent allegations about his second marriage to actress Judy Austin. In a recent interview with Chude Jideonwo, Chief Pete Edochie stated that the news of Yul's second marriage came as a surprise to him. He also credited Yul's first wife, May, with the success of the actor's first marriage. His comments reinforced the vitriol that has enveloped Yul's second marriage to Judy, especially since the death of the actor's first child with May, Kambilichukwu. However, in a tweet, Yul stated that the "real story" will be revealed shortly, claiming…

Aug

05

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Kanu bans sit-at-home in the Southeast and introduces EED

Economy, Metro, NewsBiafra, Freedom, Metro, Nnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa, Sit-At-Home

By Silas Mmadu and Sampson Ojeh Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled leader of the pro-Biafra group Indigenous People of Biafra IPoB, has banned all sit-at-home protests in the South-East and proclaimed every Monday in the area as Economic Empowerment Day (EED). Emma Powerful, the IPoB's media and publicity secretary, revealed this in a statement on Saturday. IPoB's statement provided further clarification, stating that "Economic Empowerment Day, or EED, refers to a day designated for mass mobilization of Biafrans to devote their resources and means toward reversing the sharp and unprecedented decline in the economic, educational, and social needs of our…

Aug

05

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Tinubu’s bid to send troops to Niger is denied by the Senate

Metro, News, Politics2023, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Niger, Senate

implores the leaders of ECOWAS to use more political and diplomatic means to address the political impasse in the Niger Republic The Senate has requested that the head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other regional authorities exercise caution when dealing with the political impasse in the Niger Republic. The Senate requested ECOWAS to strengthen political and diplomatic options as well as other means to resolve the political impasse in the Niger Republic after emerging from a closed-door meeting that lasted nearly two hours and was held to discuss a letter sent to the Senate on…