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The Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, said he had declared a state of emergency over insecurity in the state following a resurgence of violent...

The Federal Government has urged all parties in the ongoing violence in the Middle East to exercise restraint. In a statement obtained by GTN on Sunday, spokesperson for Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omayuli, stated, “The Federal Government of Nigeria...

Nigeria has suffered its sixth power grid failure of 2024, with power production on the system collapsing from 2,583.77MW at 2 a.m. on Monday to 64.7MW at approximately 3 a.m. For its estimated 200 million inhabitants, Nigeria produces 4,000MW of power on average. However, this is scarcely sustainable, as the grid keeps experiencing constant failures because of a variety of issues, including a shortage of gas, vandalism of the transmission system, and a liquidity problem. At the time of Monday morning's system collapse, just one energy generating firm, Ibom Power, was operational, according to data from the Independent System Operator, a division of the Transmission firm of Nigeria. Power generation on the grid crashed further to 44.5MW around 4am, before rising to 132.29MW an hour later.The...

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has asked the federal government to withdrawal the new increase of tariff, saying it will push the...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has slammed a fine of N200 million on the Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) over the Disco’s non-compliance...

President Bola Tinubu has called for unity of purpose and more collaboration between the federal government, state governors, and members of the National Assembly...

Following his escape from detention in Nigeria, the Federal Government has tracked down Nadeem Anjarwalla, a fleeing executive from Binance, to Kenya. The Nigeria Police Force, the Kenyan Police Service, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and the International Criminal Police have intensified negotiations to expedite Anjarwalla's extradition in light of the development. Sources close to the presidency who are monitoring the situation confirmed to GTN that, they know where he is. "He is in Kenya, and we’re working with the authorities to bring...

A  former Minister of Science and Technology Ogbonnaya Onu is dead. He was 72.  The Ebonyi State governor Francis Nwifuru; his Imo State counterpart Hope...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a celebrity transgender, Idris Okuneye, a.k.a Bobrisky, to six months in jail without an option of...

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria) have lauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its...