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By Seye Abodunrin One of the greatest challenges facing Nigeria since independence is shortage of infrastructural development, especially the issue of deplorable road network. Many of those roads and bridges that were built by the colonial administration and military regime are still in use in some communities around Nigeria. Expectedly, those roads had seriously deteriorated and became death traps around the country even with several palliatives carried out on them by successive civilian administrations; they remain impassable and terrible, making road users to go through hell on daily basis. Unfortunately, the military junta did not do much to develop road…

The national power grid again collapsed on Saturday, throwing the country into total darkness. Our correspondent reports that the grid collapsed around 3 pm. The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company has confirmed the development. In a statement, the DisCo said all its interface in the Transmission Company of Nigeria stations are out of supply, saying it is unable to provide services to customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States. “The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company wishes to inform its esteemed customers of a general system collapse which occurred at 15:09 hours today, 6th July 2024. This has resulted in the…

Globacom, Nigeria’s national telecommunications operator, has been described as an industry leader in the telecommunications sector by Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Abiodun Oyebanji. He said this on Monday in the state capital of Ado Ekiti, when he met with a group of Glo representatives from the company’s Enterprise Business Group. “Globacom is our own and a good ambassador of this country as far as telecommunications services are concerned”, Governor Oyebanji said, and added that the Ekiti State Government was prepared to do business with the company. He also expressed gratitude to Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr., the Chairman of Globacom, for…

At Money In The Bank on Sunday, the highly coveted MITB suitcase will be on the line as six male and female superstars will compete in ladder matches to determine who gets to walk away with the championship contracts. All the action will be broadcast live on GOtv. Here are four exciting reasons you cannot afford to miss any of the action from one of the most anticipated WWE main events. Ladder Matches In the men’s category, Jey Uso, Drew McIntire, Chad Gable, Andrade, Carnelo Hayes and LA Knight will battle one another in a ladder match to be the…

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has advised Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to increase support for the country’s only indigenous telecommunication company, Globacom and prevent creation of other telecommunication companies in Nigeria. This call was made at the presentation of the 30th edition of the prophet’s annual prophecy book titled Warnings To The Nations today Saturday, 6th of July, 2024 in Lagos. Primate Ayodele made it known that Globacom has the capacity to help Nigeria overcome economic challenges but the government must support them in order to increase this capacity. He stated that the company…

The housing initiative of the Federal Government Social Intervention Program has received a huge support from the United Kingdom and Germany as it recently birthed a collaboration to provide affordable housing by the duo of Family Homes Funds Limited in Nigeria and the Argisol Group operated in Germany and United Kingdom. The agreement is to promote sustainable and energy-efficient homes that reduce GHGE . The multinational agreement is expected to provide 30,000 Homes over 5 years across Nigeriam. The agreement will contribute to bridging the housing gap in Nigeria. The deal was sealed in Abuja recently as an MOU with…

The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Saturday, warned that President Bola Tinubu is not the messiah Nigeria needs. Primate Ayodele said Tinubu only came to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy but nothing much will happen to the country’s economy. Addressing journalists in Lagos, the prophet also warned that Tinubu would have challenges contesting for a second term. The prophet warned that state police are not the solution to Nigeria’s insecurity problems. He noted that some politicians would use state police as a weapon to cause insecurity. According to Ayodele: “Tinubu is not Nigeria’s messiah but only came…

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Kwara State Council has dissolved its Credentials Screening Committee amid allegations of compromise and procedural irregularities. The decision was made during an emergency congress held at the NUJ Press Centre in Ilorin on Friday. Originally scheduled to be held in the Conference Hall, the meeting took place in an open space within the premises after the hall was under lock and key. The emergency congress saw significant attendance from members across various chapels, demonstrating the urgency and importance of the issues at hand. Mallam Abdulhakeem Garba, Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel, chaired the congress…

A delegation of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) has visited the Lagos State House of Assembly and held a meeting with the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. The meeting which held behind closed doors on Thursday afforded a fruitful discussion concerning the proposed Lagos Electrification Agency Law which recently scaled second reading during plenary. The GAC delegation at the meeting included Cardinal James Odumbaku, Sen. Anthony Adefuye, Otunba Henry Ajomale, Dr. Yomi Finnih, and Otunba Femi Pedro. On Tuesday June 25, Dr. Obasa committed the bill to the Committee on Energy and Mineral Resources with a two-week mandate for the…

Three-time champions, Spain will aim to spoil Germany’s hopes of lifting the Euro 2024 trophy on home soil when they clash in the quarter finals on Friday. The match will be broadcast live on GOtv. Luis De La Fuente’s side are the only team in the tournament to have won all their games, thereby establishing themselves as tournament favourites. But they will be up against a resurgent German team under the tutelage of Julian Nagelsmann. Tune in GO Football (ch 61) at 5pm on Friday to watch. La Roja head into this clash unbeaten against the Germans in their last four major…