Users stranded as Facebook, Instagram experience outage, Meta apologises
In a major disruption affecting millions of users, Meta’s key apps, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have been down for many users globally. Reports flooding in on social media, including X (formerly Twitter), confirmed that the issue is widespread, with many users unable to load their accounts or post content. Downdetector, a platform that tracks
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In a major disruption affecting millions of users, Meta’s key apps, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have been down for many users globally. Reports flooding in on social media, including X (formerly Twitter), confirmed that the issue is widespread, with many users unable to load their accounts or post content. Downdetector, a platform that tracks
IDPs, migrants get 2,000 hectares for farming clusters
The National Agricultural Land Development Authority and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish farming clusters for IDPs and migrants in the country. The partnership was signed in Abuja on Wednesday, under the Renewed Hope Restoration Project to improve the lives of IDPs and
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The National Agricultural Land Development Authority and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish farming clusters for IDPs and migrants in the country. The partnership was signed in Abuja on Wednesday, under the Renewed Hope Restoration Project to improve the lives of IDPs and
Civil service: We’re not recruiting – Enugu Govt
Enugu State Government says its Civil Service Commission is not recruiting, describing the report as false and a scam. The State Chairman, Civil Service Commission, Mr Robinson Odo, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu, warning members of the public against recruitment scams Odo said no recruitment process is currently ongoing, stating that
Civil service: We’re not recruiting – Enugu Govt
Enugu State Government says its Civil Service Commission is not recruiting, describing the report as false and a scam.
The State Chairman, Civil Service Commission, Mr Robinson Odo, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu, warning members of the public against recruitment scams
Odo said no recruitment process is currently ongoing, stating that the information on social media calling on prospective applicants to apply is false.
“Please, disregard the news circulating on social media alleging that the state civil service commission is currently recruiting.
“Those directing applicants to apply through certain websites are unscrupulous agents and fraudsters,” he added.
He urged the public to verify information through official channels to avoid falling prey to scammers, warning that any individual or group found engaging in recruitment scams would face the full wrath of the law.
According to him, a series of recruitments had been carried out successfully by the government through the right channels.
“This government has successfully carried out thousands of employments through verifiable channels.
“The processes were traceable, transparent and accountable in line with the governing philosophy of Gov. Peter Mbah administration.
“Any job opening will be made public through the appropriate means of communication,” he said.
He, however, assured citizens that it would continue to prioritize transparency and accountability in all its dealings, and urged the public to report any suspicious activities to the relevant authorities.
Civil service: We’re not recruiting – Enugu Govt
Tax reform bills: Go to negotiation table – Oshiomhole tells Govs
The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has called on governors opposing the new tax bills introduced by President Bola Tinubu to get on the negotiation table. Oshiomhole made this call on Wednesday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. DAILY POST recalls that the new tax bills introduced have been enveloped in widespread
Tax reform bills: Go to negotiation table – Oshiomhole tells Govs
The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has called on governors opposing the new tax bills introduced by President Bola Tinubu to get on the negotiation table.
Oshiomhole made this call on Wednesday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.
DAILY POST recalls that the new tax bills introduced have been enveloped in widespread controversy and sparked scathing criticisms and stiff opposition from many, including the 36 state governors under the aegis of the National Economic Council, NEC.
The 19 governors in northern Nigeria have also emphatically rejected sections of the bills and called for the withdrawal of the bills from the National Assembly.
Reacting to the opposition by the governors, Oshiomhole said withdrawing the bills means closing the debate, adding that it is better debated at public hearings.
“We are making these laws for the Nigerian people.
“And therefore it is the Nigerian people who should look at these things constructively and say: ‘Is it in our interest?’
“But in the real world, nobody gets what he wants; you get what you negotiate and it is more so in a democracy,” he said.
The former Edo State governor also said when debates assume ethnic and religious lines, the first casualty is truth and reason, dismissing the insinuations that the bills when become laws would favour one region against another.
The lawmaker said a society can be changed either by resolution or reforms, adding that the president has the right to initiate tax reforms.
The former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, however, said the president should not expect the bills to return to him exactly the way they were presented to the National Assembly.
“I am not a stammerer and debate is for those who can argue. And that is what the parliament is about.
“The good thing is that the president has not sent to us a law; what he has sent to us is a set of proposals under a bill, for us to look at, discuss, debate, if necessary, negotiate, and alter it as we want and pass to him a piece of legislation or bill that attract the two chambers of the National Assembly.
“I will be surprised if the president thinks that whatever he forwarded to the National Assembly, will be back the way he proposed it. Even the Appropriation Act, it never goes back the way it came in. I do not know.
“It will be a sad day for democracy if we get to a point in which whatever bill the executive brings to the National Assembly, the National Assembly stamps it and returns it to the executive the way it brought it,” he added.
Tax reform bills: Go to negotiation table – Oshiomhole tells Govs
My son qualified to be Edo commissioner — Oshiomhole
The lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, says his son, Cyril, is qualified to be the Commissioner for Health in Edo State. Oshiomhole stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday. DAILY POST recalls that in November, Governor Monday Okphebolo of Edo State appointed Cyril as health commissioner just after the
My son qualified to be Edo commissioner — Oshiomhole
The lawmaker representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, says his son, Cyril, is qualified to be the Commissioner for Health in Edo State.
Oshiomhole stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.
DAILY POST recalls that in November, Governor Monday Okphebolo of Edo State appointed Cyril as health commissioner just after the new governor was sworn in.
The appointment has been greeted with criticisms from persons who described the act as a state capture and a reward for the senator’s support for the governor’s election.
Oshiomhole, when asked if he endorsed the appointment of his son as commissioner, said he expressed his concerns to the governor when the appointment was announced.
“He doesn’t work under me; maybe Governor Monday is grooming him. When I was in Edo, I stopped him when he wanted to go for the House of Reps.
“I said no and supported another guy. The second time he wanted to try, I said no. This time the governor decided to pick him. He is qualified.
“I did express my concerns when I heard. I called him and expressed my concerns. I expressed those concerns to the governor that people might say this and that.
“Those were the reasons why I stopped him from contesting elections when I was in office but then I have to accept that in the world that we live in, you can only do so much to control your son but not when he is already of adult age.
“But the point must be made: I invested in my children’s education. I didn’t want them to go through what I went through.
“So, Dr Cyril is not just a medical doctor from ABU (Ahmadu Bello University), he went to do post-graduate in two universities in the US, including Harvard and another university in Louisiana. He does something about public health.
“So, he is not having it because he is Oshiomhole; I will say he is having it in spite of being Oshiomhole,” he said.
My son qualified to be Edo commissioner — Oshiomhole
From homeowners to squatters: Metamorphosis of landlords displaced by Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway
JOSEPHINE OGUNDEJI explores how the Lagos-Calabar Highway Project has forced Landlords into living in shanties amidst the battle for demolition compensation In mid-July, Hazeez Adeniji stood frozen, a storm of emotions washing over him, as bulldozers tore through his life’s work eight bungalows and four bustling shops right before his eyes. Clutching a bottle of
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JOSEPHINE OGUNDEJI explores how the Lagos-Calabar Highway Project has forced Landlords into living in shanties amidst the battle for demolition compensation In mid-July, Hazeez Adeniji stood frozen, a storm of emotions washing over him, as bulldozers tore through his life’s work eight bungalows and four bustling shops right before his eyes. Clutching a bottle of
Blackout: Confusion over reason for latest National Grid collapse in Nigeria
There seems to be confusion over the cause of Wednesday’s national grid collapse which plunged Nigeria into darkness. This is as generation companies blamed the latest collapse on the stoppage of gas supply due to over N2 trillion in legacy debts. However, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) denied issuing a directive
Blackout: Confusion over reason for latest National Grid collapse in Nigeria
There seems to be confusion over the cause of Wednesday’s national grid collapse which plunged Nigeria into darkness.
This is as generation companies blamed the latest collapse on the stoppage of gas supply due to over N2 trillion in legacy debts.
However, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) denied issuing a directive to wholesale gas suppliers to halt gas supply to Generation Companies, GenCos, over the N2 trillion indebtedness.
NMDPRA made this clarification to DAILY POST on Wednesday in a statement.
Report had emerged of an imminent blackout in Nigeria as NMDPRA directed gas suppliers to halt supply to GenCos over failure to pay their obligations.
Thereafter on Wednesday, DAILY POST reported that Nigeria was thrown into darkness, making it the 12th National Grid collapse in 2024 alone.
The outage occurred around 1:36 pm on Wednesday, according to the Jos Electricity Distribution Company.
However, NMDPRA had absolved itself of being responsible for the blackout.
“It has absolutely no bearing on the information shared at a recent stakeholders’ engagement held in Lagos between the Authority, the OPTS, IPPG, and other stakeholders in the oil and gas industry.
“The purpose of the engagement was to sensitise stakeholders on the requirements, opportunities, and benefits associated with the implementation of the wholesale supply license as provided by sections 142 and 197 of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021.
“It was a follow-up to an earlier stakeholder engagement held at the NMDPRA corporate headquarters in Abuja on November 27, 2024.
“The Authority wishes to reassure all our stakeholders and indeed the general public that at no time was the false statement made at that event and anywhere else, and they are advised to completely disregard the publication as every effort is being made to ensure that the supply and distribution of natural gas and petroleum products to end users is seamless and unabated as we head into the festive season and indeed all through the coming year 2025,” NMDPRA said.
Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Power Generation Companies, Dr. Joy Ogaji, confirmed that gas suppliers had halted supply to GenCos.
She explained that the development comes after gas-producing companies formally notified all GenCos of the suspension of natural gas supply.
According to her, it was behind Wednesday’s power outage as 70 percent of Nigeria’s power is produced by gas-fired power plants.
“They (gas suppliers) have halted the supply.
“The total debt has now increased to over N2.7tn, and you know that 70 percent of thermal Gencos invoices are gas,” she stated.
As of the time of filing this report, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, responsible for the country’s national grid, has remained mum on the latest power outage.
However, DAILY POST gathered that power restoration has commenced as bulk electricity supply was restored to some parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Wednesday night.
Blackout: Confusion over reason for latest National Grid collapse in Nigeria
Sanwo-Olu hosts town hall on security
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is set to host the 18th annual Lagos State town hall meeting on security. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this in a Wednesday statement, stating that the event is “a major summit for stakeholders in the (security) sector.” The meeting is scheduled to be
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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is set to host the 18th annual Lagos State town hall meeting on security. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this in a Wednesday statement, stating that the event is “a major summit for stakeholders in the (security) sector.” The meeting is scheduled to be
Bayelsa NLC welcomes N80,000 wage for LG workers
The Bayelsa State government has approved the payment of N80,000 as minimum wage for staff of the local government council. The approval came after pressure from the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. The government also assured the workers that it would add to the December salaries the differentials that would arise from the
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The Bayelsa State government has approved the payment of N80,000 as minimum wage for staff of the local government council. The approval came after pressure from the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. The government also assured the workers that it would add to the December salaries the differentials that would arise from the
Police arrest two suspects, recover 25 stolen phones in Borno
Borno State Police Command said its Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in a stop-and-search operation in Maiduguri, intercepted two suspects in possession of 25 mobile phones of various models. The Command’s…