By Tony Adibe The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said that the current loss of electricity supply in some parts of South-East is due to recent rainstorm within the zone. This is contained in a statement issued by the Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, on Monday in Enugu. He said, “EEDC wishes to inform her esteemed customers across the South-East that the loss of supply in some areas within its network is due to the rainstorm which occurred in the evening of May 28 and early…
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Naira Crashes Further At Worst 632 Official Rate To The United States Dollar
As a new Nigerian president is sworn in today in Abuja, higher demand for the US dollar has forced a further slump of the Nigerian currency in the foreign exchange market. As at Friday, the naira got as low as N632 to one US dollar at the official rate, a level seen as the worst in recent times. This discouraging trend was said to have been triggered by higher demand for the dollar. It is somehow linked to the imminent inauguration of a new government in Nigeria that seemed to…
Read MoreSenator Uba Sani Takes Over As Kaduna Governor, Renames Major Street After Nasir El-Rufai
Senator Uba Sani, his Deputy, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, were on Monday sworn in as the democratically elected Governor and Deputy Governor of Kaduna State. The oath of office was administered on them by the Kaduna State Chief Judge, Justice Tukur Muazu, at the Murtala Mohammed square. First to be sworn in was the Deputy Governor, Dr Balarabe. Thereafter, in the presence of dignitaries, the former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Sani) in the 9th National Assembly, took the Oath of office as governor. In his first duty shortly…
Read MoreUmuahia Agog As Ahmed Datti, Amaechi, Sanusi, Abure Storm Alex Otti’s Inauguration As Abia Governor
By NewsBits The new Governor of Abia State, Alex Chioma Otti and his Deputy, Ikechuckwu Emetu of the Labour Party, LP, has been sworn- in by the Chief Judge of Abia State, Justice Lillian Abai. Otti, who defeated Okey Ahaiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the March 18 governorship contest, was sworn-in, in the presence of a crowd of jubilant supporters that filled the Umuahia township stadium to the brim. Otti took over as the Governor under a tight security arrangement. In his first speech to Abians after…
Read MoreMbah Takes Over Office, Pledges To Replicate Wonders Of Singapore, Dubai On Enugu Soil
By Tony Adibe The new Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has promised to replicate the development and infrastructural stature in Singapore and United Arab Emirates’ Dubai on the soil of Enugu. Governor Mbah explained that the process leading to the new development would be a turning point of industrial revolution in the history of the state within the period of 8 years of his administration. The governor gave this assurance while making his inaugural address shortly after taking the oath of office as the Executive Governor of…
Read MoreAnambra State Governor Soludo, A Vocal Supporter Of Tinubu Denied VIP Entry On Inauguration
By NewsBits The most vocal supporter of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presidency in the Southeast, the governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo got a disgraceful reception at the inauguration of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President of Nigeria in Abuja today. The governor, who arrived the Eagle Square clad in his APGA attire walked straight to the VIP section but he was not allowed to go into the VIP section, where the likes of Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and other invited guests were seated.…
Read MoreAsiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Sworn In As 16th President Of Nigeria
By NewsBits Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been sworn in as the 16th President and Commander-In-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He took the oath of office at exactly 10:35am with the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Olukayode Ariwodola in charge. He took the oath of office to a rousing applause by supporters and well-wishers at the colourful ceremony at the Eagles Square. Tinubu, a former Senator and governor of Lagos State was declared the winner of the February 2023 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The…
Read MoreI Reject Shameful Condition Of Our Country – Peter Obi
By NewsBits Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, has said that he is on the same page with Nigerians in rejecting the present shameful conditions of our country but reaffirms hope for a better Nigeria, which is possible. Obi in a statement titled ‘At a Time Like this: My Message to Fellow Nigerians’ to mark May 29, 2023, swearing-in noted that this was a time for deep reflection as well as a time for Nigerians to “re-examine our assumptions, even as we reaffirm our hopes, review…
Read More‘Fuel Subsidy Is Gone’, President Tinubu Declares In Inaugural Speech
By NewsBits Nigeria’s new President, Bola Tinubu says the era of subsidy payment on fuel has ended. He said the 2023 Budget made no provision for fuel subsidy and more so, subsidy payment is no longer justifiable. “The fuel subsidy is gone,” Tinubu declared in his inaugural speech at the Eagle Square on Monday after he was sworn in as Nigeria’s 16th President. Tinubu said his government shall instead channel funds into infrastructure and other areas to strengthen the economy, adding that a “unified exchange rate” is guaranteed under his…
Read More“Bloody” Handover In Ebonyi, Three Attending Inauguration Killed
By NewsBits At least three persons travelling to attend Monday handover ceremony in Abakaliki Ebonyi State capital have been killed. They died in a ghastly motor accident in which several others sustained various degrees of injury. They were traveling in a bus when the accident occurred around Aguabata village in Izzi Local Government Area of the State. Details of the fatal accident was still hazy as at the time the of this report, but our source revealed that the vehicle was traveling from Izzi Local Government Area to Abakaliki. Izzi…
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