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“Emiefele and Mallami’s appointments took Nigeria backward, those appointments shouldn’t have happened…”

President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate commencement of efforts to clear more than 300 containers of electricity equipment stranded at Nigerian ports, with some reportedly held for between 14 and 20 years over unpaid charges and unresolved customs procedures. The directive forms part of the Federal Government’s efforts to recover potentially usable power infrastructure and address longstanding constraints in Nigeria’s electricity transmission network. Minister of Power, Olasunkanmi Tegbe, disclosed the development on Wednesday while briefing journalists after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. Tegbe described the prolonged detention of the equipment as unacceptable, saying the containers had remained at the ports for years because previous administrations failed to settle outstanding charges and complete the necessary clearance processes. According to the minister, the President directed the Ministry of Power to work with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to resolve the outstanding issues and facilitate the release of the equipment. Tinubu also instructed the relevant agencies to reconcile outstanding charges where necessary to bring the prolonged delays to an end. The minister explained that technical experts would inspect the equipment after clearance to determine its condition and suitability for deployment across the country’s electricity network. He said materials found to be serviceable would be incorporated into ongoing power infrastructure projects, while obsolete or unusable equipment would be handled appropriately.

Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma to immediately stop parading himself as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Imo West Senatorial election slated for January 16, 2027. Justice Egwuatu issued the order after holding that Uzodinma did not win the May 18 primary election conducted by the APC and monitored by INEC. The judge in his judgment held that evidence presented before the court proved that former Governor Rochas Okorocha won majority of the votes cast at the poll and should be published winner of the election. Egwuatu subsequently ordered the APC to forward Okorocha's name as candidate of the APC in the 2027 general elections for Imo West Senatorial election.

"TUC never asked for intervention as a result of the rising cost of transportation. On the issue of asking for wage increase, does the government gift wage increase? There must be a process put in place. “I’m worried for some time now why you will say you reject something that was not given to you. That is not proper. “You don’t have the power to reject what a sister agency negotiates. You have the power to ask for your own.”

"If leaders left public funds in banks, Nigeria would be so be so rich by now that we would not know what to do with the money" 📹 : Okwute // X

“Oriyomi Hamzat is my junior brother and a lover of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. When I called him, he said he would come to me, I said no let me me come to you. We’ve both agreed to work for President Tinubu…” Teslim Folarin, Coordinator of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in Oyo State