The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has again decried the continuous vandalism of power infrastructure in the country, saying that it will now deploy drones to monitor transmission lines, especially in areas that are prone to vandalism.
Traceable spending of the All Progressives Congress, APC and the People’s Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidates in the 2015 general elections has shown that Presidential Candidates of both parties, Muhammadu Buhari and Goodluck Jonathan respectively, breached the 2010 Electoral Act in their campaign expenditures.
The Lagos State Police command has said that the scheduled nationwide protest being organized by popular Nigerian Musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as ‘Tuface’, would not be allowed to hold in the State.
Despite the backlog of salary arrears yet to be cleared by the Bayelsa State government, its Assembly has approved a request by Governor Seriake Dickson to spend N3 billion for the procurement of cars for the State legislators, political appointees and the State security outfit called “door akpor”.
The law which was passed by the State Assembly not long ago, prescribes a life sentence for anyone found guilty of kidnapping for ransom. It also provides that if a victim dies in the captivity, the suspect, if found guilty, will be liable to death.
The leadership of the National Assembly has issued a working document to chairmen of the various committees directing them to thoroughly examine all allocations in the 2017 budget presented by President Muhammadu Buhari.
