Nigerian actor cum politician, Desmond Elliot have donated several electricity transformers to his constituency ahead of the election scheduled for Saturday, March 18th. The two-term incumbent lawmaker, who is running for a third bid in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Surulere Constituency, took to hissocial media on Thursday to disclose that he commissioned the instalment of the high-capacity transformers in Surulere to bring reliable electricity to communities. He further listed the recipients of the transformers as,  de Crescent, Main street, Clegg street, James Robertson, Akerele, Martins Street and Tafawa Balewa.

Buyers have the itch; dealers get some scratch As many as 15,000 bargain hunters cram the market’s six acres each weekend, rummaging through wares displayed at 400 stalls, haggling with sellers and walking away with treasures—and junk—of every description. Fuzzy stuffed animals and live parrots. Miniature Japanese pagodas and bonsai trees. Madonna and child statuettes. Sea shells and natural sponges. “This,” exults Mary Wright, “is the last bastion of free enterprise.

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has shortlisted four individuals to pick a running mate from. Naija News gathered that those considered for running mate, including a serving governor, were screened on Wednesday. A source close to Kwankwaso told The PUNCH that apart from the governor those screened are Kingsley Moghalu, Madam Charity from Bayelsa State, and Bishop Isaac Idahosa from Edo State. Asked if Idahosa had been picked as Kwankwaso’s running mate, the source said, “He is part of those considered.

MTN Nigeria has provided an explanation for the service disruption experienced by its subscribers on Wednesday, attributing the issue to multiple fibre cuts. The telecommunications giant, which is one of the leading service providers in the country, acknowledged the impact of the outage on its voice and data services through a communication on its X page. The service interruption had left several users expressing their frustrations over the unexpected network disruption, impacting both personal and business communications across the country.

The Spokesperson of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, attracted controversy when he said that the north has the population and will work to retain power in 2023. This did not go down well with many (especially southerners); Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari was greeted with anti-government protesters and ‘paid’ pro-government protesters at the United Nations. We are reporting these and more as we review the past week! Despite southern clamour, NEF wants north to keep power in 2023 Hakeem Baba-Ahmed