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  In a recent article, I attempted to clarify how subsidy works in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). However, reactions from readers across different channels opened a door I didn’t anticipate. If government is still investing heavily in subsidies and other support mechanisms, they argued, why does the quality of service from those providing electricity, especially the Distribution Companies (DisCos), still so epileptic? The simple truth is that Nigeria’s electricity sector has rules governing how electricity flows through our homes and businesses, performance contracts with clear penalties for failures, and a regulator in the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission . What has been lacking is the will to enforce these rules firmly and fairly to ensure improved power supply. This is why the Electricity Act 2023 , which decentralized power and created State Electricity Regulatory Commissions , should be a genuine game-changer if allowed to function as intended. In ou...

  The United Nations has disowned Mr Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew over his alleged appointment to a position within the UN Youth Office , declaring that he has no appointment, employment or affiliation with the organisation. The UN Youth Office also stated that Adeyemi was never authorised to represent the office or the United Nations in any capacity. The clarification was contained in a letter dated July 27, 2026, with reference number UNYO-2026-0017, issued by the United Nations Youth Office and released through Nigeria’s Permanent Mission to the UN in New York. The letter was written in response to a note from Nigeria’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations dated July 1, 2026, seeking clarification on Adeyemi’s purported appointment and documents allegedly linked to the position. In the letter, the UN Youth Office stated that Adeyemi “holds no appointment, employment, or affiliation of any kind with the Office” and had never been authorised to represent it in any capacity. The d...

  The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS), Prof. Francisca Bassey , on Thursday, August 6, 2026, held an interactive meeting with members of the Executive Council of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), UNICROSS Branch, in her office, as part of efforts to promote constructive engagement, strengthen industrial harmony and facilitate the peaceful resolution of issues recently raised by the Association. The meeting, convened at the instance of the Vice Chancellor, provided an opportunity for Management and the SSANU leadership to discuss matters affecting senior non-academic staff and explore practical ways of addressing them within the framework of the University’s policies, available resources and applicable regulations. In her extensive engagement with the SSANU executives, Prof. Bassey outlined various initiatives and strides recorded by the current administration, particularly in areas relating to staff welfare , instituti...

  The staff personnel verification and audit exercise of the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) has been successfully concluded at the Calabar Campus , following a six-day exercise that included the verification of academic and non-teaching staff, a mop-up exercise for staff who could not participate earlier, and the verification of University projects . The exercise, conducted by the Technical Committee on the Review of the Working Environment in UNICROSS , commenced on Monday, August 3, 2026, with the verification of academic staff and continued on Tuesday with further verification activities. On Tuesday, August 4, the Vice Chancellor of UNICROSS , Prof. Francisca Bassey , alongside members of the University Management, visited the venue of the exercise, where they participated in the audit and verification process along with staff of their respective departments. During the visit, members of the Technical Committee jokingly asked that the Vice Chancellor should be identi...

  The Coalition of Ijaw Youth (CJY) in the Niger Delta has called on Nigerians to support the ongoing digital transformation of the Federal Civil Service , urging the public not to allow recent developments surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) to overshadow what it described as one of the country's most significant public sector reform programmes. The coalition, in a statement signed by its National President, Comrade Bedford Berefa Benjamin , said the digitalisation drive being championed by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, OON, mni , was laying the foundation for a transparent, efficient and accountable public service. According to the group, the deployment of the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) System , GovMail , the 1-GOV Cloud Platform and other digital solutions has accelerated Nigeria's transition to a paperless Civil Service , enhanced service delivery, strengthened accountability...

  Nigeria's Permanent Mission to the United Nations has disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has extended an open invitation to the People's Republic of China to partner with Nigeria through the deployment and exchange of geophysical data across the country's nautical domain as part of efforts to unlock the enormous potential of the blue economy . The mission said the President's proposal prioritises strategic partnership, technology transfer and data-driven collaboration over traditional development assistance. The disclosure was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Office of the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, New York, following a keynote address delivered by Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, CFR , at the United Nations Sustainable Development Workshop on High-quality Development of the Marine Economy in Beijing, China. According to the statement, Ambassador Ibrahim, who repre...

  As part of an ongoing initiative to build strategic partnerships with key government agencies, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cross River State ( UNICROSS ), Prof. Francisca Bassey , yesterday, August 3,  2026 paid a courtesy visit to the Cross River State Surveyor General, Surv. Patrick Edet Bassey at his office in Calabar. The meeting focused on strengthening institutional collaboration in critical areas, including academic excellence, physical campus development, land administration, and sustainable infrastructure planning. Speaking during the visit, the Vice Chancellor underscored the vital role surveying plays in modern infrastructure development, urban planning, environmental sustainability, and accurate geospatial data collection. She stated that as UNICROSS expands its physical infrastructure and continues training professionals in related fields, close cooperation with the Office of the Surveyor General remains essential to maintaining best practices in s...