National Power Grid Collapses Again, 12th Time This Year Alone FG assures Nigerians of stable power grid with completion of Siemens Project Phase 1 Says Nigeria making headway with energy transition plans with German support Chuks Okocha, Deji Elumoye, Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Peter Uzoho in Lagos
Nigeria's national electricity grid suffered another collapse yesterday, throwing the country into darkness. THISDAY learnt that the latest
grid collapse occurred at 2.09 pm, marking the 12th of such system breakdown in 2024. The grid collapse occurred on
same day the Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, assured Nigerians that the country’s power grid would achieve significant stability
with the completion of phase one of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI), also known as the Siemens project. Also yesterday, the Forum of Com-
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Tinubu to Steinmeier: Our Business Doors Are Open, Our Reforms Working Very Well Deji Elumoye in Abuja
L-R: Mrs. Chinwe Obaigbena; wife of the Consul General of Germany, Dr. Imke Börner; Chairman, THISDAY Newspapers /Arise News, Prince Nduka Obaigbena; President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier; Founder, Nike Art Gallery, Chief Nike Okundaye; Consul General of Germany, Weert Börner; and Arise TV Anchor, Ojy PHOTO: KUNLE OGUNFUYI Okpe, during a cultural and art dinner in honour of Steinmeier's visit to Lagos at the Nike Art Gallery...yesterday
President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, assured his German counterpart, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, that Nigeria’s business doors were open and reforms of his administration were working well. He also stressed his administraContinued on page 32
For Denigrating Nigeria,You Can Drop Kemi From Your Name, Shettima Tells Badenoch
UK opposition leader’s spokesman says she’s ‘not the PR for Nigeria’ Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has urged Kemi Badenoch, the UK Conservative Party leader, who is of Yoruba to remove Kemi from her name if she was not proud to be a Nigerian, instead of denigrating her heritage and her country of ancestry. Badenoch who spent part of her childhood in Lagos, had previously said that it was a city where “fear was everywhere”, The Telegraph of UK reported yesterday. She has spoken frequently about the insecurity and corruption in the country and the experience of growing up under a military dictatorship. But Shettima, Nigeria’s vice president, said that Badenoch “has every right to remove the Kemi from her name” if she was
not “proud” to be from Nigeria. He compared her to Rishi Sunak, her predecessor, adding: “Rishi Sunak, the former British prime minister, is originally from India. A very brilliant young man, he never denigrated his nation of ancestry nor poured venom on India.” Sunak was born in Southampton to east African-born parents of Indian Punjabi descent. Asked about the comments, Badenoch’s spokesman said on Wednesday that the Tory leader “stands by what she says” and that she is “not the PR for Nigeria”. He added: “She tells the truth. She tells it like it is. She is not going to couch her words.” Speaking during a trip to the US last week, Badenoch said: “I’m Continued on page 32
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Visiting German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa … yesterday PHOTO: GODWIN OMOIGUI
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