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The protesters, numbering over 600 residents on the Island who gave 24-hour ultimatum for restoration of power in their respective areas, stormed the EKEDC head office, barricaded the entrance and the major Marina road for about four hours, chanting war songs and threatened to burn down the building if the officials failed to attend and address their problems.

Nigeria has been on the forefront of an international advocacy questioning the planned defunding of gas projects as one of the moves towards achieving net-zero emissions. Now, the continent-wide Africa Development Bank, AfDB, has thrown its weight behind the clamour during a meeting last week between Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, and a delegation of the bank. So also did a team of US experts recently in a widely published article.