The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to take a decisive action on the plan by DISCOs to hike electricity tariff in the country. Ayuba Wabba, the NLC president, on Tuesday in Abuja made the call in a statement titled: “Increase in Electricity Tariff by Abuja DISCOs – a […]
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The Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, says active GSM subscribers in the country have increased from 184 million in December 2019 to 199.3 million in May 2020. Danbatta made the disclosure at the virtual launch/award ceremony of the COVID-19 Research Grant presented to three startups, by the NCC, on […]
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Two policemen in the convoy of Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), lost their lives in an accident on Tuesday. The former governor and a campaign team of the APC were on their way to Usen in Ovia south east local government area of Edo state when the accident occurred. […]
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Two persons are feared dead as yet another clash ensued between members of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites, and the police in Kaduna State. A crowd of IMN members had held a procession on Sunday in the Kaduna state capital and Zaria, before the unfortunate incident took place. The […]
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Ghanaian government has pledged to work with the federal government of Nigeria to address the allegations of ill-treatment of Nigerians in its country. In a statement on Sunday, Kojo Nkrumah, Ghanaian minister of information, said the issues between both countries can be resolved through diplomacy. He was reacting to a statement Lai Mohammed, minister of […]
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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has raised the alarm over the arming of thugs ahead of the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. Recall that the gubernatorial election in Edo is slated for September 19, while that of Ondo is October 10. In a statement on Sunday, Frank Mba, force spokesman, said the […]
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Kogi state government has officially announced the demise of Idakwo Michael Ameh Oboni II, attah Igala. In a statement on Friday, Kingsley Fanwo, Kogi commissioner of information and communications, said the monarch will be sorely missed. Fanwo said the late attah was “fiercely” loyal to his people throughout his lifetime and used his throne to […]
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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has fixed September 21 as the the tentative date for the reopening of primary and secondary schools. He also directed all tertiary institutions under the state government to reopen on September 14. The institutions were shut indefinitely in March to check the spread of COVID-19. But at a briefing on […]
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The Presidency says the Second Quarters 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is relatively far better than many other countries recorded during the same quarter. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. […]
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The federal government of Nigerian has said “poor and vulnerable” Nigerians will be exempted from electricity tariff increase. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, approved the implementation of the proposed cost-reflective energy tariff for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), while residential areas classified as “poor” will not be affected. In a statement on […]
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