archiveFebruary 2020

  A cross section of electricity consumers in  the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja on Wednesday rejected the proposed increase of electricity tariff. The consumers made their stand known during a public hearing on the application made by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission...

  The Federal Executive Council(FEC) has approved the sum of N645.5 million for the establishment of training school for aviation accidents investigation in Abuja. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after FEC meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa. The meeting, which lasted over...

Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto on Wednesday led a peaceful prayer procession in Sokoto organised by the diocese to mourn Nigerians killed by Boko Haram insurgents, bandits,  terrorists  and kidnappers. The procession which attracted hundreds of Christian faithful and Muslim communities in the state, started from...

  Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, Convener of Nigerians Unite Against Terror, has described a bill seeking to create an agency that would see to the rehabilitation, deradicalisation and integration of repentant Boko Haram terrorists in the country as a means of recycling terrorism. Okei-Odumakin stated that one of the major roles...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wednesday raised the alarm accusing the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of currently mounting pressure on the Supreme Court to restrain itself from reversing the flawed judgment on the Imo State Governorship election. It also alleged that this clandestine moves came despite obvious mistakes...

The Senate has fixed March 9, 2020 for a public hearing on the bill to regulate social media usage in Nigeria. The bill titled ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill, 2019’, which was sponsored by Senator Mohammed Musa, is on course to become a law in the country. Chairman...

The Senate has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, re-constitute the board of the Federal Character Commission. According to the upper chamber, any action to  the contrary amounts to a breach of the Act establishing the Commission and the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The position...

    threatens PDP chieftain, demands 7 days ultimatum for retraction Senator Biobarakuma Degi-Eremienyo, on Tuesday said he did not face any criminal charge in 1990 and had never faced any before, contrary to the allegation made by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Miebi Bribena. Degi-Eremienyo, Deputy...

The Anambra State government on Tuesday 25th February signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BudgIT on Open Budget System that aims to promote fiscal transparency in the state. This initiative is with the support of the Rule of Law and Anti-corruption (RoLAC) programme funded by the European Union being...

  The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed the Distribution Companies (DisCos) to ensure that electricity consumers are metered by April 30. NERC said this in an order signed by NERC’s Chairman, Mr James Momoh, and Commissioner, Legal, Licensing and Compliance, Mr. Dafe Akpeneye, obtained from the commission’s website...