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In compliance with the directive of Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission NERC ordering Distribution Companies to refund over billed customers, kaduna Electric has said that it is ready to refund customer. Kaduna Electric and other Distribution Companies in the country were sanctioned for non compliance with NERC’s Capping Order, directing them to ensure unmetered customers are not billed beyond a certain threshold. The capping order is aimed at aligning the estimated bills for unmetered customers with the measured consumption of metered customers on the same supply feeder. The Kaduna Electric in a statement issued by the head of Corporate Communication, Abdulazeez…
By Prof Joy Ezeilo The weekend killing of the President General of Umuoji town in Idemili North LGA of Anambra state is one death too many of community leaders in Igboland. It is time for stocktaking and re-tracing steps. It is worth studying the number of PGs of different communities that have been killed in Anambra and other states in Igboland in the last few years. What is the cause or motivation for such actions? What is fueling and exacerbating this heinous crime? There are so many unanswered questions! Igbos were known to be community development driven. Before the title…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Convener of the Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Abdullahi Ango, has said the Nigerian system is not working. He lamented that a single mosque in Saudi Arabia cannot be consuming 18,000 megawatts in a day while Nigeria generates a total of 4,000 megawatts. Asking Nigerians to go back to the drawing board, Abdullahi, a former Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, said booth leaders and the led have all failed. He spoke at a book launch titled “ Court and Politics”, authored by Dr Umar Ardo in Abuja on Saturday. “Looking at present reality in the…
By Halimah Olamide Men of the Nigerian Army have seized about one million litres of crude oil allegedly stolen from wellheads in Rivers. Leading journalists on a tour of illegal bunkering sites in Odagwa community in Etche, Rivers on Saturday, Brig.-Gen. Eddie Effiong, Commander, 6 Division Garrison, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, said the troops discovered the crude oil stored in eight large reservoirs following a tip-off about the operation of illegal refineries in a dense forest in the area. “The tip-off indicated that after we had destroyed an illegal refinery around the area previously, the oil thieves regrouped and re-established…
By Halimah Olamide The Director-General, Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA), Prof. Martins Emeje, has said no fewer than 160 million Nigerians can not afford the imported drugs to take care of their health. He expressed displeasure over Nigeria’s over-dependence on importation of drugs and other healthcare products. Emeje stated these at a Community Engagement for Health and Economic Growth of Nigeria held on Saturday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Anambra. The engagement was tagged “Importance of Integrating Indigenous Medicine with Orthodox Health Practices for Community Health and Economic Development”. It was organised in collaboration with Federal Ministry…
Nigeria’s Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi were on the score sheet as Fulham burst the bubble of optimism around Manchester United with a well-deserved 2-1 victory on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the victory was Fulham’s first at Old Trafford in more than 20 years. At the end of a week in which billionaire Jim Ratcliffe sealed the purchase of his 27 per cent stake in the club, and vowed to knock Manchester City off their perch, United’s impressive recent run was ended by Iwobi’s stoppage-time winner. United’s first loss in six league games left them…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the decision to lift sanctions on Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso was based on the need to maintain regional unity and security. Dr Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission said this at the end of the extraordinary session of the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS on Saturday in Abuja. He said that the authority took note of the period of Lent and the approaching month of Ramadan and the impact on citizens, adding that pleas were also received from prominent leaders including retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon. ”The authority…
By Halimah Olamide The United Bank for Africa at the weekend reaffirmed its commitment towards economic growth across the continent through targeted policies aimed at maximizing the benefits derived from the mining and oil sectors. The bank said it is poised to collaborate with the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) towards implementing strategic initiatives that will not only attract investment but also foster sustainable development. A statement made available to the NPO Reports by the bank quoted the Chief Executive Officer, UBA Africa, Abiola Bawuah, as speaking at the just concluded 4th ECOWAS Mining and Petroleum Forum (ECOMOF…
Following the death of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, another political prisoner is trying to keep the hope of change alive – even from behind bars. “Freedom costs dearly,” the opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza once wrote to me from a Russian prison cell. He was quoting his political mentor, Boris Nemtsov, who was murdered in 2015 in Moscow – right beside the Kremlin. Now Russian President Vladimir Putin’s biggest rival, Alexei Navalny, is dead. Alexei Navalny: What we know about his death Rosenberg: Dissent takes courage – and Navalny supporters are defiant Navalny’s body returned to mother, spokeswoman says…
By Femi Alabi A total sum of #355.2 billion was released by the Federal Government to Independent Electoral Commission INEC for the conduct of 2023 general elections. The Commission initially got #313.4b out of the #355b that was approved for the conduct of the elections as at September 2023 INEC in its 2023 General Election Report released on Friday, held that, owing to the key activities in the approved Election Project Plan for the 2023 general election, the commission proposed a budget of N305 billion for the conduct of the elections. The breakdown of this amount showed that the commission…