By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Government on Monday, 12 February, 2024 read riot acts to power distribution companies that are performing below stipulated standards in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry that they are going to lose 50 per cent of their operating expenditures. The Federal Government handed down this warning through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission at the 1st NESI Stakeholders Meeting of 2024 held in Lagos. FG added that the individual performances of the Discos shall be examined on a case by case basis going forward. Officially, Nigeria has 11 power distribution companies that supply electricity to over 12 million…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite has expressed the need to work with the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) to boost diaspora investments in the Country. Speaking during a courtesy call by the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Minister said she will create a full department called “Catalytic Investment Unit” in the Ministry to accommodate all diaspora related matters. The Minister commended NiDCOM, partnering with the private sector-led Nigerian Diaspora Summit initiative (NDSI) to organise the Nigerian Diaspora Investment summit, which has provided a platform for Nigerians who want to invest…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Former Secretary of the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday, 13 February, 2024 told Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja that a forged document was presented for the release of $6.2 million to election observers by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in February 2023. Mustapha made this revelation before the court when he appeared as the fourth prosecution witness in the ongoing fraud trial of Emefiele Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) had alleged that on February 8, 2023, Emefiele connived with one Odoh Ocheme, who is now on the run,…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged heads of agencies, parastatals and government-owned companies across the state to embrace innovation, creativity and bolster government revenue to meet the ever-growing needs of Lagos residents. He urged them to explore new avenues and embrace cutting-edge solutions that will optimise the financial capabilities of the State and ensure adequate funds for the timely and effective implementation of critical projects that directly benefit the people. The Governor also reaffirmed his government’s steadfast dedication to enhancing the welfare and prosperity of each citizen, noting that the current administration remains resolute in its efforts to…
Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state has convicted and sentenced an internet fraudster, Chukwuema Samuel Andrew to 30 ( thirty months) imprisonment for impersonation and obtaining money under false pretence. He was jailed on two-count charges bordering on obtaining under false pretence and impersonation upon being arraigned by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Count one reads: “That you, Chukwuema Samuel Andrew (A.K.A Mary Parlier) sometime in April, 2021 at Port Harcourt, Rivers State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud did…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Barely two months after their marriage, a lady named, Aisha Aliyu,19, a resident of Nasarawa Village, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State, has allegedly killed her husband, Idris Ahmadu, 24 over a disagreement over sex. The tragic incident took place in the early hours of Monday, 12 February, 2024. According to a source in the village, the couple went into an argument over sex before the lady picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed Ahmadu in the neck. The source added that Aisha stabbed Ahmadu in several other parts of his body before he collapsed, and neighbours, who…
Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has dismissed a bail application filed by a fake Chief Medical Director of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Chidiebere Cyril Ndigwe over his involvement in alleged employment scam and obtaining money under false pretence. The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC had dragged Ndigwe to court on a two-count charge of allegedly defrauding some job seekers by presenting himself to be the Chief Medical Director of University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital. The petitioner alleged that Ndigwe with other persons who are still…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command, has confirmed that no fewer than five persons died while 12 others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a sleeping driver rammed into a truck in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, on Tuesday, 13 February, 2024. The accident which occurred a distance away from Foursquare Church Camp at Ajebo, along the highway involved a Mazda bus with registration number, SMK 685 YG and a truck marked, ZE 121 0G. Spokesperson of FRSC, Ogun Sector Command, Florence Okpe, confirmed the sad development to newsmen in Abeokuta on Tuesday, 13…
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday, 13 February, 2024, said his administration is deploying different strategies and investing in people-oriented programmes that encourage young people to follow noble paths and avoid drug abuse and other social vices in the state. The Governor was speaking in Ilorin at the 1st Kwara Stakeholders Summit on Drug Abuse Prevention and Control, which was themed “Forging a Common Front in the Fight against Drug Abuse”. The summit was organised by the Office of the Special Assistant to the Governor on Drug Abuse Prevention and Control, Hon. Aileru Olamilekan Mukail. Attended by dozens of…
A lawyer and human rights activist, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has filed an action at a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja against the President-General of Oraifite Improvement Union (OIU) in Anambra State, Vincent Dike over alleged defamation of his name and character. The lawyer to the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in the suit with No. CV/1224/24 filed on Monday February 12 is demanding N50 billion from Dike. Dike, Manager of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) and Ejiofor are both kinsmen in Orafite, Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suit…