Operatives of South African police have arrested three suspects in connection with the brutal massacre of 18 relatives in the remote town of Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, last week. The country’s Police Minister, Senzo Mchunu, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects, the arrests were made following an intensive manhunt Mchunu announced the arrests during a memorial service for the victims on Sunday, 6 October, 2024, adding that a fourth suspect is expected to be apprehended soon. The massacre shocked the nation after gunmen stormed two homes, killing 15 women and 3 men, many of whom were shot in the head.…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Panic has gripped Kanya residents the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, after gunmen kidnapped the community district head, Isah Daya. It was gathered that the hoodlums abducted Daya when they stormed his village on Saturday, 6 October, 2024. They also killed one, injured three persons and kidnapped eight others. The Kebbi Police Public Relations Officer, Nafui Abubakar, who confirmed the attack, gave the name of the deceased as Sheriff Alhaji Almu. According to Abubakar, a combined security team led by the police has launched a manhunt on the abductors of the monarch to rescue the abducted persons. He…
Amid high energy costs, Nigeria’s electricity generation peak dropped to 4,998.20 megawatts on 6 October, 2024, from 5234.70 MW recorded last on Tuesday, 2 October, 2024 This is according to the recent system performance data from The National Control Centre, which stated this in a recent data it released, said this represents a 236.5mw drop in Nigeria’s electricity generation. The development comes after the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu celebrated 5,105 megawatts peak electricity generation in August 2024, just as he also disclosed that 40 percent of Nigeria’s electricity consumers enjoy 20 hours of uninterrupted power supply. However, electricity consumers in Nigeria who…
It was a case of winner takes all as the Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission (JISIEC) declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of all 27 local government chairmanship elections. JISIEC Public Relations Officer, Habibu Yarima, who made this disclosure in a statement made available newsmen, said that the election results were declared at the respective local government headquarters and ward collation centers across the 27 local government areas of the state. “The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all 27 chairmanship elections and 281 out of 287 councillorship positions contested by 11 political parties in the local…
Amid an electricity tariff hike, revenue of electricity distribution companies in Nigeria earned N887.86 billion in the first seven months of 2024. This is according to the analysis of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission(NERC) data on Discos’ commercial performance for the seven months of 2024. The data showed that out of N1.14 trillion electricity bill issued by Discos to customers, the companies recorded 79.7 percent collection efficiency which stood at N887.86bn in the period under review. A breakdown of the bill collection by Discos from January to July 2024 includes: N95 billion, N97 billion, N100.44 billion, N142.92 billion, N191.65 billion, N150.86…
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Olayemi Cardoso has said the Monetary Policy Committee raised the country’s interest to 27.25 percent to curb inflation and to control excess money in circulation. This was announced in a statement issued by the apex bank on Sunday, 6 September, 2024 Cardoso described the decision to raise interest rates as a necessary move to control inflation and curb excess money in circulation. The CBN boss, who spoke at the Harvard Club of Nigeria over the weekend, stressed that the rate hike, while difficult on borrowers, is crucial for the country’s economic stability.…
Tragedy occurred in Sarkin-Noma area of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital as a 19-year-old teenager, Abba Yusuf, has allegedly stabbed his 60-year-old father, Alhaji Dahiru Yusuf An eyewitness who confirmed the sad development to an online medium, said the incident happened over the weekend at about 8:30 a.m. in Sarkin-Noma when Dahiru Yusuf was stabbed to death by his son. The elder brother of the deceased, Alhaji Nuhu Muhammed Bala, who confirmed the incident, said he was at his residence when a sister called him about the tragic event. “When my sister called me, she said our brother had been…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate withdrawal of police personnel previously deployed to seal off the 23 local government areas of Rivers State, thegazellenews.com reports. This withdrawal of police personnel from the council’s secretariats in the state was announced on Monday, 7 October, 2024 in a statement issued by Rivers State Police Command Public Relations officer, Grace Iringe-Koko. According to the statement, the order follows recent political developments in Rivers State. “The newly deployed State Commissioner of Police, Bala Mustapha, conveyed the directives of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, for the immediate…
The political tension in Rivers State continued on Monday, 7 October, 2024 as fresh explosions and protests rocked some local government areas of the state. The latest is linked to Monday’s order by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun for the secretariat of the 23 LGs to be unsealed and the immediate withdrawal of policemen who had occupied the council since July. Already the secretariat of the Eleme LGA in the state is on fire, as buildings and vehicles were set ablaze following an explosion from a device suspected to be dynamite. In Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni LGA protesters invaded the council…
The Federal Government is set to deliver up to 400,000 barrels of Nigerian crude oil daily to the Dangote refinery under its naira-for-crude agreement, a report by Bloomberg stated on Monday, 7 October, 2024 It said this significant development is expected to take place over the next two months, amounting to 24 million barrels of Nigerian supply between October and November 2024. This increase in processing capacity could have substantial implications for both the refinery’s operations and the local oil industry, transforming the region’s import and export markets. This new development follows the announcement by the Federal Government that the…