There are strong indications that the electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in the country will hike their tariffs with effect from January 1, DailyTrust reports. An official source from one of the electricity distribution companies who confirmed the development under the condition of anonymity said a virtual emergency meeting was held in that regard. “All […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrapped the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and orders for a military arsenal build-up to prepare for a war that can “break out at any time” on the peninsula, state media reported Sunday. Kim lambasted the United States during a lengthy speech at […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Mr Karim A. A. Khan, KC, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC) “to urgently issue a formal ‘preventative statement’ in relation to the ongoing violence, unlawful killings, crimes against children and other violations of international law in Plateau State of Nigeria.” SERAP also urged Mr Khan “to […]
The Chairmen of the Delta and Edo States Phase 2 Ex-Agitators of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, weekend, petitioned President Bola Tinubu and the Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Programme, Maj-Gen Barry Ndiomu (retd), over N320 million alleged to have been hijacked by six Ex-agitators from Ekianwuru camp in Bayelsa State. The Phase 2 […]
The sum of N3 billion was earmarked for procurement of books for the national assembly library in 2024 budget. This is contained in the 2024 appropriation bill. According to details of the budget, N12.12 billion was also budgeted for the national assembly library complex (take-off grant). Also, the federal government allocated N3 billion for […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, over an ongoing probe into the N37,170,855,753.44 allegedly laundered under her watch through a contractor, James Okwete. The former minister was asked to appear before interrogators at the EFCC headquarters, Jabbi, Abuja on […]
DR Congo’s incumbent president Felix Tshisekedi is expected to be announced on Sunday as the winner in recent elections that opposition leaders have already dismissed as a “sham”. Partial results released so far leave little doubt that Tshisekedi won the single-round presidential election, and the National Independent Electoral Commission (Ceni) plans to announce provisional […]
Israelis and Palestinians end a dark year on Sunday, with no end in sight to the deadliest military offensive on Gaza, triggered by Hamas’ bloodiest attack on Israel. There has been no respite from Israel’s air raids, artillery fire or ground fighting with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, to the despair of Palestinians surviving […]
Explosion has rocked the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos State. The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said the explosion was caused by a gas cylinder which resulted to fire outbreak in the theatre. At the time of filing this report, the cause of further damage by the inferno remains unclear but the service […]
The estacodes and airfares of ministers, heads of agencies, directors and other federal government-sponsored delegates from Nigeria to the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, gulped over N2.78billion, findings by Daily Trust on Sunday have shown. The conference was held from November 30 to December 12, 2023. Nigeria […]
