A federal high court in Lagos has struck out the case filed by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) against the eleven distribution companies (DisCos) for increasing electricity tariff for Band A customers. In a statement on Wednesday, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said the judgment delivered on Monday, dismissed the suit for being […]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has slammed President Bola Tinubu for being undisturbed by the hardship his policies including the removal of petrol subsidy has inflicted upon Nigerians. In an X post on Thursday, Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), labelled Tinubu as “T-Pain” for drowning the well-being of Nigerians. […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, dumped its initial rule that married women would be required to provide a letter of approval from their husbands to obtain a visa clearance certificate. This followed a backlash on social media after the anti-narcotics agency initially mandated married women to submit a “letter of approval […]
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday challenged former militant leader Asari Dokubo to come to the battlefield and witness the capabilities of the military. Dokubo had, on October 5, threatened to shoot down a military helicopter hovering around his residence, asserting that he could contain the Nigerian military. In response to Dokubo’s claim that he could […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission has announced that it has completed the linking of all phone numbers in the country to a National Identification Number. Speaking at the 2024 Annual Corporate Governance Conference held in Lagos on Thursday, the Executive Vice-Chairman of the NCC, Aminu Maida, acknowledged the challenges faced by Nigerians during the process. Maida […]
The Nigerian Army has denied the report in a section of the online media of an attack on troops and the killing of several soldiers and civilians in a Local Government Area of Imo. The Acting Deputy Director, 82 Division Army Public Relations Officer, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu, made the rebuttal in a statement issued in […]
Police detectives in Ondo state, have arrested a 34-year-old man, Monday Chukwu, for allegedly stabbing his friend, Kefa Ofando, to death over N2,000 debt in Odigbo council area of the state. Parading the suspect alongside 10 other suspected criminals, the state police commissioner, Abayomi Oladipo, said in Akure, the state capital, that the suspect killed […]
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has attributed the recent hike in the pump price of petrol to the difficulty in landing the premium motor spirit (PMS). Billy Gillis-Harry, PETROAN president, spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Morning Brief’ programme on Thursday. “What I can tell you is once there […]
The Palestinian Red Crescent said an Israeli air strike on a Gaza school killed at least 28 people Thursday, while the Israeli military reported it struck a Hamas command centre. “Palestine Red Crescent teams responded to 28 fatalities and 54 injuries following the Israeli occupation army’s targeting of Rafida School,” the organisation said, referring to […]
A new database has revealed that over 5,700 minors in the U.S. underwent gender-affirming surgeries between 2019 and 2023. Fox News and the New York Post reported on Wednesday that the database, launched by an advocacy group Do No Harm, tracks where children are receiving treatments like puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries for gender […]
