Residents of Jigawa State have expressed frustration and anger after widespread disconnections by the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) despite a federal directive to waive billing during recent blackouts caused by multiple national grid collapses. The directive by the Minister of Power exempted customers affected by prolonged blackouts from bills for that period. However, KEDCO…
No fewer than 704 students from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, have filed a petition with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Sokoto zonal office, requesting an investigation into the alleged diversion of their tuition fees by the Special Adviser on Students’ Matters to the state governor, Abubakar Muhammad Salame. The students, who are indigenes of…
The Lagos State Government has announced a call for bids from independent power producers and energy solution firms to construct gas-fired power plants aimed at reducing the state’s electricity deficit. In a joint statement by the Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Biodun Ogunleye, and the Special Adviser to the Office of Public-Private Partnerships, Bukola…
Nigeria’s National Grid collapsed again on Thursday, marking the second outage in just three days. This setback was confirmed through a post on the grid’s official X account, saying, “Another Grid Setback Experienced.” According to data from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal, power generation dropped to zero megawatts around 11:30 a.m., disrupting operations at all…
Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, have announced a rise in the price of various electricity meter models, making it the second price hike in four months. According to the DisCos, the cost of a single-phase meter has risen from approximately N117,000 to as much as N149,800. This amount indicates an increase of 28.03 per cent or…
The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji, has assured stakeholders that four tax bills currently before the National Assembly will not impact the operational functions or funding of Nigeria’s federal revenue-generating agencies. This statement was made during a meeting with officials from the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, the National…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that the national flag be flown at half mast nationwide for seven days in honour of the departed Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja. The directive was contained in a statement issued Wednesday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume. The…
The Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja is dead. Special Adviser to the President, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on Wednesday confirmed his death. He stated that the COAS passed away on Tuesday night after a period of illness in Lagos. The statement partly reads, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, regrets…
A Malaysian businessman, Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard,” has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for orchestrating the largest corruption scandal in US Navy history and for evading his initial sentencing. The 60-year-old admitted in 2015 to bribing senior Navy officials with millions of dollars, luxury gifts, prostitutes, and high-end liquor and…
The running mate to Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 election, Ifeanyi Okowa, remains in detention at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, marking his second night with the anti-graft agency. Okowa, who was the former Delta State Governor responded to an EFCC summons on…
