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“Out of the 35,419 in the Batch B, 731 tested positives compared to 108 recorded during the Batch A,” the official said. At least 732 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) batch B, have tested positive for COVID-19, the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday. Mr Mustapha at a task force briefing …

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Tuesday afternoon, said it has not increased electricity tariff by 50 per cent. The Commission, in a statement, said such increment was not contained in the tariff order for electricity distribution companies which took effect on January 1, 2021. It said the tariff for customers being served less than an average of 12 hours …

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has approved over 50 per cent hike in electricity tariff effective January 1, 2021. The new tarrif hike regime is to be paid by customers of the 11 electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs. This is coming just two months after the Commission forced implementation of much opposed hike on Nigerians in November 2020. In a …

By Okhide Em’ya David  Clan head of Imiakebu Community, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria  Chief Ugheiemhekhia Kareem Yahaya, Azamanodu II  of Imiakebu, has demanded  fifty  billion   Naira, (N50b) Compensation over the alleged murder of five promising youths of his  Community by a Superintendent  of Police, Mr.  John . E. Agaga in December 28, 2019. Chief  …

Edo, the state government has rolled out modalities for the issuance of Edo State Rider’s Permit to private and commercial operators. Official said this is coming as part of efforts to regulate the operations of tricycles and motorcycles across the state. In a statement on Monday, Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said the permit will be issued …

Edo State Government has appointed a transaction adviser for the Benin River Port project, with the hope to conclude designs and fundraising for the project by 2021, Governor Godwin Obaseki disclosed on Monday. The governor, in a statement, stressed that the project was germane for the state’s industrialization efforts, adding that construction work is expected to start at the project site by …

By Okhide Em’ya David. Celebration of Christmas and New year has been described as incomplete without the society properly catering for the needy and bereaved amongst them. The  founder and Global President, Child of Grace Helping Hand Foundation, Mrs. Ilaboya Josephine Omoze  made the assertion during donation of large quantities of food items in selected areas in South and North …

A leaked phone call between Donald Trump and Georgia’s secretary of state Brad Raffensperger in which the US president appeals for the official to help overturn the state’s election result has triggered demands for a criminal investigation. The call, which was first published by The Washington Post on Sunday, finds Mr Trump – who has doggedly refused to accept his …

Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and four others have been remanded at the Kuje Correctional Center, Abuja, pending the hearing and determination of their bail applications in their alleged public disturbance trial. Chief Magistrate Marble Segun- Bello of a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrate Court, Abuja made the remand order shortly after the defendants were arraigned before her for allegedly …

The Edo State Police Command on Monday confirmed the escape of 10 suspects from one of the cells in the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Benin City. The police said contrary to reports that the incident happened on Saturday, the suspects escaped from their cell on Friday, January 1 at about 2.45am. PREMIUM TIMES reported on Sunday that several …