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Electricity consumer groups on Sunday, kicked against the planned review of electricity tariffs for the 11 power Distribution Companies (DisCos) by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). They maintained that there was no justification for any upward review of electricity tariffs due to the current economic realities and challenges being faced by Nigerians. The groups, the Energy Consumer Rights and …

The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, Mr Bassey Essien, speaks to ’FEMI ASU on vital issues in the country’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) industry Last year, cooking gas consumption in Nigeria reached one million metric tonnes of LPG for the first time. The country’s LPG consumption has been low for years despite the availability of abundant …

German Government has committed to returning the first batch of Great Benin priceless artefacts, looted by the British government during its invasion of Benin Kingdom in 1897. With this commitment, Edo Museum of West Africa Art (EMOWAA) backed by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration has gotten a major boost. In a joint declaration, Germany’s Ministry of Culture, state ministers and …

The Pension Board Commissioner of Kogi State, Adebayo Solomon, has been killed by gunmen, PREMIUM TIMES confirmed. Mr Solomon, who was travelling from Ilorin, Kwara State capital, to Kabba in Kogi State on Saturday, was attacked alongside four others in the vehicle. According to the spokesperson of the police in Kogi, Williams Aya, the attack took place at Eruku village, a few …

The Nigerian government has announced a temporary ban on non-Nigerian passengers who have been in Brazil, India or Turkey within 14 days of intended arrival into Nigeria. This is due to concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on …

The Ondo State Government Sunday evacuated 42 suspected ‘Fulani invaders’, who were arrested on Thursday by men of the Ondo State Security Network, Amotekun, at Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government. The suspected invaders, who are mainly from Jigawa and Kano States, claimed that they were brought to Ondo State for training as security guards. The invaders, who assembled …

The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state has been set ablaze by yet-to-be-identified hoodlums in the early hours of Sunday. Ballot boxes and other electoral materials were burnt. INEC National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who confirmed the incident, said the security guard …

“Today, I declared all Custodial Facilities in Nigeria a RED ZONE! ‘Anyone or group of persons that decide(s) to attack them should not live to regret it.” This is the new order to all Squadron Commanders of the Nigeria Correctional Service who gathered at the NCoS HQ on Friday 30th April, 2021. In the minister’s speech titled, ‘Inviolable Custodial Centres’, …

Kano State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to Gov. Abdulahi Ganduje  to consider the payment of outstanding pensions, gratuities and death benefits of N26 billion to retirees. Mr Kabir Ado-Minjibir, the NLC Chairman in the state, made the call while briefing newsmen on Saturday in Kano to mark the 2021 workers’ day, according to the report …

…Hails Edo workers, assures of better welfare …seeks collaboration to expand tax net No more than 200,000 people are paying tax in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki said on Saturday in his Workers Day message to workers in the state today, Saturday May 1, 2021. Obaseki bemoaned a situation where only workers are paying taxes, saying: It’s unfair for only …