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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) approved N21 billion for electricity distribution companies (DisCos) on Friday to procure meters for customers. This funding, sourced from the Meter Acquisition Fund (MAF), aims to address the significant metering gap in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). According to NERC data, only 44.67% of the 13.4 million registered customers had electricity meters as …

Based on the number of outbreaks and their geographic expansion, alongside the shortage of vaccines and other resources, WHO said it has classified the outbreak as “a grade 3 emergency.” The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a resurgence of cholera cases across countries in Africa, East Asia, America, Europe, and the Eastern Mediterranean region. Cholera is an acute diarrheal …

TEMPE, Ariz. — Over the course of two weeks, President Joe Biden has imposed significant restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. while also offering potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of people without legal status already living in the country. The tandem actions — the first to help immigrants illegally in the U.S., the second to prevent others from entering at the border — …

The Police Commissioner in Kano State, AIG Usaini Gumel, has justified why the police ignored  the directive on the eviction of the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. Recall that Yusuf had on Thursday night, through the State Attorney General And Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Dederi, directed the CP to remove the deposed 15 Emir of Kano from the …

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence. In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under restraining orders to stay away from their spouses or partners. The justices reversed a ruling from the federal …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to save the nation’s public universities from total collapse, by signing and implementing the renegotiated 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement. The Union said the implementation is in line with the collective bargaining principles as enshrined in the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention. The appeal was made by the coordinator …

The Board of the Police Service Commission (PSC) has said that screening personnel should be held responsible if deaf and dumb persons and those with suicidal tendencies are recruited into the Force, It revealed that during the recently concluded recruitment exercise of 10,000 constables, the physical and medical screenings of shortlisted candidates were handled by Police personnel. The Commission however …

A recent report by Paradigm Initiative reveals that several unauthorised websites are selling sensitive personal and financial data of Nigerians for as little as N100. Paradigm Initiative, in a statement on Thursday, said this alarming development presents a major breach of fundamental rights to privacy, a breach of data privacy rights, and poses significant risks to individuals and the national economy. It stated  …

Ahead of the forthcoming Governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has cautioned state officials in both states against denying the opposition, access to public facilities for electioneering. INEC which noted that following the publication of the final list of candidates for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States, public campaigns had commenced …

The Kano State Government has directed the state’s Commissioner of Police to remove the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, from the Nasarawa mini palace. The state government claimed that Thursday’s judgement by a Federal High Court was in its favour, affirming the state government’s decision to reinstate Emir Lamido Sanusi. PREMIUM TIMES reported that the court nullified the …