Tag: 2023
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Ghana raises electricity tariffs by more than 18%
Ghana utility regulator on Wednesday said the average end-user tariff for electricity has been increased by 18.36 per cent for the second quarter of 2023. According to the regulator, Ghana had previously added almost 30 per cent tariff in the first quarter.
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Okowa presents N71bn 2023 supplementary budget for Delta
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday presented N71 billion 2023 supplementary budget to the State House of Assembly for approval. The is contained in a letter read during plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Mr Christopher Ochor in Asaba.
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Transport minister denies involvement in alleged maritime contract mess
The Minister of Transportation Muazu Jaji Sambo, has denied alleged involvement in any purported maritime mess. Recently, an online medium published a story alleging that the the Minister hijacked a maritime contract at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), a parastatal under his supervision. But Sambo in while reacting in a statement he personally signed and…
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Court Convicts internet fraudster for impersonating US Air Force Officer
Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of one AbdulBasit Abdullahi Yahaya before Justice A.A Bello of the Kaduna state High Court on a one count charge bordering on cybercrimes. AbdulBasit who was arrested at Yoruba Road, Karji, Kaduna State, allegedly created two fictitious accounts on Instagram…
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Some male celebrities bankrolled by ‘sugar mummies’ – Nedu
Nigerian media personality, Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, popularly known as Nedu, has claimed that he is aware of some of his colleagues who are being bankrolled by rich sugar mummies. According to him, older married lovers sponsor some Nigerian male celebrities’ flashy lifestyles and projects. He stated this on the latest episode of The Honest Bunch…
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Be loyal to Nigerian People – INEC charges new REC
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has sworn in Dr. Mahmuda Isah as Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC) for a second in office . National Chairman, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, while administering oath of office on Dr. Isah at the INEC National headquarters, Abuja on Tuesday 16 May 2023, charged him to be loyal to the…
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Pandemonium as many feared dead in Plateau community
Pandemonium in Plateau village as many people, including women and children were feared killed as gunmen attacked Kubat village in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State on Monday night. The gunmen were reported to have invaded the community when the villagers were asleep. The Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong who confirmed the incident, described…
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NYSC shouldn’t be mandatory – Jega
Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) Prof. Atahiru Jega, has said that the one-year National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) should not be compulsory. Jega while speaking at the opening ceremony of the NYSC 50th anniversary in Abuja on Monday, said if any activity should be mandatory, it should be only with…
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Yahaya Bello: EFCC seeks stay of execution of ruling on 14 properties, N400m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) filed a motion to halt the execution of a court ruling which stopped the forfeiture of 14 properties and the sum of N400 million linked to Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, on Monday Justice Nicholas Oweibo of a Lagos Federal High Court, had on April 26, struck out…
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APC members who worked against Tinubu now regretting — ex-PCC spokesperson
Mr. Oluremi Omowaye, former spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council in Osun, said members of the party, who worked against it in the general elections, are regretting their actions. Omowaye, said this in a statement on Sunday in Osogbo, while reacting to the uproar