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The prices of gadgets have begun to fall on the back of the naira’s recent gains against the dollar and other major currencies, according to a market survey by BusinessDay. Nigeria’s currency has rallied in recent weeks after falling to record lows in January and February. It closed at N1,255.07/$ on Thursday at the Nigerian […]
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, on Wednesday, announced the discovery of an illegal fuel depot with 65,000 litres worth N500 million in Lagos.NNS, in a statement by the Base Information Officer, Lieutenant Hussein Ibrahim, said the leader of the syndicate, Ahmed Ariyo, alongside 4 other persons were arrested in a private apartment at 3 […]
About 24 hours after raising the electricity tariff for premium customers by over 230 per cent, Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr. Musiliu Oseni, yesterday, defended the decision, stressing that it will bolster electricity supply nationwide. Oseni insisted that the move will help reduce incidence of national grid collapses as well […]
A group of protesters stormed Lagos House of Assembly with placards seeking the suspension of Mr John Ogundare, the chairman of Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area (LCDA) over alleged misappropriation of N1.9billion. The leader of the protesters, identified as Mr Segun Williams said Ogundare was indicted by an investigative report of the local government’s […]
At the backdrop of a huge discrepancy between the number of feeders covered as Band A customers by electricity distribution companies (DisCos) and what was approved by the Nigeria Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) the DisCos are now making moves to return some of the consumers to Band A to charge the new tariff. Vanguard learnt […]
Motorists in some parts of Lagos faced a resurgence of petrol queues on Thursday as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) struggled to meet national demand due to a backlog of unpaid subsidies. The NNPC Ltd, which is the sole importer of petrol into the country, has been reliant on government subsidies to keep […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 45-year-old businesswoman, Josephine Okpai, to 200 hours of community service for unlawful dealing in 1.3kg of cannabis sativa. Also sentenced was a 44-year-old fashion designer, Waheed Olayiwola, who bagged 250 hours of community service for selling 145kg of hard drugs. While pleading for […]
The average ‘Band A’ customer in Nigeria will now need as much as N170,000 for electricity per month, instead of the average of N50,000 that they were paying before now. This follows the approval of a 240 per cent increase in the tariff of ‘Band A’ power customers from N66 per kilowatt hour (KwH) to […]
The Nigeria Police Force said its officers will no longer torture suspects whenever they are arrested and held in the custody. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi stated this in an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday. His comment comes after the report of arrest of some suspected killers of the Divisional Police […]
In a move sparking immediate backlash, the Nigerian government, through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), announced a significant increase in electricity tariffs for Band A customers. This category, representing roughly 15% of the nation’s power users and promised up to 20 hours of daily supply, will now pay N225 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), a staggering 240% jump from […]
