The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has put into operation a Multi-Year Tariff Order, MYTO, for the determination of the cost of electricity sold by distribution/retail companies for the period 1 June 2012 to 31 May 2017.

The nation’s external reserves continued its downward trend as it fell by $301 million to $43.31 billion from $43.61 billion in the first six days of 2014.

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday, gave the Federal Government, through the National Security Adviser and the Inspector General of Police, a 30-day ultimatum to thoroughly investigate the bombing of the Rivers State High Court premises in Ahoada and Okehi.

After waiting for over four decades to get their community linked to the rest of the country by road, the people of the coast city of Nembe in Nembe local government area of Bayelsa State a week ago, had cause to celebrate when the state Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral John Jonah made history as the first public office holder to visit the ancient kingdom in a four wheel vehicle.

Chairmen of 57 of the 89 standing committees of the House of Representatives, stand the risk of losing their positions following allegations of laxity, including failure to submit reports on the pace of budget implementation in their oversight Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.

IT is condemnable that some groups and individuals try to profit from the security challenges Nigeria faces. Their comments, while reacting to government’s efforts to end the attacks that have been a major challenge since 2009, tender to ignore the complexities involved.

The results of the annual special edition of the telecoms polls released by NOIPolls Limited has revealed that most adult Nigerians who use more than one phone, actually find it inconveniencing. The choice however, according to the report, was to avoid the perennial poor quality of telecom services.

Enugu Rangers winger Ejike Uzoenyi is brimming with confidence ahead of the start of CHAN tournament on Saturday.

While shipping operators in the maritime sector are battling with high interest rate for loans collected from banks and failed promises for assistance in that regards from the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), their counterparts in the oil and gas sector are benefiting from a scheme by the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), to aid them to easily acquire vessels.

Following the recent adoption of biometric technologies by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for all banks in Nigeria and also the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, for the development of highly skilled and certified IT professionals who will manage the issues that will arise in the usage of biometrics technologies, New Horizons, an IT training company, has introduced biometrics certifications into the market.

Although the fight against software piracy has not yielded the expected result by different economies, latest finding by the Business Software Alliance, BSA, has revealed that increasing the use of genuine software by 1% contributes $73 billion to the global economy as opposed to $20 billion from pirated software, a whopping gap of $53 billion.

The apexIgbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has set up a planning and strategy committee on the proposed national conference with Professor Anya O. Anya as chairman.

Thirteen years after it came into being as an interventionist agency to help tackle challenges of under development in the Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC is yet to meet this set goal.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till January 30, for trial of Rosemary Usifo, a former branch Manager, First City Monument Bank Plc, FCMB, charged with N30 million fraud.

RIVERS State Police Command, yesterday, said preliminary investigation showed that Leader of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Chidi Lloyd, who was arrested recently for alleged killing of Police Sergeant Urang Obediah and one Kingsley Ejue, on December 30, last year, drove the vehicle that reportedly killed the two men.