The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, and the House of Representatives have remained resolute on their different opinions regarding the take-off of the new electricity tariff, scheduled for February 1.

Former Bayelsa State governor and candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the just concluded governorship poll in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, yesterday said he would challenge the outcome of the election in the state at the tribunal, describing the exercise as a sham.

OKPELEAMA community of Gbaramatu in Warri South- West Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday, sent a save our souls, SOS,to the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, over an oil spill which they said had spread to its coasts.

FOR the ruling PDP in Abia State, the December 31st Court of Appeal judgment which sacked Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and declared Dr. Alex Otti of APGA winner of the April 2015 governorship election was a big blow that was never expected. For them it was beyond their imagination and thus, they naturally reacted adversely with protests in Aba and attacks against the Justices of the Court.

Mr. Nico Tyabji, is the Climatescope Africa Coordinator, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, BNEF. Before joining BNEF in 2011, he led research on mitigation strategies at the Global Network for Climate Solutions based at Columbia’s Earth Institute, and has previously worked for the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva. In this online interview with Clara Nwachukwu, he insists there is now a big opportunity for Nigeria to embrace the clean energy revolution, while stressing the need for more investments in infrastructure to fast track socio-economic development in Nigeria. Excerpts:

The Director General of the National Broadcast Commission, NBC, Mr. Emeka Mba, was yesterday, arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over suspicion that the commission under him made the Federal Government to lose huge funds.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), yesterday, said that there was N90 billion unclaimed dividends at the end of September 2015.

REVENUE shortfall by generating and distribution companies, also known as GENCOs and DISCOs haS risen to N478 billion since November 2013, when the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN assets were unbundled and handed over to private investors.

Petrol now sells for N400 a litre in Owerri, Imo State, where as most filling stations in the state, were closed down, yesterday, forcing motorists and other vehicle owners to patronize black marketers, who cashed in on the scarcity of the product to hike prices.

The Chairman of the Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, Kogi State chapter, Hon. Simeon Ojonuba, has disclosed the reasons the party approached the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal for the cancellation of the November 21 and December 5, 2015 governorship election in the state.

Having built the first renewable energy power plant in Nigeria that combines more than one technology and operates both off-grid and on-grid, the German Agency for International Corporation, Abuja (GIZ), said it is implementing the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP) on behalf of the European Union and the German Government with an overall budget of 24.5 million Euro.

The Deputy Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj-Gen. Leo Irabor, has said that all the support needed to win the ongoing war against the Boko Haram terrorist insurgency in the North-East has been provided.

Jos— A 25-year-old man, Sohnan Sunday, of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, has confessed to killing his wife’s lover, one Garba Vondung, who he said impregnated his wife twice and aborted both pregnancies.

IMMEDIATE past governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji has expressed hope that the Supreme Court would restore Governor Okezie Ikpeazu as governor of the state.

GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has said that ninety percent of monthly allocation is expended on payment of workers’ salaries in the state.