Conscious of the metering gaps existing across various customer classes, Benin Electricity Distribution Plc. (BEDC) has announced plan to install additional 100,000 meters for domestic and commercial customers for the remainder of 2016.

LAGOS—Fitch Ratings, the global leader in credit ratings and research, has re-affirmed the AAA (nga)’ ratings of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, a testament to the financial institutions’ strong fundamentals and stability.

Former Managing Director of Nigerian Mining Corporation, NMC, Mr. Biodun Olorunfemi, has urged insurance companies and banks to give adequate attention to operators in the solid minerals sector, even as the President of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, Gbenga Okunlola called on industries to utilize solid minerals from the country as raw materials for their construction and production works.

A man, Mr. Ganiyu Wahab, who has been on death row for 11 years, finally regained freedom as he was discharged and acquitted by a Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos.

Abuja—UNICEF said yesterday that nearly a quarter of a million children were severely malnourished in Borno State and face a high risk of death, as the scale of the humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram emergency continues to unfold.