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The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) said it was currently distributing pre-paid meters free of charge to consumers in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Rivers.

The Assistant Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Zone B, Kaduna, Alhaji Aminu Dahiru, said on Thursday that about N14 billion was collected as internally generated revenue, from January to July 2017.

Facebook Inc made its biggest move to date to compete in the television market by expanding its video offerings with programming ranging from professional women’s basketball to a safari show and a parenting programme, media reports on Thursday.

Zambian police on Thursday released the leader of a small opposition party who is a fierce critic of President Edgar Lungu after one week in detention, party officials said.

The Management of troubled University of Maiduguri in Borno state has denied reports published in some National Dailies (Not Vanguard) and online media platforms that the Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU) of its Branch, Dr. Dani Mamman confirmed that 70 of his members have recently resigned following incessant attacks and bombings by insurgents within varsity community.

The league management company, organisers of the Nigerian Professional Football League have made adjustments to the league fixtures for the remainder of the season.

The Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) on Thursday said it had invited 35 players and three officials to camp ahead of the 2018 African Nations Cup in Gabon.

A 27-year-old man, Olorunwa Ogundare, who allegedly assaulted his neighbour, Shade Taiwo, by beating her up and using a broken bottle to stab her in the eye, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

A 45-year- old man, Sikiru Adebayo, was on Thursday arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating his son to death.