Electricity Tariff: DISCOs to refund overcharged households – Presidency
…FG to use NESI’s VAT proceeds to reduce tariff hike by 31% By Prince Okafor The Presidency on Monday said it will work out modalities to ensure that customers overcharged by the Eleven Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, during the recent hike in tariff get their refunds. This came even as the Special Adviser to the […]
N’Delta agitators demand actualization of amnesty masterplan
…Laud Buhari’s commitment regional peace By Omeiza Ajayi A good governance advocacy group, the Niger Delta Nonviolent Agitators Forum has demanded more commitment to the actualization of the original plan behind establishing the Presidential Amnesty Programme PAP, especially the empowerment and reintegration of ex-agitators. At a news conference Sunday in Abuja, Coordinator of the forum, […]
AAC reacts as Delta falls under fairly miserable states in FDC reports
The Delta Chapter of African Action Congress (AAC) has reacted to the Financial Derivatives Company Limited, FDC, Paper presentation to mark Nigeria’s sixtieth independence by Bismarck Rewane, classifying Delta State in the category of fairly miserable States in the country. In a statement by the AAC Public Relation Officer Mr Eworitse Tsola made available to […]
We’ll exercise fiscal prudence, ensure taxpayers get value—Finance Minister
…as Experts, stakeholders call for tax policies review By Gabriel Olawale The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has expressed the government’s commitment to exercising fiscal prudence and ensuring that taxpayers and citizens get value from the nation’s wealth. Zainab disclosed this at the third edition of the Telecommunications and Technology Sustainability Working Group, TTSWG, […]
FCT teachers chase out pupils from classrooms
By Omeiza Ajayi Hopes of parents to have their children return to schools in the Federal Capital Territory FCT after a seven-month COVID-19 induced hiatus were on Monday dashed following the decision of teachers to chase their pupils home. The teachers under the aegis of the FCT Council of the Nigeria Union of Teachers NUT […]
PHOTOS: Schools resume in FCT
After several weeks of training for School Administrators and Head Teachers on the enforcement of the COVID-19 Protocols to prevent its spread in schools by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, students returned to classes at the Government Secondary School, Gwarimpa, Abuja.
‘SARS operatives don’t carry gun in public, or stand on the road looking for criminals’
A retired Police Commissioner Simeon Danladi Midenda, has faulted the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS for carrying guns and standing on the road looking for criminals to catch. He noted that their actions have violated the essence of the units secrete mission, which is to spring up surprises. Disclosing this in a chat […]
Ozil rejects Al-Nassr move, hopes to fight for place in Arsenal
Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr made a £5m offer to sign Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil, but the German was not interested in the move. Özil, who was left out of the Gunners’ Europa League squad, has repeatedly insisted he wants to stay at the Emirates Stadium and fight for his place in the team, despite Arsenal’s […]
Out-of-school children: School owners offer 40,000 scholarships annually for three years
By Adesina Wahab In a bid to help reduce the number of out-of-school children, OSC, school owners under the aegis of National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, have said they will offer 40,000 scholarships annually for the next three years for children in that category. They made the promise on Monday during the […]
Popular comedian chides blogger over fake news
Instagram blog, Gist Lover, has come under attack by a comedian, over a purported fake news. The blogger came under attack after posting alleged fake news alluding to an affair between Billionaire Prophet, Jeremiah Omoto Fufeyin, and international Interior Designer and CEO of Sayaveth Interiors, Ehi Ogbebor. One such protest came from popular Nigerian Comedian […]
‘SARS should disappear from public view, remain faceless for effective job’
A retired Police Commissioner Simeon Danladi Midenda, founder of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, popularly known today as SARS, has brought solutions on how best the disbanded SARS could be used to achieve effective results, and keep their reputation intact. Midenda who spoke to Vanguard’s Crime Editor, Emma Nnnadozie, last year said: “SARS deviated from the […]
