FG extends suspension of new electricity tariff by 1 week
The Federal Government has extended the suspension of the new electricity tariff by one week. Prof. James Momoh, Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said this when the ad hoc Technical Committee on Electricity Tariff submitted its interim report at a reconvene bilateral meeting between Federal Government and Organised Labour on Monday in Abuja. The […]
SARS: Background, formation, modus operandi, and deviation
By Emma Nnadozie, Crime Editor ON the heels of public outcry against the conduct of operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, a campaign began which was tagged #EndSARS, and which trended heavily in the social media. Coupled with protests against the Police unit in many towns and cities in the country, the Inspector-General of […]
Gunmen kill five villagers in central Mali
At least five Malian villagers have been killed by suspected jihadists in the centre of the country where attacks and ethnic clashes have been on the rise, witnesses and local officials said on Sunday. The attack followed the kidnapping by gunmen on Tuesday of around 20 people at a weekly market in the same village, […]
Football: African international results
Results of African international friendly matches Sunday: At Blantyre, Malawi Malawi 0 Zimbabwe 0 At Dar es Salaam Tanzania 0 Burundi 1 (Ntibazonkiza 86) At Lisbon Benin 2 (Soukou 35, Mounie 71) Gabon 0 At Rustenburg, South Africa South Africa 1 (Dolly 66) Zambia 2 (Kampamba 78, Zulu 82) At Tunis Comoros 2 (Youssouf 70, […]
#ENDSARS: NHRC commends FG on dissolution
The National Human Rights Commission has commended the Federal Government for promptly dissolving the Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), an action it said showed the qualify of a listening government. The Commission spoke in reaction to an announcement on Sunday by the Inspector General of a Police, Mohammed Adamu, dissolving the special squad. According to a statement […]
APCON, NBC to tackle industry debt, advertising code issues
The Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), two government agencies with the responsibility of regulating advertising practice and the broadcast media in Nigeria, have commenced moves to resolve the age-long industry debt and adherence to advertising code, among other critical industry issues.
