FG denies hiking electricity tariff
…Says increase subject to public consultation By Michael Eboh The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Monday, denied hiking electricity tariffs, stating that the review of the Multi-Year Tariff Order, MYTO, does not mean an immediate increase in tariff for electricity consumers. However, electricity distribution companies, under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, […]
Fisker debuts $37,500 electric SUV with a solar roof
Electric vehicle entrepreneur Henrik Fisker has unveiled his first purportedly mass-market EV, an SUV called the Fisker Ocean, ahead of the 2020 Consumer Electronics show. Starting at $37,500, Fisker says the electric SUV will get between 250 and 300 miles per charge, and it will feature solar panels on the roof. Fisker and his eponymous […]
Students protest across India after campus attack
Students in several major Indian cities protested on Monday after students and teachers at Jawaharlal Nehru University were attacked by masked assailants. At least 35 students and some teachers were injured after masked men wielding rods and sticks went on a rampage on the campus and vandalised property on Sunday night. Tensions have been running […]
Group calls for inquest into deaths at Sarakis’ Ile-Arugbo, Mandate House
A group, Kwara Progressives Group, KPG, has called for a formal inquest into the deaths of ostensible followers of the Saraki political clan both at the demolished Ile-Arugbo and Mandate House in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. While the state government is in dispute with the Sarakis over the ownership of Plot 1, 3 and […]
Stormi Webster releasing first Kylie Cosmetics collection at two years old
Kylie Jenner revealed that her daughter, who turns two years old on February 1, is helping to create a new Valentine’s Day collection for Kylie Cosmetics. The self-made billionaire posted an Instagram snap of the tiny star hard at work on her Stormi collection, revealing some pretty pink packaging covered with butterflies as well as […]
Budgeting apps a good way to achieve financial resolutions
It’s five days into the new year, how are those financial resolutions coming? A way to jump-start those goals is to grab a smartphone and download a budgeting app for a quick “reckoning,” said Lauren Silbert, general manager of personal finance website The Balance. The Balance ranked the Top 8 budgeting apps for 2020, and […]
