Bayelsa grants 20 years electricity distribution licence to BYEDC
The Bayelsa State Electricity Regulatory Agency (BYERA) has issued a 20-year electricity distribution licence to the Bayelsa Electricity Distribution Company Limited (BYEDC), marking a major step in the state’s effort to establish a locally regulated electricity market.
Senate okays 2011 polls for Dec
By Emmanuel Aziken Abuja—The report of the 44-man Senate ad-hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has given a leeway to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct the next round of elections by this December. The report laid before the Senate yesterday by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike […]
EFCC summons Ogun speaker
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has summoned the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Mr. Tunji Egbetokun to appear before it Friday over allegations of illegal deductions from Local Government funds in the state by the Governor Olugbenga Daniel-led administration.
Odimegwu’s wife released
Mrs. Stella Odimegwu, the wife of former Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries Plc, Dr. Festus Odimegwu, was late afternoon Thursday, released by her abductors.
S-West PDP backs dissolution of cabinet
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West has thrown its weight behind the dissolution of the Federal Executive Council by the Acting President, Goodluck Jonathan, promising to give him support as he steers the ship of the nation
Soludo fooled us on bank debts, says Senate
President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, Thursday, accused the erstwhile Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, of deceiving the Senate on the fragile state of Nigerian banks.
