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Why We Took Over Management Of Five DisCos — FG

The Federal Government (FG), on Wednesday, said the change in management of five electricity distribution companies was related to corporate governance. Affected DisCos are; Kano, Benin, Kaduna, Ibadan and Port Harcourt. This is contained in a statement issued a d signed by Isa Sanusi,…

06/07/2022

IBEDC Management Intact, Ignore BPE, NERC, Says Receiver/Manager

The Receiver/Manager’s Nominee of Integrated Energy Distribution and Marketing Company (IEDM), yesterday said it is the legal and beneficial owner of 60 per cent (controlling and managing) shareholding interests in Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). It advised the public to ignore a…

05/07/2022

Renowned Author, Chimamanda Adichie, Named Keynote Speaker At 2022 NBA Annual General Conference

The Nigerian Bar Association has announced Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as Keynote Speaker at its forthcoming Annual General Conference in Lagos. Adichie, author of Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, Americanah, and several other works, will be speaking at the opening ceremony of…

01/07/2022

Court Orders Immigration, NIMC , Others To Release Ukpo’s Biodata To Ekweremadu

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others to release the Certified True Copy (CTC) of David Ukpo’s biodata to former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave…

01/07/2022

Hijab Judgement: Mild Drama In Anambra Court As Lawyer Appears In Clerical Robes

It was a dramatic scene at a Anambra Magistrate Court sitting in Okpoko, Ogbaru Local Government Area near Onitsha, yesterday, 30th of June when a lawyer identified as Ogbachalu Abuchi Goshen appeared in the full regalia of an ordained Reverend to conduct…

01/07/2022

Bamise: Murder Trial Continues Despite Counsel’s Absence

Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday ordered the trial of Nice Omininikoron, the suspect in the murder of a 22-year old fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwola, to continue despite the absence of the…

01/07/2022

Calabar Port Returns To Life As Vessel Berths After Three Years Of Inactivity

The Calabar Port returned to life on Thursday, three years after a ship berthed there last. A general cargo vessel berthed at the port with 204 heavy-duty trucks, 22 cubic meters of mostly pipes and other containers. Speaking with newsmen on Friday in Calabar…

01/07/2022

NBA Calabar Branch Decries Ayade’s Directive On Military Operation In Cross River Community

The Nigerian Bar Association, Calabar Branch, Cross River State, has decried Governor Ben Ayade’s directive to the Nigerian Army to sustain the military operation in Nko community. A statement signed by the branch Chairman, Attah Ochinke, and Secretary, Eno Edet, said “The attention…

01/07/2022

$1bn Natural Gas Sold To Portugal In 2022, Says NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Thursday said it had sold over $1bn worth of natural gas to Portugal this year. It disclosed this during the Nigeria-Portugal Business and Trade Forum, which held on the sidelines of the state visit to Portugal…

01/07/2022

Oronsaye Report: FG Inaugurates White Paper Committee To Review Agencies Created Since 2014

The Federal Government has inaugurated a White Paper committee to review parastatals, agencies, commissions created since 2014. The government had in November 2021, inaugurated two sub-committees on the implementation of the whitepaper on the restructuring of ministries, departments and agencies to reduce…

01/07/2022

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