2024

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Wednesday, approved an increase in electricity tariff for customers under the Band A classification. The Vice Chairman, NERC, Musliu Oseni, said the increase will see the customers paying N225 kilowatt per hour (KW/h) from the current N66. PUNCH Online notes that customers under Band A are those who enjoy 20-24…

The seven-man panel set up by the Edo State Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to investigate the allegation of gross misconducts levelled against the state deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, on Thursday fixed Friday, April 5, 2024, for final adjournment for the deputy governor to defend himself. The panel took the decision when it resumed its…

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has alleged that the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is plotting to procure interim orders to declare the state House of Assembly illegal. Also, the state’s main opposition party said Fubara’s outburst on Wednesday while addressing members of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees in Government…

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, The Polytechnic, Ibadan branch, Oyo State, on Thursday, demanded the monthly funding of their gratuity by the state government so as to address various challenges being faced by members. The chairman of the union, Segun Akindele, made this known during a press conference, held at the NUP Secretariat, Polytechnic, Ibadan….

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested and detained controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, over abuse of naira, spraying of naira notes and currency mutilation. Bobrisky, who has been embroiled in several controversies over the past weeks, was arrested in Lagos on Wednesday night, and has since been detained at the Lagos Command…

The number of new prostate cancer cases around the world will more than double over the next two decades as poorer countries catch up with the ageing of richer nations. This was according to a Lancet report published on Thursday. “Our findings suggest that the number of new cases annually will rise from 1.4 million…

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said he would support a proposal for the direct election of members into the parliament of the Economic Community of West African States. Tinubu said the move would give citizens of member states a say in who represents them. “As a one-time legislator myself, I look forward to reviewing the…

Premium Pension Limited, a Pension Fund Administrator in Nigeria, has said its total assets experienced significant growth in 2023, reaching N1.134tn by 31 December, 2023. It disclosed this in a statement made available to PUNCH Online on Thursday. The fund convened its 19th Annual General Meeting on Tuesday at its office headquarters in Abuja where…

The Borno State Police Command has arrested four persons in connection to an attempt to burn the Mafa IDP camp in Mafa Local Government Area of the state. The arrested persons were Malum Usman, 16; Bulama Bukar, 14; and Rawa Usman, 11; as well as their alleged sponsor, Babagana Umar, 40. The PUNCH recall that,…

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has suspended the Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-corruption Commission, Muhyi Magaji, following allegations of misconduct and breaches of public officer’s conduct. Magaji, who is facing charges ranging from alleged conflict of interest to false asset declaration and accepting bribes, was arraigned in Abuja on Thursday. The…

Aftermath of President Bola Tinubu’s signing into law of the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education)(Repeal and Re-enactment) Act, 2024, the Presidency has revealed why the former act was repealed. According to an explainer by the President’s Special Adviser, Ajuri Ngelale, the repealed Student Loan Act, 2023, had challenges that border “on governance and management,…