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DON’T PAY TO APPLY FOR PREPAID METERS – EEDC WARNS CUSTOMERS The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC, EEDC, has cautioned its customers against falling victim to any individual or group demanding money from them to process their electricity meter application. The Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Ezeh on Tuesday in a statement reacting to a claim circulating on …

FCT NOT RIVERS, YOU CAN’T DECIDE WHO IS ELECTED – ACTIVIST SLAMS WIKE OVER ATTACK ON KINGIBE An activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has declared that only residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, can decide who becomes senator in 2027 and not Minister Nyesom Wike. Adeyanju said Wike can’t decide for the people because FCT is not Rivers State, where …

SAM AMADI HEADS LP ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE The Labour Party, LP, has constituted its electoral reform committee to be headed by analyst, Sam Amadi. LP mandated the committee to carry out a holistic review of its electoral process to ensure free and fair elections. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, the party said the …

ELECTRICITY COMSUMPTION NOT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IN NIGERIA, NERC The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said that electricity consumption is not a fundamental right that can be challenged by any consumer in Nigeria. NERC’s legal team’s position is against a suit which had asked the Federal High Court Abuja to restrain it and the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) from …

SENATE DIRECTS NIGERIAN ARMY TO COMPENSATE FAMILIES OF ENUGU RESIDENTS KILLED BY SOLDIERS The Senate has directed the Nigerian Army to pay a condolence visit to the Eke community in the Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State and condole with the families of local security agents whom soldiers gruesomely killed. It also directed that the Nigerian Army should sympathise …

31 STATES RECORD ZERO FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2024 Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that 31 states failed to receive any capital importation in the first quarter of 2024. The states are; Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, …

OBASANJO VISITS SOUTH-EAST GOVS, MOVES FOR NNAMDI KANU’S RELEASE The South East Governors, on Tuesday, hosted former President Olusegun Obasanjo who paid the governors a solidarity visit, while they decided to meet President Bola Tinubu to press for the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Addressing the media, after over seven hours …

BILL FOR CREATION OF ADADA STATE PASSES FIRST READING IN  SENATE A bill for the creation of Adada State, Tuesday, passed first reading in the Senate. The bill was sponsored by the Senator representing Enugu North Senatorial District, Okechukwu Ezea. The bill, cited as “Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Alteration) Bill, 2024 (SB. 482)”, seeks to amend …

OVER 71,000 NIGERIANS OBTAINED CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP IN TWO DECADES Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has said that over 71,459 Nigerians obtained Canadian citizenship between 2005 and 2024. IRCC is a department of the government of Canada responsible for matters relating to immigration to the North American country, refugees, and Canadian citizenship. The number places Nigeria in the 10th position …

KANO EMIRATE TUSSLE: WHY ADO BAYERO MAY NOT RECLAIM HIS THRONE The appointed Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II and the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, arecboth laying claim to the throne of Kano Emirate. Since May, Emir Sanusi II has assumed duty at the main palace, while the deposed Emir Ado Bayero, leads from the royal house in Nasarawa, …