A cross-section of Nigerians on Friday appealed to the nation’s electricity generation and distribution companies to make energy consumption people- friendly. . They said that their expectations after the unbundling of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have been dashed following the subsisting “crazy bills and the fixed rate billing of electricity.” . They made their appeals in separate interviews during the National Conscience Party (NCP’s) rally protest against the management of electricity providers in Lagos. . Mr Friday Arinze, who resides at Iyana-Ipaja, decried the what he termed the exorbitant bills of the new energy providers. .…
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Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau on Friday called on the people of the state to ensure a peaceful conduct of the Feb. 25 local government polls. . The governor made the call while inaugurating the campaign rally of Mr Caleb Mutfwang, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship candidate for the election in Mangu Local Government Area. . Jang, who spoke through the Secretary to State Government, Prof. Shadrach Best, said that the peaceful conduct of the local government polls would prepare the ground for further growth and development in the state. . “It is my belief that if we can…
Special Adviser to President on Ethics and Values, Mrs Sarah Jubril, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to continue with transformation agenda to ensure electoral victory in 2015 general elections. . The chairman of the Caretaker Committee of PDP in Kwara, Mr. Christopher Edoja assured the people that the party will set the people of Kwara free from the ruling dynasty of the ‘Sarakis’. . Jubril made the call at a rally organised by the Kwara chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ilorin on Friday . Jubril assured the President of the unflinching support of members of the PDP…
Lagos State Government has concluded arrangements to issue license to prospective private companies to upgrade existing slaughtering slabs in the state to international standard. . Also, the state government has commenced transformation of the Oko-Oba Abattoir, Agege from its traditional operations. . Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Prince Gbolahan Lawal, disclosed this yesterday, after a stakeholders’ meeting with the operators of Oko- Oba abattoir, Agege. . According to him, as part of improving the conditions at the Lagos abattoir, the following remedies were being given attention: licensing private companies to avert all existing slaughtering slab locations to mechanized process and…
The five ‘rebel’ Governors that defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, stalled hearing of the suit before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court seeking to declare their seats vacant. . The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had gone before the high court, praying it to declare the seats of the five Governors vacant following their defection to the opposition APC, and order that the Deputy Governor or Speaker of the State Houses of Assembly of the respective states, be sworn-in to replace the defendants. . Those PDP urged the court to sack from office were Governors Murtala…
Alhaji Garba Abubakar, the Comptroller of Prisons in Kaduna State, has said that 56 prisoners had been freed from the Zaria prison by the state government. . Abubakar shortly after the release of the inmates said that the gesture was aimed at decongesting prisons across the state. . “When I assumed duty as comptroller I told the state Governor that our prisons are truly congested and by the power bestowed on him he should look into the problem. . “I thank God, the governor accepted the initiative and constituted a committee under the chairmanship of the state Attorney-General, Justice Shehu…
CHAIRMAN, Board of Trustees, BoT of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih said yesterday that with Adamu Muazu as National Chairman of PDP, there was now hope in the party and team work in the National Working Committee, just he stressed that leaders, stakeholders, members of PDP can now have their eyes closed. . Speaking yesterday when he led members of BoT on a solidarity visit to Muazu, told him that his predecessor, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur criticised him and other members of BoT for going round the country as part of moves to reconcile aggrieved members of the…
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Abuja urged foreign ambassadors serving in Nigeria to do their best to convey the positive realities of the country to the world. . Speaking at an audience with the outgoing Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Roberto Colamine, President Jonathan said that by doing so, the envoys will help immensely in correcting current misconceptions and adverse misrepresentations of Nigeria in the international community. . “The knowledge you have acquired here should be used positively to help us as you go back home,” the President told the ambassador. . President Jonathan commended Mr. Colamine for his untiring…
A tricyclist, who allegedly caused the death of a retired custom officer, Ibukun Oniremi, was on Thursday charged before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. . The accused, 25-year-old Akeem Adeoye is facing a charge of manslaughter. . The prosecutor, Insp. George Nwosu said the accused committed the offence on Jan. 20 at 10.00 a.m. on Marwa Road, Ijegun, a Lagos suburb. . According to him, the accused hit the deceased’s car with his tricycle in the traffic. . “The deceased came out of his car with his belt to flog the accused. . “The accused in a…
An Abeokuta High Court on Thursday fixed April 3 and April 4 for the continuation of the trial of a former governor of Ogun, Chief Gbenga Daniel. . Daniel is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 38-count charge bordering on fraudulent conversion of land and diversion of public funds. . The former governor however filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal, Ibadan, challenging a ruling of the lower court which dismissed his plea to quash counts 1-13 of the charges. . Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of the Abeokuta High Court consequently adjourned the case…
The PDP Board of Trustee (BoT) Chairman, Chief Tony Anenih, said there was hope for the party with the emergence Alhaji Adamu Mu`azu as PDP Chairman. . Anenih made this known on Thursday in Abuja when he led a delegation of the party`s BoT members on a courtesy call on Mu`azu. . He said that the visible effort of Mu`azu to re-build the party since he assumed office was an indication that there was hope for the PDP and the country generally. . “I want to thank you for being a team player. Today we have a National Working Committee…
Alhaji Gani Ola-Oluwa, the Chairman of the PDP in Osun, said on Thursday that the party had postponed its membership registration exercise. Ola Oluwa said in Osogbo that a new date for the exercise would soon be communicated to members. . It has been reported that the party had earlier announced that it would commence registration of members across the state last Monday. . “The party decided to shift the registration of members due to increased political activities. . “When it is time to register our members, we shall let them know because we are of the belief that membership…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers on Thursday condemned the alleged killing of some registration officers in the state. . This is contained in a statement signed by Chief Eze Chuwuemeka, the Media and Public Affairs Officer of the party in Port Harcourt. . “Some of the registration officers and innocent people of Rivers, who turned out to be registered by the APC, were attacked by thugs to destablize the exercise. . “Our registration units in Tombia, old Bakana and Woji ward 6 were attacked. . “The Chairman, Degema Local Government Supervisory Committee for the registration exercise and former…
Controversial Rivers State Commissioner, Joseph Mbu has been removed. . The Police Service Commission (PSC), Thursday, announced the redeployment of the police boss to Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. . According to the PSC, Johnson Ogunsakin of the Special Fraud Investigations Unit, Lagos is the new Rivers Commissioner of Police. . The PSC also said 12 other Commissioners were affected by the shake up based on the recommendations of the Inspector General of Police.
Presidential candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has said that the success of the newly formed mega opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), defends on the unity of stakeholders at all levels. . Speaking to reporters in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, after picking his APC membership card at his Aliyu Mustafa College unit, Ribadu explained that the party must consolidate the goodwill and popularity it enjoys at the grassroots by ensuring unity of its leaders and other key stakeholders. . “The saying; united we stand, divided we fall is very true. If…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 12 to March 19 for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for Osun and Ekiti governorship elections. . INEC Director (Voter Registration) Emmanuel Akem made the disclosure at a Stakeholders’ Forum on the “Status of Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) toward the 2015 general elections’’, on Thursday in Abuja. . According to him, this will enable the commission to accommodate all complaints that may arise from voter registration before the governorship elections. . He said that the commission would use Registration Area Officers (RAOs) for the registration at ward levels. . Akem added…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday re-arraigned a 61-year-old medical doctor, Michael Adekunle, over alleged $243,500 (about N36.5 million) fraud. . Adekunle appeared before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of an Ikeja High Court on a six-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences. . It has been reported that the defendant, who lives at No.10, Catholic Mission St., Lagos Island, was previously arraigned on June 19, 2012, before Justice Aishat Opesanwo. . He had pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted a N2 million bail. . The re-arraignment was necessitated by Opesanwo’s transfer to…
An FCT High Court on Thursday sentenced a 58 year- old Estate Agent, Omole Agboworin, to 15 months imprisonment for breach of contract and diversion of N8.3 million belonging to Federal Ministry of Education Justice Abubakar Umar gave the sentence without option of fine. . The judge said in a criminal trial, the sole issue for determination was whether the prosecution proved a case against an accused beyond reasonable doubt. . Umar said the prosecution in this case had proved all the charges against the convict. . He said that the accused, through his confessional statement before the EFCC admitted…
One time Niger Delta activist, Mujahideen Asari- Dokubo has been arrested for making inciting comments about the 2015 elections by the Department of State Service (DSS). . The ex-militant, Asari-Dokubo in 2013 had threatened fire and brimstone if President Goodluck Jonathan does not return as president in 2015. . The All Progressives Congress (APC) had demanded that Department of State Servic (DSS) arrest Mujahedeen Asari-Dokubo and described as reckless, irresponsible and totally condemnable the alleged threat by Mujahedeen Asari-Dokubo to levy war against Nigeria even if President Goodluck Jonathan is defeated even in a free and fair election in 2015.…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday called on his new military top brass not to disappoint the nation in their task to crush the Boko Haram insurgency. . He told the officers in Abuja that “the war against terror must be won in this country” and that he was convinced the government had selected “the right team to salvage this country at this time”. . “You must not disappoint Nigerians,” he said. . The previous chief of defence staff and the three heads of the army, navy and air force were dismissed on January 16, two days after a car…