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Members of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee probing the excessive electricity charges being levied on Nigerian consumers by Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, Thursday, told stakeholders that power distribution operators in Nigeria were fraudsters. This came on a day the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, revealed at a one-day investigative hearing organised by the adhoc committee, chaired by Rep Ajibola Israel Famurewa, that there was no record of metered customers and estimated billed customers. According to the apex bank, this is despite the disbursement of over N488 billion with an interest rate of 10 per cent, against the market rate…

Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Senate President and the Senate, Wednesday, shunned a suit seeking to quash the May 9 resolution of the Senate which declared the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, unfit to retain his position. This is even as the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court headed by Justice John Tsoho, Wednesday fixed September 25 to deliver judgment on the matter. Neither the Senate nor Saraki sent a legal representative or filed any brief in response to the suit which the IGP lodged before the the high court to challenge the powers of the Respondents to pass…

Germany, the defending champion, is out of the World Cup, the fourth defending champion in the last five tournaments to be eliminated in the group stage. The four-time champions lost to South Korea 2-0 Wednesday, allowing a pair of injury-time goals while knowing a 1-0 victory would have been enough to advance because of the result in the other group match. Germany ended up last in Group F while Sweden and Mexico advanced to the round of 16. South Korea was also eliminated despite the victory. It was the first time Germany has been eliminated in the first round since…

A Nigerian critic and public commentator, Wednesday, queried the rationale behind the purported immunity granted the killer herdsmen in the country after allegedly committing crimes which could have resulted in their arrest, trial and sentence. This criticism came on the heels of some suspected herdsmen killing of more than 200 persons from Plateau State as a retaliatory measure over alleged rustling of their cows by some criminals. Reno Omokri, a Special Assistant to the then President Goodluck Jonathan posed a question “How possible is it that herdsmen will kill thousands of Nigerians under Buhari and no one can be arrested,…

US President Donald Trump, Wednesday, mocked Joe Crowley, the Democratic Party candidate over his loss during New York primary Tuesday night. Crowley, who has been in Congress since 1999, is the No. 4 democrat in the House and was widely seen as an eventual successor to Nancy Pelosi, the Minority Leader. This is even as Trump has congratulated the 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who floored the 56-year-old Crowley. Born in the Bronx to working-class parents and her mother is Puerto Rican, she is a former staffer for the late Senator Ted Kennedy. In his Twitter handle, Trump stated,…

President Muhammadu Buhari, National Assembly, Aso Rock-Abuja, Plateau State killings, Dr. Bukola Saraki- Senate President,Yakubu Dogara-Speaker- House of Representatives, Federal Executive Council President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday morning, met with two principal officers of the National Assembly at Aso Rock, Abuja to discuss on the security situation over the Plateau State killings. The President met with Dr. Bukola Saraki, Senate President and Yakubu Dogara, Speaker, House of Representatives before the commencement of Federal Executive Council meeting today. In a Twitter handle from the presidency and liked by Saraki one hour ago, the meeting was at the instance of…

Street Interview Who are you? My name is Aniefiok Mfioko from Ikot Akpa Idem in Ukanafun. I am a one-time vice chairman of Ukanafun local government council. Why Are you living in Abak? On December 8, last year, I was the chairman, planning committee for the formal reception of Ukanafun local government chairman at Ikot Akpa Nkuk. He and his counterparts were sworn into office by Governor Udom Emmanuel on December 8. By 6 p.m, I returned to my village. In my compound, I was emotionally devastated and disturbed. I told my wife that I wanted to go out, though…

Some prominent Nigerians, Tuesday, hailed the country’ s Super Eagles even after the team has crashed out of FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia. At the crucial encounter held at Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, the Eagles suffered a 2-1 defeat in the hands of her age-long arch-rival, Argentine team. Writing in his Twitter handle, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the Nation’s Vice President said that ’’Today in Ibadan, someone asked me my thoughts on the Nigeria vs Argentina game. My response was simple. By God’s grace, victory will be ours but no matter the outcome, we are proud of these young…

The Federal Government’s decision to establish cattle ranches in some parts of the country has met a groundswell of oppositions from different people. This came as Dr. Akin Onigbinde, a former speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly has advised the state government against reported plans to provide lands to the Federal Government for the establishing cattle ranches in the state. The Federal Government, last week, unveiled the plan, expected to cost N179 billion over a 10-year period, to improve livestock production in the country and put an end to herders/farmers’ crisis. Adamawa, Benue, Ebonyi, Edo, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Oyo, Plateau,…

The federal government has advocated compulsory pre-medical test for Tuberculosis, TB, for newly employed public servants in both federal and state government levels as well as newly admitted students into secondary and tertiary institutions. Stating this development during the 61st National Council on Health (NCH) meeting in Kano, Professor Isaac Adewole, the Minister of Health, said TB screening should be provided to persons seeking health care whether or not they had symptoms and signs compatible with TB infection. “I wish to advocate that mandatory TB screening be offered to both those who seek health care with or without symptoms/signs compatible with…