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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says it is illegal to disconnect electricity consumers from the source of power supply without a 10-day prior notice from the date of bill delivery. Mr Babatunde Irukera, Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, stated this on Wednesday in Calabar at an electricity consumer complaint resolution platform, The commission, saying the Discos must notify the consumers in writing ahead of the disconnection of electricity service before doing so,. Irukera bemoaned the abysmal service provided by Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) in Calabar and its environs. Read also SERAP Sues Buhari Over Missing N11tr Electricity Fund FG removes subsidy…

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu will remain in prison till October 31st as the case has been adjourned again. Ekweremadu appeared in court on Thursday was will remain in Custody as the judge adjourned the case till the end of October for a hearing. Straightnews had reported that Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice were arrested in London on suspicion of organ harvesting, an accusation which they denied. Read also UK Magistrate Court Denies Senator Ekweremadu, wife Bail Ekweremadu, wife at Crossroads as Court Adjourns Trial to August 4 Alleged Organ harvesting: Court detains Sen Ekweremadu, grants wife bail The…

Drama ensued as Uduak Akpan who raped and killed Iniubong Umoren, the female job seeker, was overpowered by security officials as he attempted to escape after hearing death sentence. Uduak Akpan was tried and sentenced to death by Akwa Ibom State High Court for murdering Miss Umoren in his father’s compound in Nung Ikono Obio in Uruan Local Government Area of the state in April last year. Justice Bassey Nkanang, in his judgement on Thursday, August 4,  found Mr Akpan guilty of murder and handed down death by hanging and for rape sentenced him to life imprisonment. Read also I…

Alumnus of University of Ibadan, one of Nigeria’s premier universities,  Dr. Phillip O. Ozuah, donated a whopping $1 million for the rehabilitation and equipment of its Medical College. Ozuah who is the President and CEO of Montefiore Medicine, New York made the donation in response to invitation by the acting Dean of Medical College, University of Ibadan, Professor Adebola Ogunbiyi in a zoom meeting for alumni. The Zoom meeting held Monday, August 1 and joined by the former students of the medical college was meant to address the college’s infrastructural decay and rot. Read also Student Breaks 69-Year-Old Record Of…

Nigerians have reacted as Sam Omatseye, Chairman of The Nation newspaper editorial board, has asked Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), to call his supporters to order. In a tweet on Tuesday, Omatseye, also a columnist with thetre newspaper, alleged that Obi’s supporters are threatening his life. “Mr. Peter Obi, call you[r] supporters to order. They are calling and issuing death threats. If anything happens to me, you will be held responsible!!!!,” Omatseye tweeted. Read also Peter Obi Gets ovation at Dunamis Gospel Centre Abuja I will remove fuel subsidy- Peter Obi Fr. Mbaka Begs Peter Obi for…

One of the freed passengers in the Kaduna-bound train has enjoined the Federal Government to take the terrorists seriously to avert causing more mayhem in the country. In an interview with Arise News monitored in Uyo on Tuesday, August 2, Prof. Mustapha Umar Imam, a medical doctor at the Usman Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUS), Sokoto released by the terrorists, said they are more organized and are spread all over the country. Imam who reportedly was shot in the kidnappers’ camp, is one of the five freed passengers who were abducted on March 28, 2022. Read also Terrorists use…

The total number of registered voters in Nigeria has risen from 84 million to 96.2 million for 2023 general elections, Independent National Electoral Commission announced. The latest voter statistics released by INEC shows that 12.2 million voters registered in the Continuous voter registration that ended on Sunday. According to INEC, the North-West geopolitical zone, which comprises Sokoto, Zamfara, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi and Jigawa, has a total of 22.67 million registered voters, the highest number of registered voters. Read also INEC Announces months for PVCs Collection Reps to investigate INEC over comments by Akwa Ibom Electoral Boss Expunge Section 134(2) from Electoral…

An ace journalist, Babajide Kolade Otitoju has alleged that terrorists kidnapping Nigerians for ransom have been using the money to build houses in the neighbouring country. Otitoju who stated this Tuesday in TVC News, Lagos under Journalists Hangout programme was reacting to raiding of Abuja forests and arrest of terrorists by Nigerian soldiers. This is as the abductors of Kaduna-Abuja train crash victims are alleged to be collecting not less than N100 million ransom from each person. Read also Senator sad over killing of Nigerian soldiers by terrorists in Abuja Terrorists Kill 10 Soldiers at Kaduna Military Base Boko Haram…

Akwa Ibom Human Rights Community has expressed concern that the precedent set in sentencing Inibehe Effiong to prison, may adversely affect advocacy by lawyers in Akwa Ibom courts. Last Wednesday, Akwa Ibom State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Ekaette Obot sent human rights lawyer, Effiong to 30 days in prison for being guilty of contemptuous charge. A press release of July 29 signed by Clifford Thomas, Esq, National Coordinator of the human rights community, lamented that since precedent has been set, human rights advocates may end up becoming victims of the process. Read also Chief Judge Sentences Lawyer to Prison- Effiong…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended the ongoing strike by another four weeks. ASUU president, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, stated the union’s decision in a press statement on Monday. He said the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Union took the decision after extensive deliberations on government’s past failures to abide by its own timelines in addressing the issues it raised. “An emergency meeting of the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) held at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja, Abuja, on Sunday, 31st July 2022. The meeting was called…