NERC to increase Electricity tariff by Wednesday

Nigerians will from Wednesday, April 1, 2020, pay more for electricity, The PUNCH reports. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission had disclosed this in its December 2019 Minor Review of Multi-Year Tariff Order 2015 and Minimum Remittance Order for the Year 2020. Checks by The PUNCH on Monday showed that the decision to increase tariff had not yet been suspended

Gov. Seyi Makinde tests positive for COVID-19

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has tested positive for coronavirus and is in self-isolation.  The governor revealed this in a statement on his verified Twitter handle on Monday where he disclosed that he is asymptomatic. “I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result,” he tweeted. “It is POSITIVE. I am asymptomatic and will continue

Full Presidential Speech by President Buhari on COVID-19

ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE COVID- 19 PANDEMIC SUNDAY 29TH MARCH, 2020 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. From the first signs that Coronavirus, or COVID-19 was turning into an epidemic and was officially declared a world-wide emergency, the Federal Government started planning preventive, containment and curative measures

Youths raze down police station in Kastina

The police in Katsina State has arrested 90 people for allegedly setting ablaze Kusada Divisional Police Station over suspension of Friday congregational prayer by the state government to contain the spread of coronavirus. One of the rioters also lost his life in the encounter, the police command spokesman, Gambo Isah, said in a statement issued

Emeka Offor Foundation Donates Medical Equipments, Books To Hospitals And Schools

In line with Sir Emeka Offor’s initiative geared towards supporting the efforts of the Federal Government in the provision of quality healthcare service and education to the citizens, his foundation – Sir Emeka Offor Foundation (SEOF), has donated educational materials and healthcare facilities worth millions of dollars to hospitals and academic institutions across Nigeria and