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Nigerians pay more for ‘darkness’ as government hikes electricity tariff

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Poor Nigerians, previously subsidised heavily affected by the new tariff Stakeholders divided over calls for reversal of power privatisation Four months after the Federal Government and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) quietly ordered the removal of subsidy on electricity and increased end-user tariffs, yesterday’s tariff increase approval by the regulator has created fresh concerns […]

Osinbajo, Bakare, Amosun pick nomination forms as INEC restates June 3 deadline for primaries

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Photo/Facebook/professoryemiosinbajo How Jonathan’s candidacy might mar APC in 2023, by group Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, warned political parties that the June 3 deadline to pick candidates for the 2023 elections remains sacrosanct. The warning followed reports that the commission was under pressure to extend the deadline for the conduct of primaries by some […]

Lady tied, gang-raped to death, police recover 12 condoms

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Police Inspector General, Baba Usman A 26-year-old lady, Ugochukwu Nworie, has been allegedly raped to death in Abakaliki metropolis, Ebonyi State capital. The incidentreportedly happened at the Hope-in Hotel on Monday. It was learnt that the victim arrived at the hotel in the company of some young men late Monday night. Sources said the lady […]

Igbo leaders demand South East presidency, Kanu’s release

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Igbo apex body rules out VP slot for Southeast Obi’s presidential ambition non-negotiable, says support group Talk among yourselves, Obiechina urges Southeast aspirants NUPA: Igbo president will reduce tension in Nigeria Group urges APC, PDP to zone presidency to Southeast COSEYL threatens to sue APC, and PDP if the ticket is zoned to North President […]

1.76m candidates sit as UTME begins

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

UTME candidates during a computer based test At least 1.7 million candidates will sit for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide which begins today, Friday May 6. The examination is scheduled to hold till May 16. As stated by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the examination would be conducted for 1,761,338 […]

Queen Elizabeth II to miss summer garden parties: Palace

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Credit: (Jane Barlow-WPA Pool/Getty Images) Queen Elizabeth II, who has cut back on public appearances due to poor health and old age, will not attend this summer’s royal garden parties, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. Every summer, up to three parties take place with invited members of the public in the Buckingham Palace Garden in […]

Coronavirus kills almost 15m people in 2020 and 2021 – WHO

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

The coronavirus pandemic led to the deaths of around 14.9 million people globally in the past two years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. WHO said that the figures include people who died from a COVID-19 infection as well as those with illnesses and injuries that passed away because of stretched health services […]

Anxiety as APC orders aspirants to sign ‘withdrawal letter’

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

APC Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu. Photo/Twitter/OfficialAPCNg Filling the form is optional, says Omisore Fayemi, Bagudu, Akpabio, Oshiomhole swell APC presidential aspirants Tinubu: The more the merrier, long list of aspirants good for democracy Ahead of next week’s deadline for sale of nomination forms of the All Progressives Congress (APC), there is growing apprehension in the ruling […]

Ondo South senatorial aspirant, Sola Iji collects APC nomination forms

May 5, 2022May 14, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

A former envoy and leading Ondo South Senatorial District aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC., Ambassador Sola Iji, has obtained his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms from the party’s secretariat in Abuja. This was confirmed in a statement on Thursday by the Director General of Ambassador Sola Iji Campaign […]

Spring, all over

May 5, 2022May 4, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

By Abdu Rafiu Again, it is spring. Gardens everywhere have grown full green. The weather is soothing. For the uninitiated in our clime, spring is the period between the end of the dry season and beginning of the rainy season, signaled by the return of the sun to the Equator third week of March from […]