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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on Wednesday threatened to sanction electricity distribution companies that failed to comply with the regulations of the Nigerian Electricity Distribution Companies. It said henceforth, any organization or individual who fails to comply with the extant rules and regulations guiding electricity industry risks punishment. …

Suspended DCP Abba Kyari The Correctional Service has refuted reports that the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, who is being remanded at the Medium Security Correctional Service in Kuje, Abuja, escaped during an attack on the facility by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The Chief Superintendent, Correctional Service, Umar …

The remains of Mohammed Barkindo, the outgoing secretary-general of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), have been buried. His remains were laid to rest on Wednesday in Yola, Adamawa State. Barkindo, a former group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, died at about 11p.m on Tuesday, a …

Mallam Tukur Mamu, media consultant to controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has revealed the identity of the group that attacked the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kuje area of the FCT. Mamu who played the lead negotiator for the Abuja-Kaduna train kidnapped passengers said the Ansaru terrorists, same group that attacked and abducted the train passengers …

Bashir Magashi, Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, on Wednesday, reacted to the Kuje prison attack, saying all the 64 members of the Boko Haram terrorists fled the facility. Gunmen had stormed the facility on Tuesday, with explosions and gunshots heard from the direction of the correctional centre located in Abuja, …

Nigerians who are married have been warned against cheating on their partners no matter the reason that might arise. According to a former Lagos state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Aliyu Giwa, cheating attracts some jail term. Specifically, he argued that the offence contravenes section 387 and 388 of the …

Kenneth Aguba The founder and general overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM), Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, has come to the aid of popular Nollywood actor, Kenneth Aguba. Recall there were reports that Aguba was spotted sleeping on the streets and by roadside shops after becoming homeless. Eyewitnesses said they saw the …

President Muhammadu Buhari As Nigeria’s debt stock continues to rise amidst worries by analysts on the sustainability of the country’s debt, a total of N11.784 trillion and $8.168 billion has been spent over the last seven years to service both domestic and external debt obligations respectively, data from the Debt …

The Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project and other education rights groups, such as the Reform Education Nigeria and Education Rights Campaign, have knocked the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari, over the prolonged shutdown of academic activities in the nation’s tertiary institutions. The strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of …

Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information The Federal Government on Monday condemned the call by five US Republican Senators asking for the re-designation of Nigeria as a country of particular concern because of alleged persecution of Christians. The Senators who made the call in a letter to the US Secretary of …