The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has ordered the transfer of regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Enugu State to the Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission. This was according to a statement on the commission’s website, on Monday. The transfer, according to the commission, complied with the amended Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Read More ..read more

The Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered the illegal activities of a fake cosmetics producer at the Balogun Trade Fair Gate, Trade Fair Complex, Lagos State. NAFDAC disclosed this on its X handle on Monday. The agency said the fake cosmetics producer, Mr Pius Read More ..read more

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio on Monday, gave his support for the creation of state police across the country. Akpabio expressed his support in Abuja at a national policy dialogue on state policing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review. The event which attracted prominent Nigerians including former military Head of State, Read More ..read more

The Federal Government has announced the launch of the N200bn Presidential Intervention Fund for Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises and manufacturers in Nigeria. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, made this announcement in a post on her X formerly Twitter page on Monday. Uzoka-Anite said that following the ongoing disbursements targeted Read More ..read more

Governor Sheriff Oborevweri of Delta State has called for strategic and collaborative approaches between the Federal and Sub-national governments in the Niger Delta region to address the hydra-headed challenges facing the people of the oil-rich states of the Niger Delta Oborevweri made the call on Monday while declaring open the 6th meeting of the National Read More ..read more

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in the Federal Capital Territory has intercepted 10 individuals suspected of being victims of human trafficking and allegedly being prepared for migration abroad. Acting on a tip-off, NSCDC officers intercepted the group at Zuba motor park in Abuja upon their return from Minna, Niger State, where they had Read More ..read more

The Nigerian Army, on Monday, said it has dismissed two soldiers, Corporal Innocent Joseph, and Lance Corporal Jacob Gani, accused of stealing armoured cables at the Dangote refinery on April 14, 2024. The PUNCH had reported how the soldiers entered the facility in an Acura jeep but were caught at the company’s main gate with Read More ..read more

The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has revealed a plan by the Federal Government to establish a N100 billion Police Housing Fund. The IG made the announcement in Abuja on Monday during the launch of the inaugural Nigerian Police Housing Summit. The summit themed, “Renewed Hope for Police Housing in Nigeria,” was held at Read More ..read more

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says it recorded 5,669 suspected Lassa fever cases and 152 deaths with a Case Fatality Rate of 18.3 per cent. This is according to the Lassa fever situation report posted by the NCDC on its website on Monday. The NCDC said 832 cases were confirmed from the Read More ..read more

The Corporate Affairs Commission has revoked the certificates of incorporation of NIPOST Properties and Development Company and NIPOST Transport and Logistics Services Limited. This revocation followed the discovery of an illegal transfer of N10 billion in restructuring funds released by the Federal Ministry of Finance to the agency’s subsidiaries. The CAC, in a statement on Read More ..read more