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Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have been barred by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission from billing already disconnected customers. The ban is contained in a March 2023 document by NERC Chairman, Sanusi Garba which our correspondence obtained yesterday. In the document titled “Customer Protection Regulation 2023,” the commission said that DisCos can only bill customers when they are reconnected. Newsthumb recalls ... Read More »

Barely 24 hours after the death of a popular Nollywood actor, Saint Obi, a Yoruba popular actor and producer, Murphy Afolabi, is reportedly dead. Although no details yet about the circumstances surrounding Afolabi’s death. Meanwhile, the death of the Yoruba actor was announced by a well-known director and producer of the industry, Ola Yusuff who took to his Facebook page ... Read More »

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has fixed hearing for next Thursday in the application by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar for live telecast of the court’s proceedings. While ruling on Thursday, Justice Haruna Tsammani said the application will be heard along with other applications by the respondents including those seeking the dismissal of ... Read More »

Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has revealed that his offer to buy Nigerian conglomerate, Transcorp Corporation Plc, for N250bn was rejected. This came to light on Tuesday in a statement he issued to TheCable, weeks after the businessman acquired stakes in Transcorp and sold the shares. He revealed that he had bought the shares of the company because he believed in ... Read More »

….. As experts express optimism about meeting local demand THE Federal government, yesterday, confirmed the planned inauguration of the 650,000 barrels per day, bpd Dangote Refinery on May 2023. The company had indicated that the $19 billion plant will be inaugurated before President Muhammadu Buhari leaves office. However, in his tweet, Special Assistant to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir ... Read More »

Our correspondence reports buses arrived in Sudan to evacuate Nigerian students caught in the ongoing crisis. The buses were meant to take the students to the Egyptian border from where they were to be airlifted to Nigeria. However, on getting to the Aswan border in Egypt, they were refused entry. NIDCOM said the Egyptian authorities were insisting on visas, adding ... Read More »

The President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured workers of better deal under his administration. He said he will give them more than a minimum wage but a living wage that will guarantee a decent life and enable workers provide for their families. He also promised to be a dependable ally of the nation’s workforce as soon as his administration ... Read More »

An Osun High Court presided over by Justice Oyebola Ojo has reserved judgment on the case of Hilton Hotel owner, Dr Rahmon Adedoyin and six staff over alleged murder of Master student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. Justice Ojo adjourned the trial for today for adoption of final written addresses from the prosecution and defense counsel. Adedoyin with ... Read More »

The National Economic Council, NEC, has suspended the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products by the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. ... Read More »

E Jean Carroll who claims Donald Trump raped her nearly three decades ago in a department store changing room has told a court: “I’m here to try and get my life back.” “I’m here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he lied and said it didn’t happen,” E Jean Carroll told jurors at a federal ... Read More »