Day: January 18, 2024

Ikeja Electric Reiterates Commitment To Improved Service Delivery

Ganiyu Amodu

Ikeja Electric Plc (IE) has reiterated its commitment to optimising a collaborative approach to stakeholder management. The company, which according to a statement by Kingsley Okotie, Head, Corporate Communications, said this during the first virtual stakeholder/customers engagement session for the year 2024. maintained that the move was in order to ensure the sustainability of its business operations in 2024 and beyond. The company also used the event to express profound appreciation to customers who have been steadfast in their support and constructive criticisms while complaints and challenges were addressed and…

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BREAKING: Super Eagles Defeat Host Ivory Coast 1-0

Ganiyu Amodu

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have boosted its credibility as one of the favourites to lift this year’s African Cup of Nations following a 1-0 win over host nation Ivory Coast. Defender William Troost-Ekong gave the Nigerian team a 1-0 lead from the penalty spot in the 55th minute after striker Victor Osimhen was bundled by Ivorian defenders in the penalty box. READ ALSO Minister Woos Investors Into Hydrogen Development Dorman Long Lauds NCDMB Contributions, Confirms Nigerian Content Big Beneficiary Status Schwarzenegger Detained By German Customs Over Luxury Watch The…

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Minister Woos Investors Into Hydrogen Development

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The Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has expressed the Federal Government’s commitment in partnering with genuine investors in unlocking the full potential of the country’s natural gas resource for national growth and development. Ekpo stated this in an address yesterday at the Americas Energy Summit and Exhibition in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. A statement by his spokesman, Louis Ibah, quoted Ekpo as informing the audience that Nigeria is open for business and was willing to partner foreign investors and countries with the requisite technologies and experience in…

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Dorman Long Lauds NCDMB Contributions, Confirms Nigerian Content Big Beneficiary Status

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has been applauded for its steadfast commitment to the growth of local content, particularly for the support it lends to the fabrication subsector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The leadership of Dorman Long Engineering Limited gave the commendation on Wednesday during a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe at the Nigerian Content Tower, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The Dorman Long Engineering team was led by the company’s chairman, Dr. Timi Austen-Peters and their mission…

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Schwarzenegger Detained By German Customs Over Luxury Watch

Abibat Babalola

Actor and former US politician Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained by German customs officers at Munich Airport on Wednesday for failing to declare a valuable luxury watch. “He is sitting with us, that’s right,” a spokesman for the main customs office in Munich told dpa on Wednesday afternoon. Criminal tax proceedings had been initiated against Schwarzenegger, a world-champion body builder and action film star who also served two terms as governor of the US state of California. The German newspaper Bild first reported Schwarzenegger’s detention. READ ALSO: NCC Suspends Phased Disconnection…

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NCC Suspends Phased Disconnection Of Glo From MTN

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has put on hold a plan to effect a phased disconnection of Glo from MTN. The Commission said the suspension of the phased disconnection would be for a period of 21 days, starting from yesterday (17 January), for the two parties to resolve all outstanding issues between them. The decision was contained in a press release, tagged “Re: Pre-Disconnection Notice”, by the NCC Director of Public Affairs, Rueben Muoka, dated 17 January, 2024. The Commission stated that the decision to suspend the phased disconnection was…

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Court Dismisses Davido’s Objection Against Pinnick’s N2.3bn Suit

Ganiyu Amodu

A high court in Delta has dismissed the preliminary objections raised by Davido to challenge the N2.3 billion lawsuit filed against him by Amaju Pinnick. Last year, Pinnick filed a lawsuit alleging that Davido breached a contract to perform at the 19th edition of the ‘Warri Again’ concert in Delta. The former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) claimed that Davido failed to appear at the event scheduled for October 26, 2023, after receiving a payment of $94,500. He further alleged that he incurred an additional $18,000 for a…

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January Take-off Plans For Students Loan Intact – Nigerian Govt

Ganiyu Amodu

The Federal Government on Wednesday said that the January commencement of the student loan scheme with plans for the timely access of students to the credit facility within 30 days is still intact. Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Sununu also said that all is now set for the scheme to begin with the completion of the student loan scheme website and…

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Six Things To Know About New Electricity Tariff

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has released a new Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) stating new guideline for tariff. Platforms Africa, which reported this earlier on Thursday, observed misrepresentation in reports on the MYTO while many Nigerians seek proper understanding of what this means to their daily power transactions with DisCos. Though the latest Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) issued by the commission approved a hike in the tariffs upto 35 per cent for DisCos effective 1st of January 2024, it stated clearly that the burden would be shouldered…

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‘DisCos Can’t Hike Bill For Customers,’ NERC Freezes Allowable Tariff

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Okays 35% increase payable through government’s subsidy as it releases new MYTO “(Allowable) tariff frozen for all customers at the rates payable since December 2022, while government pay more on subsidy. In all, the DisCos will still smile to the bank. “   The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has frozen tariffs from customers to the eleven distribution companies (DisCos) at the rates payable since December 2022. Platforms Africa reports that though the latest Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) issued by the commission approved a hike in the tariffs…

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