The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says it will commence enforcement of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) billing cap order to ensure effective consumer protection. Mr Babatunde Irukera, the Executive Vice Chairman of the commission said in Abuja on Sunday, that the move was a more strategic approach toward intervening in consumers’ complaints. The order issued by NERC states that “DisCos shall ensure that all customers on tariff Class A1 are properly identified and metered by April 30, 2020. R2 single phase customers now have energy cap of 78kwhr per month and a tariff of N24kwhr. The…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says it will not hesitate to confiscate cigarettes sold in sticks at the expiration of the moratorium given in the Tobacco Control Law. The Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Mr Babatunde Irukera said in Abuja on Sunday, that the commission had started little enforcement in preparation for the date. The tobacco law of 2019 contains many provisions including smoke free places, tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, packaging and labelling, prevention of tobacco industry interference and product disclosure. The law prohibits the sale of tobacco products via the internet, single cigarettes and…
Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, the Commander of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), which is maintaining peace in Plateau and environs has warned troops to desist from molesting innocent civilians but to go after criminals. Okonkwo spoke at the inauguration of a special operation code named “Hakorin Damisa” on Saturday in Bassa. The Special operation, which would last for four days, aimed at reducing insecurity in some parts of Bassa and Riyom local government areas (LGAs) of Plateau. The commander, who charged the troops to be professional in their conduct, urged them to ensure that isolated killings, attacks and…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, says the Republic of Benin is not aspiring to be the 37 State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made this disclaimer in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr Ferdinand Nwonye, on Saturday in Abuja. The ministry is reacting to misleading speculations. The Foreign Ministry explained that the misleading reports was quoted out of context following the meeting with Onyeama and his Beninese counterpart on February 18 in Abuja. “The attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been drawn to misleading reports in the media…
Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said in Lagos on Saturday that Nigeria might get COVID-19 vaccines in the next 10 days. “We are told that by the end of this month, which is about 10 days from now, we shall get the vaccines,’’ the minister said. “We do not produce the vaccines. They are manufactured abroad in about four or five countries,’’ he told newsmen at the end of an inspection tour of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Idi-Araba, Ehanire explained that the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Russia and China that had succeeded in producing…
The Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru has hinted that the Nigerian Army plans to launch the second phase of the ongoing counter-insurgency operation against the Boko Haram terrorists in the Northeast. Attahiru stated this while briefing newsmen during an operational visit to Theater Command Headquarters of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri on Saturday. The Army Chief said his visit was to appraise the military operation in Sambisa general area and boost the morale of troops prosecuting the war on terror. According to him, the synergy between the air and ground forces have been excellent and led to the…
The Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman AbdulKareem, has been appointed Ag. Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors (CVC) of Federal universities in Nigeria. A statement by the Director of Corporate Affairs of the university, Mr. Kunle Akogun, on Saturday, disclosed that Prof. Abdulkareem’s appointment was contained in a letter written to him by the Secretary-General of the Committee, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu. Quoting the letter, dated 17th February 2021, Akogun said: “I write to most respectfully request the honour to have you serve as the Acting Chairman of Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities. “Given your seniority in…
Food Security: Nasarawa govt. donates 400 hectares of farmland to UNDP The Nasarawa state government has donated 400 hectares of land to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Awe and Keana local government areas (LGAs), for agricultural purposes, with a view to addressing food insecurity. Speaking on Saturday, in Keana local government area (LGA) while handing over the land to the representatives of UNDP, Mrs Munirat Abdullahi, Special Adviser to governor Abdullahi Sule on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Development Partners, said the donation was aimed at ensuring food security in the state, through mechanised farming. The Special Adviser explained…
The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Lagos Urban Forest Animal Sanctuary Initiative (LUFASI) and Saint Marks Animal Rescue Foundation (SMARF) have stressed the need to protect, preserve mammals like pangolins, from extinction. The NCF made this known in a statement issued in Abuja, on Saturday, by Mr Oladapo Soneye, its Head of Communications. It said that the groups were set to commemorate the World Pangolin Day (WPD) on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021 at LUFASI Nature Park, Eti-Osa, and Lagos. It explained that the WPD was held annually by stakeholders to create public awareness towards conserving and combating trafficking in pangolin species.…
Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Bauchi state, on Saturday, said that two people lost their lives while four others were seriously injured in an auto crash in Ningi local government area of the state. Abdullahi, who disclosed this in an interview in Bauchi, said that the accident occurred around 4:30 a.m, on Friday, in Ningi Local Government Area of the state. “The accident occurred very close to Kitabu Wasunnah filling station around 4:30 a.m on Friday morning. We observed that there was a culvert that was being rebuilt in the area where the…