No fewer than 85 persons have lost their lives and 279 injured in various road traffic crashes (RTCs) recorded in Edo between January and June 2021. The figure was given by Mr Henry Benamaisia, Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state. Benamaisia said on Wednesday in Benin that a total of 717 persons were involved in 114 traffic accidents within the period under review. Giving a breakdown of the lives lost, the sector commander disclosed that 24 persons died in January; 13 in February and 14 in March. He added that 19 people lost their…
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says 1,092,399 customers have been metered by electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) under the Meter Assets Provider (MAP) scheme and the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). NERC said this in its reply to a Freedom of Information (FOI) application by an electricity consumer group that requested for data on the number of meters distributed by the DisCos under both programmes. The letter, which was signed by the Commission’s Secretary, Mrs Ada Ozoemena, on behalf of its chairman, was obtained on Wednesday in Lagos. According to NERC, 508,439 customers have been metered so far under the…
U.S first lady Jill Biden will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo on July 23, the White House said on Tuesday. Further details will be announced at a later date. Her husband, President Joe Biden, is not expected to be at the Games, according to the Washington Post. White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki said last week that Biden supports the Olympics in Tokyo and the protective measures taken there to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement of the first lady’s trip to Tokyo comes a few days after local organizers confirmed that spectators won’t be allowed…
A group of 10 All Progressives Congress (APC) local government chairmen in Zamfara State, have filed a case before the Federal High Court, Gusau, challenging their recent dissolution by the National Caretaker Chairman of the party, Mai-Mala Buni. A copy of the suit obtained on Tuesday in Gusau indicated that the case was filed before the court on Monday, July 12. The Chairman of APC’s Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), and Yobe state governor, Mai-Mala Buni had on June 29, announced the dissolution of all the party’s leadership structure in Zamfara while receiving Gov. Bello Muhammad into the APC from…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the world is moving away from achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as global poverty is expected to be at seven per cent by 2030, only marginally below the level in 2015. Guterres said this at the opening of the Ministerial Segment of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development on Tuesday at the UN headquarters in New York. Thee Forum, which started on July 6 and will end on July 15, is intended to assess progress on the 2030 Agenda. The secretary-general called on countries to be committed to ending poverty goal by implementing…
The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, says robust collaboration amongst security agencies has boosted the ongoing counter-insurgency operations in the North-East and other parts of the country. Gabkwet made this known in an interview on Tuesday in Abuja. He noted that since the new Service Chiefs came on board, Nigerians had witnessed a renew vigour, synergy and efforts in tackling the mirage of security challenges facing the country. He attributed this to the resolve of the three services and others to subordinate themselves under the leadership of the Chief of Defence…
International oil companies have so far contributed about one billion dollars for the implementation of Ogoni clean-up project. The Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, made this known during a news briefing organised by the Ministry in Abuja on clean-up of Ogoniland. According to Abubakar, the remediation of 21 lots of phase one batch has been cleaned while 17 lots were completed by Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) He said that 10 out of the 17 lots were closed-out by National Oil Spill Detection Agency (NOSDRA), adding that the certification sampling of three lots for close-out was completed. Abubakar said:…
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish a National Emergency Medical Services Agency, following its consideration of a report by the Committee on Health Secondary and Tertiary at plenary. Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Yahaya Oloriegbe, in his presentation, said the bill seeks to, among others, ensure that all Nigerians had access to early, good and quality emergency medical service, and critical care, when needed. When established, he said the agency would provide assistance for the development of comprehensive area emergency medical services system in Nigeria. “Mr. President and distinguished colleagues, the country lacks a robust emergency healthcare…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says a total of 542, 576 Nigerians had completed their online pre-registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) as at 7am of, Monday July 12, exactly two weeks since the exercise began. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Tuesday at a meeting he held with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), in Abuja. Yakubu said that INEC was pleased with the progress made so far on the online pre-registration of voters nationwide, which commenced on Monday, June 28. “At the beginning, we gave Nigerians daily updates on the progress of the exercise. We…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto on Tuesday assured that the government was committed to partner with the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Children Education Funds (UNICEF) on improving sanitation and hygiene in the state. The governor gave the assurance when UNICEF officials and delegates from Kebbi and Zamfara states, let by the Kano Chief of Field Office, Mr Maulid Wafa paid courtesy visit at the Government House. The project tagged “USAID/UNICEF Improving Sanitation, hygiene and Safe Drinking Water in North West Nigeria”, was designed to last up to 2024. According to Tambuwal, Sokoto will also…