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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) says the recent price increases in MultiChoice cable subscriptions will reviewed by relevant stakeholders to ensure subscribers in Nigeria get value for their money. The Acting CEO of FCCPC, Adamu Abdullahi, spoke exclusively to Channels Television on its Dateline Abuja programme on Thursday. During the interview, he provided … [Read more…]
Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Thursday, flagged off another round of the distribution of palliatives in the state, warning against the politicisation of the exercise to ensure it gets to the independent and vulnerable people across the state. Mbah, however, said that the palliatives were a quick-fix and efforts of the federal … [Read more…]
The Senior Special Assistant to the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Mainstream Media, Hon. Dan Nwomeh, is set to commit late mother to earth on Saturday, April 27. Nwomeh’s mother, Mrs Ezinne Margaret Nebechi Nwomeh, who passed away on 25 February, 2024, would be given a benefitting burial this weekend, at Ozalla, according … [Read more…]
…Sets up service centres, cancels haulage revenue collection contracts by MDAs The Enugu State Government has banned all forms of illegal tolls and extortion of motorists by touts, warning that flouters of the order would face the full wrath of the law. The government also announced the cancellation of all existing produce and haulage revenue … [Read more…]
Following a runway excursion incident suffered by Nigerian carrier, Dana Air, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, yesterday, the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development has ordered the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, to suspend the airline until comprehensive audits on its fleet are conducted. A letter signed by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, … [Read more…]
Multichoice, a major satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa, has announced an increase in prices on the DSTV and GOtv packages. In a statement titled ‘Price Adjustment on DStv and GOtv Packages’, signed by its Chief Executive Officer, John Ugbe, sent to its customers on Wednesday, said the increase was necessitated by the rise in … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Young Professionals Forum, Enugu State, has urged the Enugu State Government to be more tax friendly to MSMEs in the State. According to a statement made available to Pacesetter, this was the submission of the forum at the just concluded Enugu Economic Development Summit and Heroes Award 2024 held at Bridgewaters Hotel in … [Read more…]
The Lagos State Government has announced that 2,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses will be rolled out before the end of the year. The State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi. made this known at the commencement of the 2024 ministerial briefing. Osiyemi said the state government has partnered with private operators on a Public-Private Partnership … [Read more…]
Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has stated that the emerging challenges in the country have rendered the current unitary policing system under the Nigeria Police Force ineffective, leading to calls for its decentralization by way of having state police. Speaker Abbas also noted that the numerous security challenges have overstretched the current security architecture in Nigeria … [Read more…]
A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Usman Na’Abba has vacated the order suspending ex-Kano governor Umar Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Na’Abba vacated his earlier order upon reading a Motion Ex-Parte together with an affidavit and a written address dated the 22nd day of April, … [Read more…]
Controversial cross-dresser and socialite, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has filed a notice of appeal challenging his conviction on a four-count charge of Naira abuse. In his Notice of Appeal filed by his lawyer, Bimbo Kusanu, Bobrisky is asking the court to set aside the six months imprisonment sentence imposed on him and … [Read more…]
Following the Enugu State Electricity Law signed by Governor Peter Mbah and the recent constitution of the Enugu State Electricity Regulatory Commission, ESERC, by the Mbah Administration, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has, in a historic move, formerly transferred the regulatory oversight of the Enugu State electricity market to the state agency effective May … [Read more…]