Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) says it recorded 8,000 cases of energy theft, including meter bypass and illegal meter tampering, between January and October within its network. IBEDC’s acting Managing Director, Mr Francis Agoha, stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Ota. Agoha said that the development had resulted in financial losses running into hundreds of millions of naira. He said that consequent upon the challenge, IBEDC had partnered Special Investigative and Prosecution Task Force (SIPETO) to curb energy theft within its network. According to him, IBEDC is committed to identifying, investigating and prosecuting individuals involved in energy…
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Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno on Tuesday presided over the swearing-in of two new commissioners to replace those who died while in active service. The State Chief Judge, Justice Kashim Zannah, administered the oath of office at the ceremony held at the Government House in Maiduguri. The new commissioners are Muhammad Lawan-Dalorima for the Ministry of Finance and Isa Haladu for the Ministry of Reconstruction, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (RRR). In his speech, Zulum expressed gratitude to the Borno House of Assembly for their prompt scrutiny and confirmation of the nominees. He urged the commissioners to uphold the principles of integrity,…
Edo government says it will rebuild a defect found in the newly inaugurated Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin. The Commissioner for Heath, Dr Cyril Oshiomhole said this on Tuesday during an inspection tour of the facility. It would be recalled that the hospital was remodeled and inaugurated by former governor Godwin Obaseki, shortly before the expiration of his tenure The commissioner, who was accompanied by a team of medical consultants and the contractor handling the project, said that there were errors in the facility. According to him, I went round the Stella Obasanjo Hospital to inspect the facility. “We discovered…
Edo Government says it has ordered an immediate review of the state’s Electronic Governance (e-governance) Platform initiated by the previous administration for breach of data and control. The state government disclosed this on Tuesday via a Government Special Announcement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Musa Ikhilor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the announcement was a reaction to an allegation that the new government had suspended the digital innovation initiated by Godwin Obaseki’s administration. The SSG said the review became necessary following a discovery that the entire e-governance platform was being run and operated from…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has discharged and acquitted a 35-year-old upholsterer, Taiwo Opasina, charged with sexually assaulting his 4-year-old daughter. Justice Rahman Oshodi, in his judgment on Tuesday, held that the prosecution failed to discharge the burden of prove against Opasina. Oshodi said that the prosecution failed to present the vital witness, to give evidence before the court According to him, the absence of direct evidence of the alleged survivor creates an evidential gap that cannot be bridged by circumstantial evidence alone. He said that the prosecution case faced a fundamental challenge, the absence of the…
Mr Bullah Bi-Allah, the Director of Information, Secretary, Research and Information (SR&I), National Assembly, has denied the purported budget presentation by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday. Bi-Allah said this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday following the news making the round that the president was billed to present the budget on Wednesday, Nov. 27. He said such news credited to him was fake, baseless, and unfounded, urging the public to disregad it. He said: “The attention of the Secretary, Research and Information (SR&I), National Assembly, Dr Ali Barde Umoru, has been drawn to the purported fake news credited to…
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the abduction of Mr Samuel Ekerenam, the owner of Hephzibah Shopping Mall at Afaha Uqua Obok-Idim road in Eket Local Government Area of the state. ASP Timfon John, the State Police Public Relations Officer disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket on Tuesday. John said the incident happened on Saturday at about 10:55p.m in the night at his Hephzibah Shopping Mall in Eket. She said the gun men abducted the victim after killing his personal driver and demoralised his police escort before taking him away.…
The Appeal Court in Abuja has fixed April 9, 2025, to hear appeal filed by the Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd against Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd over the dispute on the OPL (Oil Prospecting License) 245.A three-member panel of justices, headed by Justice Okon Abang, adjourned the case after lawyer to the appellant (Agip), Inyene Robert, moved a motion to regularise their processes and was granted by the court.Robert told the court that though their notice of appeal was filed within time, the record of appeal was not transmitted within time.The lawyer then said a motion for extension of time…
SP Bright Edafe, Spokesman of the Police Command in Delta has confirmed the death of two robbery suspects in the state.Edafe, who disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Warri said that the deceased were neutralised from the bullets shot by their gang members.According to him, the incident occured on Wednesday at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.Edafe explained that the deceased were leading the police surveillance team attached to the Ekpan Division to their hideout when they were caught during a shoot out.“The suspects were arrested at Effurun roundabout with a bag containing 57 live cartridges and…
The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) on Tuesday sealed five banks and other business premises within the Kaduna metropolis for a ‘Land Use Charge (LUC) debt’ of N1.7 billion It has also sealed the prominent Hamdala Hotel for a N115 million debt on LUC. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the banks and other businesses sealed were: Keystone Bank Plc, Unity Bank, FCMB, Zenith Bank, Bank of Agriculture (BOA) as well as Chicken Republic, all located along Yakubu Gowon Way. Others were: Forte Oil, New Nigeria Development Company, GT Bank parking lot and A.G. Leventis building. Speaking…