Following Tuesday’s deadly explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has constituted a committee to review the laws guiding the control of explosives in the country. The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, disclosed this on Wednesday while addressing State House reporters after the first Federal Cabinet meeting of 2024 presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Badaru said the committee will determine...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has approved a new cost-reflective tariff increase for the electricity distribution companies in Nigeria. The Chairman of NERC, Sanusi Garba, who disclosed this to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, said the Multi-Year Tariff Order for DisCos takes effect from January 1, 2024. He explained that the federal government would spend 30 billion monthly, amounting to N1.6 trillion, on electricity subsidies in 2024. “If we have determined that you should...

A security expert, Bulama Bukarti has said the issues of kidnapping, one-chance robbery, and other forms of criminality have made Abuja city, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory one of the most frightening cities in the world. Bukarti stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday, explaining that what is going on in Abuja is a reflection of happenings across Nigeria. “In major junctions in Abuja, criminals and armed robbers masquerading as taxi drivers maim...

An inferno on Monday morning destroyed over 40 buildings at the Ile Megida Onikanhun compound, the Isle Edun area of Ilorin, and the Ilorin South local government area in Kwara state. The fire incident left over 120 occupants homeless, affecting 44 rooms including a mosque in the 75-room Magaji Onikanhun Compound. The buildings served both residential and commercial purposes, where items such as fairly used doors, furniture, and bedding, among others, were sold. It was...