A soldier of Nigeria’s 35 Artillery Brigade in Abeokuta, Ogun State has reportedly died due to a negligent use of his personal weapon, the Nigerian Army, NA, said in a press statement on Wednesday. A Nigerian media reported the suicide case, quoting an anonymous source who said the deceased took his life out of depression caused by ‘unpaid allowances.’ The newspaper identifies the soldier as Boyi ThankGod. But authorities refuted the report, saying the late...

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...