January 2021

Kenya Power improves electricity distribution to SMEs

The World Bank has supported a project to distribute new types of digital electricity metering to 55,000 customers in the Small and Medium-sized enterprises in Kenya, state-owned power firm said Wednesday. Kenya Power Managing Director and CEO, Bernard Ngugi, said…

N2m credit alert sends Ilorin driver to prison

A 45-year-old driver, Adetunji Tunde Oluwasegun, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for fraudulently converting to personal use a sum of N2million that was erroneously transferred into his account. The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes…

Ogun demolishes distressed building to save lives

By Ayo Fadimu A three-storey building, Olujimi Electronic Mall, razed by fire last September, as a result of power surge, which started from a nearby paint shop at Totoro, Abeokuta in Ogun State, has been pulled down to forestall loss…

Court remands man for stealing motorcycle

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo A 20-year-old man, Ismaila Tahiru, has been remanded by an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a Bajaj motorcycle. The accused person allegedly committed the offence on October 11, 2019, around 10:04 am at Temidire area of…

Accident claims two lives, injures three in Osun

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo No fewer than two persons have been confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck and Toyota Hiace at Iwaraja junction on Ipetu-Ijesa highway. Three others were also reported to have sustained injuries from the fatal accident.…