Austin Atakpu, the Managing Director, TCS Paymeters Ltd., manufacturers of prepaid meters, says metering of houses in the country is a gradual process and not automatic. Atakpu disclosed this during an interview with Newsmen in Benin on Tuesday. He was…
Seventy-six persons died in 615 fire incidents recorded in Kaduna State in 2020, the Director of the state Fire Service, Mr Paul Aboi, has said. The director said this in Kaduna on Tuesday. He said 139 others were injured in…
Some economists on Tuesday in Lagos urged the Federal Government to focus more attention on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as they remained the “engine behind most countries’ growth’’. The experts who made the call in separate interviews with…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that 13 persons died, while 14 others sustained various degrees of injury in an accident on Bida/Mokwa road in Niger, on Tuesday. Mr Joel Dagwa, FRSC Sector Commander in the state, confirmed…
A 34-year-old businessman, Ifeanyi Bakwenye, was on Tuesday in Lagos brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court charged with stealing a car valued at N2.6million. Bakwenye, a resident of Ikeja, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Sgt. Olasunkami…
The police in Badagry, Lagos, on Tuesday confirmed the death of a man alleged to have been killed during a clash between rival cult groups. Mr Gbesu Peters, the Divisional Police Officer in Badagry, told newsmen that the corpse of…
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), has commenced the implementation of the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 (CAMA 2020), the CAC Registrar-General, Alhaji Garba Abubakar has said. Abubakar said on Tuesday, in Abuja, that the commission had also launched a…
Borno State government donated relief materials and cash to 11 families of slain Boko Haram victims on Tuesday. The insurgents attacked Pemi village in Chibok Local Government area of Borno last Saturday; destroyed several buildings; abducted a cleric and another’s…
The Police, on Tuesday, arraigned a 24-year-old man, Olamilekan Azeez in a Badagry Magistrates’ Court for allegedly threatening the life of one Alhaji Kamaldeen Owoyemi. The defendant is facing a one-count of the threat to life. The Prosecutor, ASP. Clement…
Sen. Tayo Alasoadura, Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, has facilitated the enumeration of 200 artisans in Ondo State to benefit from the Federal Government’s Covid-19 Survival Fund. The Federal Government packaged the Survival Fund to cushion the effects…
