…As FG appoints new CEOs for distressed DisCos …Activates emergency fund for Port Harcourt DisCo The alleged failure to pay huge debts owed Fidelity Bank Plc by investors that acquired Benin, Kano and Kaduna Electricity Distribution Companies have resulted in…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has said the Republic of Benin, Niger Republic, Togo made no payment for the electricity supplied to them from Nigeria in the second quarter of 2021. The Commission disclosed this in its second-quarter report…
The Nigerian Army, 4 Brigade, Benin, on Wednesday handed over 12 suspects arrested in connection with peddling illicit drug to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo Command. Report state that the suspects comprising 10 males and two females…
Nigerian long jumper Ese Brume says her aim now is to win a Tokyo Olympics gold medal for Nigeria. Brume told the newsmen in Benin on Monday at the ongoing 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) that she has been working…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo on Wednesday said that it had arrested two suspects for allegedly peddling illicit substance. Mr Buba Wakawa, the NDLEA Commander in the state, told newsmen in Benin that the suspects were…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure The sprawling city of Benin in Edo State was agog on Saturday when the family of Odigie, gave out their daughter, Eunice’s hand in marriage to Opeyemi Ajakore of Nigerian NewsDirect newspaper. The two lovebirds, Eunice…
The management of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Uhogua, near Benin has indicated interest to go into mechanised farming if provided with land and other equipment. Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, Coordinator of the camp, disclosed this on Monday in an…
