Month: August 2023

The government of Enugu State has expressed dissatisfaction at the manner some petroleum dealers in the state shortchange citizens by adjusting their meters wrongly and dispensing fuel inaccurately, warning that any filing stationinvolved in such practices would be penalized. The Commissioner for Special Duties, Emeka Ajogu made this known yesterday when he paid an impromptu visit to some petrol filling stations in the Enugu metropolis to ascertain the alleged meter short-change by […]

President Bola Tinubu has directed that issues affecting relations with the Emirates Airline, and issuance of visas to Nigerians should be immediately resolved.   Tinubu gave the order yesterday when he received the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates UAE, Salem Saeed Al-Shamsi, at the State House in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and Letters of Credence from Al-Shamsi and two envoys at the State House.   The two other envoys were […]

The Ebonyi State National and State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has reserved judgment in the petition filed by the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Micheal Nnachi, and his Labor Party LP counterpart Linus Okorie who are challenging the declaration of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Dave Umahi as the winner of the Ebonyi South Senatorial seat.   The petitioners are asking the tribunal […]

The Governor of Enugu State Peter Mbah has approved some new board and political appointments which take effect immediately. The appointment was contained in a release dated August 23, 2023, by the Secretary to Enugu State Government, Professor Chidiebere Onyia, who had thirteenappointees into various boards and parastatals in the state. Some of them include Professor Bethrand Ngwu as Chief Medical Director, ESUT Teaching Hospital, Parkane, Uche Anya, Executive Chairman, […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission NERC has urged citizens with prepaid meters to update them before November 2024, adding that users who fail to update their meters before the said date won’t be able to recharge their prepaid meters.   Nerc, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, said updating the meters attracts no cost and that electricity Distribution Companies Discos would start to issue 2 free Key Change Tokens KCTs to enable […]