AEDC goes tough on debtors, announces disconnection of electricity service
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) is notifying all customers with outstanding bills to settle their accounts immediately to avoid service disruption. To this end, customers who are yet to settle their outstanding bills within the next 72 hours, by Monday, June 3, 2024, will face disconnection of their electricity supply. AEDC emphasizes the importance […]
Tension in Kano as Sanusi, Bayero plan Friday prayer at palace’s mosque
There has been palpable anxiety in the city of Kano, as the two traditional rulers, Emir Muhammad Sanusi and Emir Aminu Ado Bayero, seem poised to lead the Friday prayers at the Central Mosque. But the State’s Police Command had put that to rest, giving Emir Sanusi the right to lead the Juma’at prayers at […]
Billionaire ordered to pay $1bn in record divorce settlement
South Korean billionaire Chey Tae-won has been ordered to pay 1.38tn won (£788m, $1bn) in cash to his wife in what would be the country’s largest divorce settlement payout The chairman of the powerful SK Group has been ordered by the Seoul High Court to pay the settlement to his wife, who is the daughter of former president […]
American, United continue seeing widespread supplier issues
While Boeing still must get on track, issues at other suppliers are creating stress and, in some cases, prompting strategic changes, top executives at American Airlines and United Airlines said. “Boeing is not the only one that is out there [struggling],” American CEO Robert Isom said during the May 29 Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference in New York. “There […]
LGs autonomy: Supreme court gives governors 7 days to file defence
The Supreme Court ON Thursday, May 30, 2024 directed the governors of the 36 states in the country to file within seven days their respective defence in the suit filed against them by the Federal Government seeking full autonomy for the 774 Local Governments Councils in the country. This was as the Supreme Court also […]
Defection: Court declares 25 Rivers Assembly seats vacant
A High Court of Rivers State sitting in Port Harcourt, on Thursday, May 30, 2024 declared the seats of 25 lawmakers, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the All Progressives Congress (APC), vacant pending the determination of a suit before it. This was as the court ordered Hon. Martin Amaewhule, to stop […]
Piers Morgan drops support for Israel, condemns ‘indefensible’ Rafah assault
Veteran journalist Piers Morgan has demanded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stop the ongoing genocidal war on Rafah crossing in Gaza after the Health Ministry in Gaza reported that Israeli airstrikes had killed at least 45 people, including women and children. Witnesses said at least eight missiles struck the camp – a designated safe […]
Tension as police kill 2 in Ekiti
Mounting tension and anxiety took centre stage in Ekiti State as a Police officer accidentally shot and killed two young men in the Omisanjana area of Ado Ekiti, the state capital. It was gathered that an accident, which occurred in the area at 10:30 pm, sparked outrage and anger among the youths who attempted to […]
One dies after falling into jet engine
One person has died after falling into a running aircraft engine at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. Reports say that the incident occurred on Wednesday and is under investigation by the Dutch military police. The person fell into the engine of a KLM Airlines Embraer jet plane that was about to take off on a flight for […]
EFCC secures 3,175 convictions, recovers N156 billion in one year
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that the Commission secured 3175 convictions and recovered N156, 276,691,242.30 (One Hundred and Fifty-six Billion, Two Hundred and Seventy-Six Million, Six Hundred and Ninety-One Thousand, Two Hundred and Forty-Two Naira, Thirty kobo) between May 29, 2023 and May 29, […]
