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Reps Panel Orders NERC, Discos To Suspend Tariff Hike

January 14, 2020 2:31 pm

The House of Representatives, through its committee on Power has directed the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend its planned electricity increment.

The electricity regulatory body had earlier announced planned hike which will take effect from April.

The committee chaired by Aliyu Magaji made the announcement today during a meeting with NERC and other stakeholders.

The Minister of Power, Mamman Saleh was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Ahmed Abdul.

Speaking at the meeting, the chairman of the committee stated that, “it would be criminal for Discos to continue to bill consumers if the estimated prohibition

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Panel On Nembe Killings

November 30, 2019 7:02 am

The Bayelsa State Government has inaugurated a six-member panel of enquiry on the violence that rocked Nembe Local Government Area and other parts of the state before and during the November 16 governorship election in the state. At least 20 persons were reportedly killed during the incident while over 93 persons, including bystanders were injured during an aborted Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship rally in Nembe on November 13 when they were attacked by thugs. Inaugurating the panel at the Government House, Yenagoa, Governor Seriake Dickson who decried political violence and brigandage said those that were wounded were still receiving …

Why Saints May Not Save Judiciary, By Senate Panel

November 5, 2019 4:27 am

• ‘Africa loses $50b to corruption yearly’
• Presidency, Sani differ on border closure

Nigeria’s judiciary has fallen so low that not even saints may salvage it, according to a Senate panel. The panel lamented that the judiciary came to this sorry pass with the attendant high level of corruption because of a paucity of funds.But the panel is hopeful that a special intervention fund could bring sanity to the third arm of government.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele (APC Ekiti Central), made these observations after a confirmation hearing session for

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WTO Panel: China May Levy Over $3bn In US Trade Sanctions

November 3, 2019 3:15 pm

A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel said on Friday that China is entitled to slap compensatory sanctions on United States imports worth $3.579bn annually.

The decision stems from the US failure to remove anti-dumping duties, but the monetary value is roughly half the total amount that China had sought.

The ruling came as the world’s two biggest economies try to clinch phase one of a trade deal.

US President Donald Trump and his negotiators are “very optimistic” about concluding it, White House adviser Larry Kudlow has said.

With the WTO announcement, a three-member WTO arbitration panel said Chinese exporters suffered

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Why Kogi Panel Cleared Former Deputy Gov Of Misconduct

October 23, 2019 3:36 am

•State assembly failed to call relevant witnesses, present documents
•Could not substantiate four charges, abandoned two pleadings

•Breaches constitution despite these findings

The probe panel, which investigated the former Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Mr. Simon Achuba, on allegations of gross misconduct, returned a not-guilty verdict against him because none of the six-point charge against him was substantiated by the state House of Assembly, our reporters learnt yesterday.

A copy of the report submitted to the state legislature last Friday, upon which the lawmakers summarily removed Achuba from office, despite his clearance, detailed how the legislators either failed to provide …

Panel By Saraki Gains Big In Bayelsa, Kogi Peace Efforts

October 20, 2019 7:39 am

Bayelsa almost done as Dickson makes huge concessions
All agree to work together in Kogi, all eyes on ex-governor Idris

The political experience and influence of former Senate President Bukola Saraki might have come through for him as his reconciliatory panel, constituted recently by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the crises in Bayelsa and Kogi States had begun to yield results ahead of the November 16 governorship election in both states.

Newsmen gathered at the weekend that the former Kwara State governor had already met all the gladiators in the two states at different times and …

UNILAG Constitutes Probe Panel On Sexual Harassment Cases

October 10, 2019 2:56 am

The University of Lagos, Akoka, has set up a panel to investigate two of its lecturers accused of sexually harassing undercover reporters purportedly seeking admission and change the course of study in the institution.

Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu of the Department of European Languages and Integrated Studies, Faculty of Arts, and Dr Samuel Oladipo of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, were caught on video in a British Broadcasting Corporation documentary sexually harassing undercover reporters, who sought favour from them.

The institution had announced the suspension of Igbeneghu on Monday, while Oladipo was suspended on Tuesday.

The UNILAG …