The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company has slashed the tariff payable by its Band A customers to N206.80 per kilowatt-hour from the N225/kWh approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The spokesperson for the IKEDC, Olufadeke Omo-Omorodion, disclosed this to…
With CDCU’s Delivery Tracker, Tinubu gives voice to the otherwise voiceless — Oriyomi Anthony
Although the President Bola Tinubu government’s quest to convince Nigerians that it will make things better is still hanging in the balance, an initiative launched earlier this week has shown that the administration means business and has helped in assuaging…
No armada of SANs can save Peter Mbah, says Enugu’s foremost CSO
One of the foremost civil society organisations in Enugu State, Hill Top United (HTU), has declared that Governor Peter Mbah”s stay in office is temporary because he has what it calls an “incurably defective mandate”. “No armada of Senior Advocates…
Alleged Missing N89t: CSOs apologise to Emefiele over call for his Visa ban
A coalition of civil society organisations yesterday rendered an unreserved apology to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, over calls for his visa ban over the alleged missing of N89 trillion stamp duty. They…
2023 Presidential Elections: Ositelu unveils recipe for good governance, democratic dividends
Isaac Babatunde Ositelu, a presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, has told Nigerians not to lose hope in the transformation of the country to a greater republic. According to a statement, while speaking against the backdrop of the current…
INEC should have rejected Andy Uba long ago, say civil society organisations
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should have rejected Senator Andy Uba as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra State long before the October 7 deadline for the change of candidates in…
CSOs protest exclusion of e-voting in Electoral Act, demand INEC independence
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations yesterday protested at the National Assembly against the non-inclusion of electronic voting, provision of financial autonomy for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), protection of people with disabilities, among others, in the new Electoral…