The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has released new guidelines mandating a digitised, transparent, and accountable framework for electricity revenue collection. The new regulatory directive, titled Guidelines on Registration and Engagement of Third-Party Collection Service Providers, was released on Wednesday and signed by the NERC chairman, Sanusi Garba. The new regulatory directive, which takes effect immediately,…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration could see Nigeria’s total debt rise to a staggering N94.5 trillion in under two years if the latest external borrowing request of $21.5 billion, €2.2 billion, and ¥15 billion — equivalent to N45 trillion — is approved and fully disbursed. The new borrowing proposal, submitted in May 2025, seeks legislative…

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has admitted three videos in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as evidence, including one, where he is seen inspecting a radio transmitter allegedly smuggled into the country.‎‎During the trial, Kanu alleged that he made statements to the…

A tall and large billboard collapsed on some tricycles carrying passengers in Aba, Abia State, on Wednesday, resulting in injuries to many passengers, with some feared dead. The incident happened in the afternoon at the Salad Market junction near the GIA Event Centre during a rainfall that came with strong winds. A resident who witnessed…

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, says he will commit the remaining two years of his first term in office to institutionalizing the reforms that have been initiated by his administration. Governor Otti was speaking at the special Anniversary Lecture delivered by Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu at the JAAC Building, Umuahia, as part of activities marking…

  By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of the banned Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), as part of efforts to prevent the alleged plans to enforce an illegal sit-at-home directive on May 30, 2025. According to a statement issued by the…

  Human Right Lawyer, Social Critic and writer Barrister Sir. Ifeanyichukwu Ejiofor has shared the reflection of his thoughts on the country called Nigeria. “Nigeria teeters on a fragile edge – not with the thunderous collapse of a broken dam, but with the quiet rot of a house neglected from within. What gnaws at the…

  By Our Correspondent The CEO Pineleaf Estate Homes and Properties Ltd, Bishop Dr. Onyeka Nzekwesi, has debunked a social media publication which partly reads “Anambra Family Laments Intimidation, Harassment by Estate Developer, Seeks Soludo’s Intervention to restrain Bishop Onyeka Nzekwesi from further harassing Okwesi Family of Awkuzu in Oyi LGA on their own property”…