FG Grants Yola Disco N5bn Loan To Procure 85,000 Meters         The federal government has granted the Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC), a N5 billion loan for sourcing of 85,375 meters for its customers. In December last year, the government said it was taking over the Disco...

House Summons Auditor General Over $36.1m W/Bank Loan         The House of Representatives has summoned the acting Auditor General of the Federation, Mr Aghughu Adolphus, over a $36.1m facility under the Fiscal Governance and Institutions Project of the World Bank, to the office. The House Committee on...

Disconnect Customers Rejecting Meters, NERC Orders Discos         The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Wednesday ordered power distribution companies to start disconnecting electricity consumers who reject meters. Recently, the Federal Government commenced the mass deployment of about six million meters across the country in order to halt...

DPR Warns Against Illegal Refilling Of Gas Cylinders       The Department of Petroleum Resources has warned Liquefied Petroleum Gas retail outlets against cylinder-to-cylinder gas refilling and decanting because of the associated risks. The Operations Controller, Yola DPR Office, Mr Sadeq Ibrahim, gave the warning at a one-day...

Rice Millers To Shut Down Plants Over Looting         Rice millers on Thursday declared that they would shut down some of their plants in some parts of the country following the destruction of some of their mills by protesters during the widespread #EndSARS protests. Dealers under the...

Airlines Resume, Seek Release Of N27bn Bailout         Local airlines, yesterday, resumed skeletal services following last week’s disruption by the EndSARS protests and the attendant curfew imposed by the Lagos State government. The demonstrations, which had forced some foreign operators to suspend flights, resulted in grounding of...