We are already celebrating PDP’s victory – Patience Jonathan

Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan, has said the Peoples Democratic Party women’s campaign rally was in Ogun State on Tuesday to celebrate the party’s victory and not to hold a campaign rally.

She said this in Abeokuta on Monday at the PDP secretariat, when she met the women’s wing of the party in the state.

Dame Jonathan, who was represented by the wife of the vice-president, Mrs Aminat Namadi Sambo, said it was time for the PDP to take over the state from the ruling All Progressives Congress, while his husband and the vice-president, should be re-elected to continue their transformation agenda.

She said, “What we are seeing today, to me, is only a celebration. We are not here to campaign; the party has started. We are just here to thank our women.

“The rousing welcome and the reception you have accorded us are indications that PDP is coming back to Ogun State. If there is a place that we need change, it is Ogun State, but we need transformation in Abuja. So, my dear women, I urge you to come out en masse on March 28 and vote for Mr. President.

“We are all aware of the good works they have started and I think it is advisable that we allow them to continue what they have started.”

The wife of the president, who noted that her husband’s administration had been a gender-friendly one, expressed the hope that the president would continue to support Nigerian women to attain not only the 35 per cent affirmative action but also to take it up to 50 per cent.

For PDP to return to power in Ogun State, she said it would not happen through a magic wand, appealing to collect their Permanent Voter Cards, and turn out en masse on March 28 and April 11 and vote for the party.

She said, “PDP will come back to Ogun State. But we need to do more. We need to go and get our PVC. Anybody that hasn’t collected his or her card should please do so.

“That is your power, that is your right and bring back the mandate that we have been expecting from you as women.”

She said President Jonathan had brought transformation to various sectors  – roads, power, airports, railway and education among others.

She said, “I am quite sure you have tasted and you have been a witness to the good works that he has done in this great state of yours.

“I’m quite sure you are aware‎ of the new power plant that has been constructed. I am quite sure you are aware of the transformation that has been going on in our transport system, the roads are now motorable. Work is ongoing in Lagos-Benin Road. So, we want you to continue to enjoy the goodies.

“Our railways are now working, our schools have been impacted with great infrastructure and our universities have been having a new uplift. I want to assure you that they will continue to support education, they will continue to transform the health sector, they will continue to transform the educational sector.

“Our airports are now having facelift everywhere you go. I’m quite sure, with your mandate, they will continue to do more.”

The PDP governorship candidate for the state, Gboyega Isiaka, and the former governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, also canvassed votes for the President’s re-election.

Daniel noted that while Jonathan “is energetic and youthful, Buhari (Mohammadu Buhari) is old and weak.”

Buhari meets media owners, pledges to uphold freedoms

Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd)

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has assured the media that his administration will uphold their constitutionally guaranteed freedoms if elected.

Buhari gave the assurance at an interactive forum with media owners including members of the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria as well as owners of broadcast stations, at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja, on Tuesday.

The APC candidate explained that his actions during his tenure as military Head-of-State should not be used to judge him today.

According to him, he has no power to change the past but that he can substantially change the present and have a positive impact on the future.

Buhari said, “I want to give you my full assurances that in this democratic dispensation, I will ensure that the Nigerian Constitution is upheld. This includes respect for the Media, respect for the right to free expression and freedom of speech.

“Many of you are aware of decree number 4 of 1984 which was heavily criticised. I have said elsewhere, I cannot change the past; but I can change the present and the future.

Nigeria, others behind OPEC lowest output since June

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke

The decline in crude oil production in Nigeria, Iraq and Libya drove down output from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to its lowest in February since June last year, according to the cartel’s latest monthly report released on Monday.

According to secondary sources cited in the report, total OPEC crude oil production averaged 30.02 million barrels per day in February, a decrease of 140,000 bpd from the previous month. In December, the group’s production was 30.25 million bpd.

In July last year, OPEC output was put at 30.117 million bpd, up from 29.786 million bpd in June.

“Crude oil output decreased mostly from Iraq, Nigeria and Libya, while production showed increases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait,” the 12-member oil cartel said.

Nigeria’s oil output dropped to 1.896 million bpd in February from 1.96 million bpd in January, according to secondary sources cited in the report.

ICC to probe Patience Jonathan

The International Criminal Court on Monday said Nigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, is liable to prosecution.

The global criminal court added that it had begun conducting preliminary examinations relating to the situations in Nigeria.

In an email to our correspondent, the Office of the Prosecutor stated that it received the petition written by the major opposition party in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress, asking the ICC to prosecute President Goodluck Jonathan’s wife for making inciting comments that might lead to violence.

The email read, “Under Article 15 of the Rome Statue, the Prosecutor of the ICC may receive information on crimes within the jurisdiction on the Court (also called ‘Communication’).

“With regards to your enquiry, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court can confirm receipt of the communication referred to since the sender (APC) has made this fact public in the media.”

It added that the court would take all the necessary steps, which will likely include interrogating the President’s wife and others mentioned in the petition of the APC.

“The office will give consideration to this communication, as appropriate, in accordance with the provisions of the Rome Statue of the International Criminal Court, as it does with all such communications,” the email sent to our correspondent concluded.

Also, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, on Monday issued a statement made available to our correspondent.

In it, she reiterated the stance of the ICC to prosecute anyone who promotes or instigates violence before, during or after the general elections.

The ICC prosecutor noted that it had already started to conduct independent and impartial investigations and prosecution of the crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Darfur, Sudan, Libya, Ivory Coast and Mali.

“The Office is also conducting preliminary examinations relating to the situations in Afghanistan, Colombia, Georgia, Guinea, Honduras, Iraq, Nigeria, Ukraine and Palestine,” the ICC said.

I’m not ready to feed Jonathan in prison – Patience

Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has said she is not ready to feed her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, in prison.

The President’s wife spoke in Ado Ekiti, on Monday, during the rally of the women’s wing of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Making a reference to the All Progressives Congress, she asked, “What did they forget in Aso Rock? If you vote the PDP and Jonathan, it would be better for you. If you vote the APC, you will go to prison. How can you jail somebody for 300 years? I’m not ready to carry food to my husband inside prison oh!”

She openly admitted that the Office of the First Lady, which she occupies, is illegal.

She, however, said there was nothing wrong in a woman supporting her husband in office.

Resigning’ll amount to a disservice to Nigerians –Jega

The Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has denied allegations that he is under pressure to resign.

“I have a job to do and it would be a disservice to Nigerians for me to resign,” Jega told a town hall meeting in Abuja on Monday.

He also gave assurance that voters whose fingerprints might not be recognised by card readers would be allowed to vote after they must have filled incident forms.

Armed pro-Jonathan groups protest against Jega in Lagos

Thousands of Oodua Peoples Congress and the Coalition of Concerned Nigerians members   loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party took to three major roads in Lagos on Monday demanding the sacking of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega.

The protesters, who wore T-shirts with PDP inscriptions and pictures of President Goodluck Jonathan, started gathering in front of the Federal Road Safety Commission near the old Lagos Toll Gate on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as early as 7am.

From there, they proceeded on foot and in about 100 buses to the front of the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, causing traffic snarl on the ever busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ikorodu Road and   Funso Williams(Western) Avenue in the city.

The demonstrators, who wielded broken bottles and knives,   also displayed banners and posters calling for Jega’s removal.

They destroyed outdoor adverts of All Progressives Congress candidates on the street lights along the highways.

A LASTMA official claimed that some of the demonstrators   stormed their Anthony office,     chased them away   and released many impounded vehicles   to their owners.

The National Coordinator of the OPC, Chief Gani Adams, led the protest which had   some popular actors and musicians such as Zack Orji, Alex Usifo, Paul Obazele, Obesere and Saheed Osupa, participating.

The protest forced motorists to seek alternative routes. Many passengers, most of whom were rushing to their respective offices, had to disembark from commercial vehicles and trekked long distances to escape the snarl.

The absence of   Lagos State Traffic Management Agency officials from the highways emboldened the confidence of the protesters, some of whom drove against traffic and others on the restricted BRT lanes.

Policemen from the state command and soldiers attached toOP MESA provided security for the demonstrators who distributed Jonathan’s campaign leaflets   to passers-by and   motorists stuck in traffic. The leaflets contained the ‘‘achievements’’ of   Jonathan.

Some of the protesters   gave out fliers that bore the ‘‘sins’’ of Jega.

One of the fliers read, “Over five million people have yet to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards in the South-West; over 2.5 million persons in the South-South and two million in the South-East while Jega claimed to have recorded 90 per cent distribution in the North, despite the high level of insecurity in the North-East.

“There is illegal registration of underage voters in the North, registration of nationals of Chad, Niger Republic and Cameroon. Over one million PVCs have been recovered from them by security agents and yet Jega cannot give an explanation.

“It is obvious that Jega is playing a well scripted Northern agenda as he has positioned northerners to the most sensitive INEC positions .

“The creation of over 30, 000 polling units now termed voting centres in the North against the South-West and awarding the contract of sensitive INEC materials such as PVCs and ballot papers to foreign companies traced to APC leaders.

“Plotting to create chaos and unrest in Nigeria by insisting on holding elections on February 14 when he was aware that 34 per cent of Nigerians in the South-West had yet to obtain their PVCs.”

Some of their placards   read, “Jega must go”, Jega pushing Northern agenda.”

[/media-credit] • Some of the protesters destroying a campaign board on Ikorodu Road, Lagos … on Monday.

Adams, who addressed the demonstrators at the entrance to the Teslim Balogun Stadium, said that Jega would have embarrassed Nigeria if the elections had   held on February 14.

He said he had while expressing his displeasure with Jega’s handling of the election process to Jonathan, informed him (the President) of the “peaceful protest.”

Adams said, “We just had a peaceful protest to register our displeasure with Jega on the way he has been hadling the preparations for this important elections. We   also made our position known to Jonathan.

“Jega should proceed on terminal leave and let a credible Nigerian be appointed to conduct the elections.”

Usifo, who also spoke, said, “It’s all about the concerned citizens of Nigeria. Some citizens believe that Jega has already compromised. On   February 14 when he said he was ready for the elections,   he was not because many registered citizens had yet to collect their PVCs.

“I sincerely believe that his professorship is even questionable. If as a professor he does not know what he is doing, then I don’t know who will help us. We   don’t want violence.”

He hinted that another round of protest might take place if the situation did not improve.

Obazele also accused Jega of pursuing a northern agenda and attempting to disenfranchise voters in the South.

   Orji, in a brief interview with one of our correspondents, dismissed claims that     the protesters were paid by anyone.

He said, “We believe in the president that he is a credible person for this moment. We don’t want anybody to come and set us back for decades. We have not been paid to organise this.

“We just believe in Mr. President because we have been following his excellent track record.”

Some of the affected motorists and commuters condemned the protest, saying it should not have been on a Monday.

One of the motorists, Aramide Olayinka,   said she spent close to three hours from Ketu Bus Stop to Palmgrove.

She said, “Monday should not have been chosen for such a protest. They should have done so on a weekend, But if they must, they should have communicated it properly to the members of the public. You can see that I am already late for work today (Monday). ”

A commuter, Lara Ogunbanke, said that she had not been able to meet up for a job interview.

She said, “What these people are doing is very annoying. I have an interview at Jibowu and I left my home as early as 9am but I am still in the traffic and it is 11am.

“I had to alight from the bus I was in and treked. I am indifferent to politics but even if I were to vote, I definitely would not vote for the PDP because of this rubbish. Why would they pick a Monday? Why not Saturday or Sunday?”

Another commuter, James Nzewi, said the protesters should have left the BRT lane vacant so that the effect of the traffic would be less.”

Reacting, the APC National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, said the protest was in line with the N9bn allegedly given to the OPC and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra by Jonathan to disrupt the elections.

Mohammed wondered why the OPC embarked on such a march less than four days after Adams and other OPC leaders met with Jonathan at the State House, Marina.

He said, “As we said earlier, Jonathan has bribed ethnic militia groups with N9bn to ensure that the polls were scuttled. The OPC protest was funded by Jonathan and this is part of the grand plot we spoke about.”

The Publicity Secretary of the Lagos State chapter of the APC, Joe Igbokwe, said in a statement that it was unfortunate that Jonathan was using “armed thugs” to intimidate Lagosians.

Igbokwe wondered why APC adverts were vandalised since the protest was against Jega.

He said, “No one should be surprised at what is happening today because it reflects the last acts of a dying junta desperate to use every means to remain in power.

“It is obvious that Jonathan and the PDP have given up hence the open and bizarre sponsorship, bribery and inducement to militia groups through generous dollar bribes and contract bazaars, for the purpose of creating enormous crisis and confusion in a bid to scuttle the coming elections.

“We see the present actions of OPC a

s spurred by the multi-billion naira contract that was recently given to their leaders by a desperate Jonathan as bribery to secure such hatchet jobs they are doing at present.

“Nigerians should note that the action of the hired mercenaries like OPC on the streets of Lagos, where they are visiting destruction on APC campaign materials, is an act of war, as the intended purpose is to provoke monumental crisis that will stop the elections through widespread violence that may lead to war.

“The PDP is desperate to plunge the country into such war that will make both Rwanda and Burundi a child’s play considering the mix of the country’s population. We see the desperation of the PDP to remain in power when it is obvious that Nigerians don’t want it, as a clear and present danger and we alert the world to hold the PDP responsible for any breach of security in Nigeria today.”

After the leaders and actors addressed the media and left,   gunshots rent the air, causing further confusion in the area.

However, our correspondents could not ascertain if the gunshots   were fired by the heavily armed policemen or members of the OPC.

Jonathan, wife planning to kill me –Father Mbaka

Enugu-based Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has alleged that President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, were planning to kill him over his criticism of the Federal Government and his opposition to the President’s re-election.

Mbaka, in a new video currently trending on YouTube, made the allegation during a sermon he delivered in his church.

The congregation erupted in a howl when Mbaka said, “President Jonathan and his wife are planning to kill me.”

The Roman Catholic Priest, whose recent comments on the general elections generated ripples, said the plan to assassinate him showed that the President no longer had the fear of God.

He said, “Although I sent a letter about this somewhere but I want to say this to the atmosphere. Let me say to the whole world that President Jonathan and his wife, Patience, are planning to assassinate Father Mbaka. It is a known secret, so whoever they want to use, I don’t know. They may not come themselves. They may use these unemployed people. The same people I am speaking for. I don’t know why people no longer have the fear of God.

“Do they think that killing Father Mbaka will make Jonathan and his wife win the election? Is Mbaka their problem? And a priest asked a question that touched me. He said all this while that Father Mbaka had been supporting Jonathan and his wife, did Buhari and his party make any statement to threaten him?”

Mbaka maintained that his criticism of the Jonathan administration was a divine mandate, while making allusion to the bible story of when God sent Moses to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go.

He compared his New Year message against Jonathan to Moses’ message to the Egyptian King, Pharaoh.

He said in the video, “I am just trying to tell any Pharaoh that is threatening to kill any Moses to remember what happened in Exodus chapter 12. After the Passover, the family of Pharaoh cried. They ended in the middle of the Red Sea.”

The Catholic priest said despite the threats, he would continue to discharge his duties without fear of anyone.

Mbaka also denied that Patience Jonathan gave him any money when she visited his church.

He said although President Jonathan dropped money for him through Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, he left the money with Ekweremadu and his wife. He also said that Patience Jonathan’s offering to the church was also rejected.

Mbaka launched a scathing criticism of President Jonathan last year when he gave a sermon condemning his re-election.

Monetised cars: Ekiti issues ultimatum to Fayemi’s appointees

Ekiti State Government has asked political appointees who served under the Dr Kayode Fayemi-led All Progressives Congress government to pay the balance of N109.4m for vehicles monetised to them while in office or return the cars.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ayodele Fayose, Mr Idowu Adelusi, said brand new vehicles were given to the political appointees that worked under Fayemi under the monetised policy, but 54 of the appointees refused to complete payment for the vehicles with some owing as much as N5m.

Adelusi warned them to “either pay the N109.4m or return the vehicles without delay to avert using the police to recover the vehicles from them.”

The statement said all entreaties to the APC stalwarts to pay the debt had remained abortive as letters written to them was never replied.

But Oyebode has described the allegation as another crude ploy by Fayose to harass and intimidate members of the opposition ahead of the March 28 presidential election.

In a reaction issued on behalf of others on Tuesday, he said this was the second attempt by Fayose and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party to get opposition members out of circulation, “having made a similar attempt to get many of them arrested in February before the presidential election which was originally scheduled for February 14 was postponed.

Oyebode, who reminded Fayose and the State security agencies that the matter of the monetised vehicles was currently before the Ado Ekiti High Court, added that it was a policy of the immediate past administration in the state to monetise official cars to public office holders of certain categories.

“Under the arrangement, the officials are to pay 60 percent of the cost of the vehicles while the government would pay the remaining 40 percent. Under the agreement, an agreed sum was deducted monthly from the officials’ salaries while the outstanding balance would be deducted from their severance allowance at the end of their tenure.

“Severance payment to public office holders is 300 per cent of their annual basic salary and is payable at the end of their tenure in line with the directive of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.

“By the time the Fayemi administration wound up on October 15, 2014, majority of the affected members were at various stages of completion of the repayment for the monetised cars, while government was also owing them some obligations including unpaid allowances, salaries and the severance allowance.

I trust Buhari but doubt his environment – Bakare

Pastor Tunde Bakare

The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, on Tuesday said although he trusts the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), he doubts the credibility of “his environment.”

It was clear that Bakare was talking about Buhari’s party, the APC.

The pastor addressed Christians at the annual Lenten lecture of the Island Club in Lagos.

He enjoined Christians to vote wisely, saying , “I believe in contact without contamination.”

Bakare, who was the running mate of Buhari on the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change in the 2011 presidential election, said he was not a politician but a nation builder.

He said whoever loses the presidential election should accept the winner and join hands to move the nation forward.

He said, “If Buhari wins, let President Goodluck Jonathan accept defeat. Whoever loses is not a loser. And if President Goodluck Jonathan wins, Buhari should accept this as the will of God.”

Keyshia Cole & hubby make peace, let their fans know on instagram

Keyshia Cole & hubby make peace, let their fans know on instagram

No matter how much they try, they can't keep their private business out of social media. A few weeks ago, singer Keyshia Cole and her estranged husband Daniel Gibson were slamming each other on social media for the world to see (read here).

Looks like they are done fighting - well, publicly anyway. Last night Keyshia posted a pic of herself and Daniel on Instagram and said everything was all good between them and that from now on, they would be keeping it cute on social media. See what she wrote after the cut...

Switzerland to return $380million Abacha loot to Nigeria

The Swiss government has concluded plans to return $380 million to Nigeria, which is part of money stashed in Swiss banks by former dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha while he was in power.

Geneva prosecutors said today Tuesday March 17th that they ordered the money seized in Luxembourg starting in 2006 & was officially confiscated last year following an agreement between Nigeria and the Abacha family under which FG dropped its case against Abacha's son, Abba Abacha.

Switzerland has previously returned to Nigeria more than $700 million that Abacha stashed in Swiss accounts. If the Swiss government makes this new cash return, it would bring the total amount of Abacha's loot returned so far to $1.080 billion

Switzerland to return $380million Abacha loot to Nigeria

The Swiss government has concluded plans to return $380 million to Nigeria, which is part of money stashed in Swiss banks by former dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha while he was in power.

Geneva prosecutors said today Tuesday March 17th that they ordered the money seized in Luxembourg starting in 2006 & was officially confiscated last year following an agreement between Nigeria and the Abacha family under which FG dropped its case against Abacha's son, Abba Abacha.

Switzerland has previously returned to Nigeria more than $700 million that Abacha stashed in Swiss accounts. If the Swiss government makes this new cash return, it would bring the total amount of Abacha's loot returned so far to $1.080 billion

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Former Speaker, Ghali Na'aba decamps from PDP to APC

Former Speaker of the House of Representative under President Obasanjo's government, Ghali Na'abba has decamped officially from PDP to APC. He officially resigned from PDP on March 15th.

Mr Na'ab arrived the APC National secretariat in Abuja this morning and was received by members of the party's National Working committee. The former speaker said he defected from the PDP after the party refused to change its undemocratic ways.


He says he is in the APC to help grow the momentum of change the party clamors for. "The momentum everywhere now is with the APC and that is why I decided to join the APC in order to help grow the momentum" he said

GEJ, Jega, Security Chiefs in crucial meeting ahead of March 28th elections

President Jonathan is at the moment holding a crucial meeting at the Presidential villa with INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega and Security Chiefs over the forthcoming General elections.

Professor Jega is expected to brief President Jonathan and the Service Chiefs about his commission's preparedness for the upcoming elections. Those in attendance include Vice President Namadi Sambo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim; Chief of Staff to the President, Gen. Jones Arogbofa (retd.); National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki;
Attorney-General of the Federation, Muhammed Adoke (SAN); Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan; Minister of Interior, Mr. Aba Moro; and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali. Others in attendance are Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh; Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu; Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba; as well as the heads of the Department of State Security and the National Intelligence Agency.

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APC Presidential candidate Gen Buhari met with Jeffery Feltman the Under-Secretary-General UN. Dept of Political Affairs at his home in Abuja this afternoon. The meeting was about holding a peaceful 2015 general election. More photos after the cut...

Federal Government reduces electricity tariff by over 50%

The Federal Government has announced the reduction in electricity tariff by half. Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Sam Amadi, who made the announcement in Abuja today March 17th, said after a review of the tariffs being paid by Nigerians, the commission agreed to slash it by half. The reduction takes effect from the end of March.

He said the commission agreed to remove the Multi-year tariff order, MYTO 2.1 following multiple petitions and complains from Nigerians especially members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria who said inclusion of the MYTO 2.1 caused them to spend more on their businesses and in some cases loss of jobs.


“The Commission also invited the Chief executive Officers of the distribution companies to the hearing to respond to the case of the consumer groups. Furthermore, the Commission reviewed the technical and financial assumption of MYTO 2.1. The review shows that the major underlying cause of the skyrocketing increase in the tariff is the huge Aggregate Technical, Commercial and Collection (ATC&C) losses, which are passed through to consumers. In some DISCOs ATC&C losses increased tariff by as much as 80-103%. “…

It is the responsibility of the DISCOs to collect their revenue from their customers. Failure to do so should not be a penalty to customers who pay their bills. It is clear that removing the collection losses will lead to lower tariffs for consumers. The removal of collection losses from customer tariff has reduced tariff by more than 50 percent in some places. Please note that the reduction does not affect the CBN facility and its repayment.

“Therefore, On Monday, March 9, 2015 the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) issued a new order to the effect that henceforth collection loss, which is defined as the ‘amount billed but not collected’, will not be automatically passed on to consumers of electricity. Consequently, the collection loss for all DISCOs is set at zero. It is now the responsibility of DISCOs to convince the regulator of any exceptional circumstances for such loss to be passed to the consumers,” Amadi said in a statement

Developing airports into regional hubs

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Worried by last  November’s survey by a group, The Guide to Sleeping in Airports, which rated three of the nation’s airports among the worst in Africa, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has begun facility and infrastructure upgrade at airports, to transform some terminals into hubs for  West  and Central Africa, writes Aviation Correspondent KELVIN OSA OKUNBOR

A survey conducted by a group,  The Guide to Sleeping in Airports, has rated Nigerian airports as among the worst in Africa.

The survey cited inadequate facilities that could deny the airports their push to become hubs for the West African sub region.

Worried by the parlous rating, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has rolled out series of programmes, including facility and infrastructure upgrade, to close the gaps.

Part of the reasons for doing this is to use the airports as a catalyst for economic development.

If some Nigerian airports are developed into a hub, aviation would contribute significantly to the gross domestic product.

Experts say Nigeria is blessed by geographical location as a hub in Africa, if airport facilities are put in place to drive the process.

Transforming airports to a hub for  West and Central African regions has remained the main objective of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), its Managing Director, Saleh Dunoma, has said.

But, such ambition, he said, might not come cheap until requisite airport facilities and infrastructure have attained global standards.

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the global industry regulator, prescribes conditions for achieving a hub status for any airport.