Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
Electricity Tariff: Increase May Push Nigerians To The Wall
- FG Insensitive To The Plight of Nigerians
What’s happening here? The telecom companies are proposing an increase in tariff, DisCos too want to follow suit, food prices are skyrocketing and life is becoming increasingly unbearable for an average Nigerian, yet, an individual can afford to buy a nomination form for N100m, Lord saves us in Nigeria” he agitated. READ MORE
2023: Akpabio Vows To Continue Fighting Corruption Like Buhari
“We must continue the fight against corruption because if we allow it, corruption can kill us. I will continue the same way the President is doing,” he said.
“What is he doing that is right in terms of fighting corruption? Corruption has a twin brother – poverty. We cannot fight corruption without fighting poverty.” READ MORE
OPEC Increases Nigeria Production Quota By 19,000BPD
The meeting, it said, “reconfirmed the production adjustment plan and the monthly production adjustment mechanism approved at the 19th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting and the decision to adjust upward the monthly overall production by 0.432 mb/d for the month of June 2022. READ MORE
2023: Atedo Peterside Reveals Why Ex-President Jonathan Is No Longer Best For Nigeria
He was the best candidate, I voted for him in 2011, that was a different era, that was a totally different era. The skillset, the gravity of the problem, and the coverage required, it is a totally different job. Time does not standstill. But please, let parties ignore data and bring out anybody they like. Everybody should run the party the way they want to run their party. I have no say in APC, I have no say in PDP, I mean, I joined SDP just this week, I have a bit of a say but I’m not even a party officer. READ MORE
Musk Raises $7.1bn To Finance Twitter Deal
Musk “may receive additional financing commitments to fund additional portions of the total Merger Consideration,” the filing said, adding that the Tesla chief is in talks with former Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey and others who may contribute shares to maintain an equity stake. READ MORE
Tragedy: Katsina Boat Mishap Claims 15
The incident according to an eyewitness occurred on Wednesday at about 11:00 pm when the canoe conveying an undisclosed number of passengers capsized which in effect led to the death of fifteen people on board. READ MORE
Alleged N270m Fraud: Real Name Of Fake General Revealed
The witness, while being led in evidence by Rotimi Oyedepo, the counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), confirmed to the court that his bank received a notary publication dated December 20, 2016, with a letter of change of account name from the defendant on February 2, 2017. READ MORE
Rangers Roar Into Europa League Final, As Eintracht Frankfurt End West Ham Dream
James Tavernier and Glen Kamara turned the tie around inside the first 24 minutes at an emotionally charged Ibrox as players and fans united to pay tribute to long-serving kitman Jimmy Bell, who died on Tuesday. READ MORE
Murdered Super TV CEO: We Placed `No-debit` Restriction On His Account – Bank
“The bank placed a no-debit restriction on the account of Usifo Ataga, thereby ensuring that other transactions out of the account did not occur while waiting for further confirmation for advice,” Obaji said.
When asked about the marked column in the bank statements of the deceased which he presented to the court, Obaji said that the marked remarks indicated the details of some specific transactions’ entries on June 16, 2021. READ MORE
Maintaining Hand Hygiene 16 Times Cheaper Than Treating Infectious Diseases – NCDC
This year’s celebration has “Health Care Quality and Safety Climate or Culture that Values Hygiene and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)” as its theme and “Unite for Safety: Clean Your Hands” as a slogan. Egwuenu said that hand hygiene was very important because 50 percent of infections, especially at the hospitals, often referred to as hospital or healthcare-acquired infections, were avoidable. READ MORE
Oshodi traders hail CBN’s introduction of e-Naira
“I want to applaud CBN for bringing this to Oshodi; as we all know once e-Naira gets running at our market, other big markets and small ones will queue in too. Don’t forget Oshodi is the hub of business in Lagos State. READ MORE
Adeosun Emerges President Of Stockbrokers’ Institute
A product of the Loyola College, Ibadan, he holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Business Administration from the University of Ilorin in 1986 and capped it with Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) and specialises in Finance and Banking from University of Lagos in 1993. READ MORE
