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The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) PLC has intensified efforts against energy theft across its network and forged a partnership with the Special Investigation and Prosecution Task Force on Electricity Offences (SIPETO) to achieve its objective. Acting Managing Director/CEO, Engr. Francis Agoha, stressed the company’s zero-tolerance stance on energy theft, highlighting the severe consequences for…
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Car mechanic Adebola Omotosho has to drive eight kilometres across Nigeria’s bustling commercial hub Lagos to fill his tank with compressed natural gas. He is among the few Nigerians who were early adopters of the alternative fuel, which can still be hard to come by. Nevertheless, Omotosho believes the financial and environmental benefits outweigh the…
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The Delta State Police Command yesterday paraded suspected armed robbers, kidnappers, drug dealers and others arrested in Ughelli, Sapele, Ekpan, Warri, and environs. Parading the suspects yesterday, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Abaniwonda, said the Command is committed to ensure that Deltans sleep with their two eyes closed even as the yuletide season is…
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Scores of women took to the streets of Abuja yesterday to demand urgent action against the rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in Nigeria. The march, organised by United Nations Women in collaboration with the National Assembly of Nigeria, marked the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a global campaign aimed at ending violence…
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A federal jury in the United States has sentenced two Nigerian nationals, Anthony Emeka Ibekie and Samuel Aniukwu, to 30 years in prison for orchestrating fraud schemes that defrauded victims out of $3.5 million. The sentencing, announced in a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, revealed that Ibekie, 59, from Oswego, Illinois, was…
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