Two months after the Buhari administration controversially imposed an increase in electricity tariffs, a new hike has been approved for power distribution companies (DisCos), effective from January 1, 2021.Nigeria’s power regulator, NERC, had in a revised Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) on December 30, approved over 50 per cent hike in energy bills, Daily Trust reported on Tuesday.Under the new arrangement, the revised Service Based Tariff (SBT) will witness increase...

The 10 LGA results released so far in Adamawa State show that the two major political parties are in a tight race.The PDP candidate, incumbent Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, and the APC candidate, Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani, are in a close contest as results begin to trickle in Sunday afternoon.The results, in order of when they were announced before the Yola collation center went on break about 2 p.m., are as follows:(1) Guyuk LGAPDP 18,427APC 14,172SDP 422(2) JadaPDP...

Following the gubernatorial elections in Kwara State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, has declared the outcomes of 12 local government areas.Baruten, Edu, Kaiama, and Ilorin West are the other four local governments whose results for the governorship election have not yet been made public.According to the results that have been publicly disclosed thus far, the main opposition PDP was soundly defeated by the ruling APC in the gubernatorial ele...