Glut of wind farm power adds nearly £1bn to household energy bills Curtailment figures mean that consumers are getting handed significant sums JONATHAN LEAKE A glut of power from Britain’s wind farms has added nearly £1bn to energy bills, new figures show. Wind operators were forced to curtail output from their machinery by 28pc in the first…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), in partnership with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), the World Bank and Resolve to Save Lives Nigeria, has launched a Health Security Scorecard aimed at improving states’ preparedness for disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies. The scorecard was unveiled on Wednesday at a validation workshop…
Some military personnel deployed to Bawku in the Upper East Region were involved in a road accident at Nkenkesu in the Ashanti Region on Sunday, July 26, after the vehicle transporting them collided with a State Transport Corporation (STC) bus. According to preliminary information, the crash involved a military truck carrying the personnel and an…
Three suspended officers of the Ondo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps) have secured a significant legal victory after the High Court of Ondo State, sitting in Akure, held that the Corps lacks the legal authority to unilaterally declare any Nigerian citizen wanted. The consolidated fundamental rights enforcement suits were instituted by Abu Taiwo, Akinsipe…
The House of Representatives Committee probing the contentious Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to produce the Director-General of the alleged fake agency, Adeyemi Martin, before it on Wednesday by 12 noon. The committee gave the order on Monday after the Nigeria Police Force confirmed key aspects…
Former Commission Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Mr Gbenga Komolafe, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Department of State Services (DSS), seeking an immediate investigation into allegations by legal practitioner and media commentator, Barr. Darlington Agomou, that he diverted N5tn and $1.4bn in public funds during his…
