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FULL LIST: Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Kwara Areas Enjoying 20-24 Hours Power Supply

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2 years ago

April 5, 2024

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, on Wednesday, approved an increase in electricity tariff for customers under the Band A classification.

The Vice Chairman, NERC, Musliu Oseni, said the increase will see the customers paying N225 kilowatt per hour (KW/h) from the current N66.

Customers under Band A are those who enjoy 20-24 hours of electricity supply daily while those in Band B are subscribers who enjoy 16 to 20 hours power supply.

Those in Band C enjoy 12 to 16 hours daily power supply..

Also, Band D subscribers are beneficiaries of eight to 12 hours power supply and Band E subscribers only enjoy four to eight hours of electricity supply daily.

Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, Oseni said customers in Band A represent a 15 per cent of the 12 million electricity customers in the country, which represents about 1.8 million subscribers.

He added that the review would not affect customers of the other bands.

Citing sources, Bloomberg had on Tuesday reported that power companies will be allowed to raise electricity prices to N200 ($0.15) per KW/h from N68 for urban consumers.

It quoted people in the presidency with knowledge of the matter saying this was in a bid to attract new investment and slash about $2.3 billion spent to cap tariffs.

The PUNCH highlights the Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Kwara states’ subscribers of the Band A tariff plan who are benefitting from the 20 to 24 hours of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company daily consumption in documents prepared by NERC as of February 2024.

Oyo

1. Akanran (Frigoglass 11kva feeder) in Akanran Business Unit enjoys 90KW/h

2. Akanran (BAT/New Age 11kva feeder) in Akanran Business Unit enjoys 118KW/h

3. Akanran (Eagle Flour Mill 11kva feeder) in Akanran Business Unit enjoys 189KW/h

4. Apata (Ami 11kva feeder) in Apata Business Unit enjoys 267KW/h

5. Apata (Apata 33kv feeder) in Apata Business Unit enjoys 249KW/h

6. Apata (EFCO/EVANS 11kva feeder) in Apata Business Unit enjoys 1,090KW/h

7. Apata (JOYCE B/RATCON 11kva feeder) in Apata Business Unit enjoys 131KW/h

8. Apata (SEVEN-UP 11kv feeder) in Apata Business Unit enjoys 218KW/h

9. Apata (Eruwa Lanlate 33kv feeder) in Apata Business Unit enjoys 456KW/h

10. Apata (Iyaganku 11kv feeder) in Apata Business Unit enjoys 338KW/h

11. Apata (Oluyole 33kv feeder) in Apata Business Unit enjoys 189KW/h

12. Dugbe (Aerodrome 11kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 244KW/h

13. Dugbe (Agodi Line 1 33kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 265KW/h

14. Dugbe (Agodi Line 2 33kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 260KW/h

15. Dugbe (Ami 11kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 167KW/h

16. Dugbe (Bank Road 11kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 302KW/h

17. Dugbe (Eleyele 33kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 190KW/h

18. Dugbe (Housing 11kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 227KW/h

19. Dugbe (Iyaganku 11kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 220KW/h

20. Dugbe (Iyaganku 33kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 230KW/h

21. Dugbe (Jericho T2A 33kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 271KW/h

22. Dugbe (Jericho T2B 33kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 271KW/h

23. Dugbe (Oremeji 11kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 169KW/h

24. Dugbe (Semonda 33kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 235KW/h

25. Dugbe (State House 11kv feeder) in Dugbe Business Unit enjoys 313KW/h

26. Molete (Molete Industrial 33kv feeder) in Molete Business Unit enjoys 142KW/h

27. Molete (Express 33kv feeder) in Molete Business Unit enjoys 161KW/h

28. Molete (Interchange 33kv feeder) in Molete Business Unit enjoys 141KW/h

29. Molete (Iyaganku 11kv feeder) in Molete Business Unit enjoys 167KW/h

30. Molete (Liberty 33kv feeder) in Molete Business Unit enjoys 157KW/h

31. Molete (Oluyole 33kv feeder) in Molete Business Unit enjoys 319KW/h

32. Monatan (Adogba 33kv feeder) in Monatan Business Unit enjoys 157KW/h

33. Monatan (State House 11kv feeder) in Monatan Business Unit enjoys 144KW/h

34. Monatan (Labo 33kv feeder) in Monatan Business Unit enjoys 288KW/h

35. Monatan (Adogba 33kv feeder) in Monatan Business Unit enjoys 157KW/h

36. Ojoo (Adogba 33kv feeder) in Ojoo Business Unit enjoys 131KW/h

37. Ojoo (Ibadan North 33kv feeder) in Ojoo Business Unit enjoys 167KW/h

38. Ojoo (UI/NISER 33kv feeder) in Ojoo Business Unit enjoys 233KW/h

39. Oyo (Ado Awaye 33kv feeder) in Oyo Business Unit enjoys 169KW/h

40. Oyo (Iseyin 33kv feeder) in Oyo Business Unit enjoys 113KW/h

Kwara

1. Baboko (General Hospital) in Baboko Business Unit enjoys 456KW/h

2. Baboko (Incomer T1B 33kv feeder) in Baboko Business Unit enjoys 174KW/h

3. Baboko (Incomer T1B 33kv feeder) in Baboko Business Unit enjoys 174KW/h

4. Baboko (Incomer T1C 33kv feeder) in Baboko Business Unit enjoys 174KW/h

5. Baboko (Incomer T2B 33kv feeder) in Baboko Business Unit enjoys 173KW/h

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6. Challenge (Agba/ShopRite 11kv feeder) in Challenge Business Unit enjoys 278KW/h

7. Challenge (Basin 11kv feeder) in Challenge Business Unit enjoys 201KW/h

8. Challenge (Challenge Industrial 33kv feeder) in Challenge Business Unit enjoys 161KW/h

9. Challenge (GRA Ilorin 33kv feeder) in Challenge Business Unit enjoys 351KW/h

10. Challenge (ShopRite/Water works 11kv feeder) in Challenge Business Unit enjoys 482KW/h

11. Challenge (Tanke 11kv feeder) in Challenge Business Unit enjoys 189KW/h

12. Challenge (UNILORIN 33kv feeder) in Challenge Business Unit enjoys 222KW/h

13. Jebba (Dogongeri 33kv feeder) in Jebba Business Unit enjoys 295KW/h

14. Jebba (Jebba Paper Mill 11kv feeder) in Jebba Business Unit enjoys 598KW/h

15. Jebba (Jebba Township 11kv feeder) in Jebba Business Unit enjoys 615KW/h

16. Jebba (Jebba/Bacita 33kv feeder) in Jebba Business Unit enjoys 124KW/h

17. Jebba (Senior Staff Quarters F20 11kv feeder) in Jebba Business Unit enjoys 567KW/h

18. Jebba (SF2 New Bussa 11kv feeder) in Jebba Business Unit enjoys 561KW/h

19. Jebba (Wama/Kaima 33kv feeder) in Jebba Business Unit enjoys 430KW/h

20. Omuaran (Lamodi 33kv feeder) in Omuaran Business Unit enjoys 125KW/h

21. Omuaran (Lamodi 33kv feeder) in Omuaran Business Unit enjoys 125KW/h

Ogun

1. Ijebu (Industrial Folagbade) in Ijebu Business Unit enjoys 116KW/h

2. Ijebu (Ijebu Industrial 11kv feeder) in Ijebu Business Unit enjoys 152KW/h

3. Ijebu (Ijebu Industrial 11kv feeder Folagbade) in Ijebu Business Unit enjoys 249KW/h

4. Ijebu (Ijebu Industrial 11kv feeder Industrial) in Ijebu Business Unit enjoys 249KW/h

5. Ijebu (Ijebu Ode 33kv feeder) in Ijebu Business Unit enjoys 236KW/h

6. Ijeun (Abiola Way 11kv feeder) in Ijeun Business Unit enjoys 127KW/h

7. Ijeun (Eleweran 33kv feeder) in Ijeun Business Unit enjoys 232KW/h

8. Ijeun (FUNAAB 33kv feeder) in Ijeun Business Unit enjoys 145KW/h

9. Ijeun (Owode line 1 33kv feeder) in Ijeun Business Unit enjoys 232KW/h

10. Ijeun (Eleweran 33kv feeder) in Ijeun Business Unit enjoys 232KW/h

11. Olumo (Akinolugbade 11kv feeder premium) in Olumo Business Unit enjoys 236KW/h

12. Olumo (FUNAAB 33kv feeder) in Olumo Business Unit enjoys 159KW/h

13. Ota (Ijagba 33kv feeder) in Ota Business Unit enjoys 177KW/h

14. Ota (Odigbo/Estate 33kv feeder) in Ota Business Unit enjoys 213KW/h

15. Ota (Sango 33kv feeder) in Ota Business Unit enjoys 415KW/h

16. Ota (Toll Gate 33kv feeder) in Ota Business Unit enjoys 179KW/h

17. Sagamu (McPherson 33kv feeder) in Sagamu Business Unit enjoys 327KW/h

18. Sagamu (Ogunmakin/Ajebo 33kv feeder) in Sagamu Business Unit enjoys 131KW/h

19. Sagamu (Sagamu 33kv feeder Main Line) in Sagamu Business Unit enjoys 131KW/h

20. Sango (Ijoko 33kv feeder) in Sango Business Unit enjoys 332KW/h

21. Sango (Ijoko 33kv feeder Gasline) in Sango Business Unit enjoys 156KW/h

22. Sango (Sango 33kv feeder Gasline) in Sango Business Unit enjoys 194KW/h

23. Sango (Toll Gate 33kv feeder Gasline) in Sango Business Unit enjoys 209KW/h

Osun
1. Ikirun (Offa 33kv feeder) in Ikirun Business Unit enjoys 100KW/h

2. Ikirun (Prism 33kv feeder) in Ikirun Business Unit enjoys 201KW/h

3. Ikirun (Osogbo/Ikirun 33kv feeder) in Ikirun Business Unit enjoys 186KW/h

4. Ile-Ife (Iron&Steel 33kv feeder) in Ile-Ife Business Unit enjoys 140KW/h

5. Ile-Ife (Ife Township 33kv feeder) in Ile-Ife Business Unit enjoys 168KW/h

6. Ile-Ife (Ife Township 33kv feeder) in Ile-Ife Business Unit enjoys 168KW/h

7. Ile-Ife (Ikire/Wasinmi 33kv feeder Back Damico) in Ile-Ife Business Unit enjoys 207KW/h

8. Ile-Ife (Ikire/Wasinmi 33kv feeder Damico) in Ile-Ife Business Unit enjoys 227KW/h

9. Ile-Ife (OAU 33kv feeder) in Ile-Ife Business Unit enjoys 325KW/h

10. Ilesha (Ilaje 33kv feeder) in Ilesha Business Unit enjoys 272KW/h

11. Ilesha (Ilesha Road/Prime 11kv feeder) in Ilesha Business Unit enjoys 162KW/h

12. Osogbo (SRM 33kv feeder) in Osogbo Business Unit enjoys 120KW/h

13. Osogbo (GRA 11kv feeder) in Osogbo Business Unit enjoys 356KW/h

14. Osogbo (Obelawo 11kv feeder) in Osogbo Business Unit enjoys 282KW/h

15. Osogbo (Osogbo Township 33kv feeder) in Osogbo Business Unit enjoys 244KW/h

16. Osogbo (Powerline 33kv feeder) in Osogbo Business Unit enjoys 256KW/h.
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Woman Passes Out After Receiving 100 Strokes Of Cane

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4 days ago

May 24, 2026

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A woman has passed out after she and her partner were each flogged 100 times in public for engaging in sex outside marriage under strict Sharia laws in Indonesia’s Aceh province.

The woman, whose identity was not disclosed, was later carried away after the punishment was carried out in Banda Aceh, located at the northern tip of Sumatra island on Thursday.

A masked official dressed in brown robes administered the caning before members of the public who gathered to witness the punishment.

Her partner was also seen wincing in pain while receiving the lashes.

The pair were among several individuals punished for violating Sharia regulations in the province.

Authorities from the Banda Aceh Sharia Court and the Prosecutor’s Office handed down punishments ranging from 25 to 100 lashes for offences including extramarital sex allegedly arranged through online applications.

Aceh remains the only province in Muslim-majority Indonesia operating under Sharia law, where unmarried couples are prohibited from having sexual relations.

Caning is commonly used in the province as punishment for offences such as gambling, alcohol consumption, same-sex relations and sex outside marriage.

Under Aceh’s Sharia regulations, child rape offenders face some of the harshest penalties, including up to 200 strokes of the cane, a prison sentence of as long as 200 months or fines equivalent to two kilograms of gold.

The punishments are usually carried out publicly as a way of shaming offenders in addition to inflicting physical pain.

Such canings are often conducted outside mosques or in open public spaces, with residents watching and taking photographs during the exercise.

Human rights organisations have continued to condemn the practice, arguing that it causes emotional trauma and violates international human rights standards.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have repeatedly criticised the punishments, saying they conflict with Indonesia’s constitution and global legal obligations.

Amnesty said in a statement: “Caning contravenes Indonesia’s constitution and is in clear violation of international human rights law and standards.

‘It constitutes a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and can amount to torture in violation of the UN Convention against Torture and other international covenants, to which Indonesia is a State Party.’”

Despite the criticism, local authorities have defended the punishments as part of Aceh’s religious and cultural identity, insisting they serve as a deterrent against immoral behaviour.

Earlier in January, another couple in the province reportedly received 140 lashes each after being found guilty of drinking alcohol and engaging in sex outside marriage.

(Daily Mail)

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Senegal’s President Sacks Prime Minister After Months-long Feud

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4 days ago

May 24, 2026

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Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has sacked Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government following months of rising political tension between the two former allies.

The decision was announced in a surprise decree read on national television by a presidential aide, stating that Faye had “ended the duties” of Sonko and “consequently those of the ministers and secretaries of state who are members of the government”.

Sonko, who remains a highly influential figure among Senegal’s youth, responded on social media, saying he would “sleep with a light heart”.

The political fallout comes at a time of growing economic strain in the country, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) putting Senegal’s public debt at 132% of its GDP.

His removal followed a tense parliamentary session on Tuesday, where Sonko openly criticised President Faye’s handling of the debt situation.

The development is striking given that Faye’s rise to power was largely tied to Sonko’s popularity and political backing.

Sonko would almost certainly have contested the presidency himself in 2024, but was barred from the race due to a defamation conviction. Instead, he threw his support behind Faye, rallying voters with the slogan “Diomaye is Sonko, Sonko is Diomaye”.

The alliance helped unseat former President Macky Sall in a dramatic electoral victory, despite both men having been released from prison only days before the vote.

Tensions between the two leaders had been building for months, with Faye reportedly accusing Sonko of excessive dominance within the ruling Pastef party, while Sonko accused the president of weak leadership and failing to defend him against critics.

(BBC News)

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Six Nigerians Arrested In Thailand Over AI-Powered Romance Scam

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4 days ago

May 24, 2026

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Six Nigerian nationals have been arrested by the Thailand Police Force for allegedly operating an AI-powered deepfake romance scam syndicate from a luxury condominium along the Chao Phraya River in Nonthaburi Province, following a cocaine trafficking investigation that exposed their activities.

Thai authorities said the operation began after police arrested a Nigerian suspect identified as Patrick and three associates in April over alleged drug trafficking offences. During the raid, officers reportedly seized assets valued at about 2.5 million baht.

Investigators said financial transactions linked to the suspects led them to several foreign nationals living in a high-end riverside condominium near Phra Nangklao Bridge in Nonthaburi. Police discovered that many of the occupants were staying in groups of five or six per apartment under student visas despite not being enrolled in any educational institution or engaged in lawful employment.

According to Thai police, officers executed search warrants on three condominium units on May 22. The suspects allegedly refused to open their doors, forcing authorities to break into the apartments.

Videos circulating on X captured the moment police officers forcefully gained entry into one of the apartments before arresting the suspects.

During the operation, one suspect reportedly attempted to escape by climbing over a balcony, while another was found hiding on the bathroom floor while allegedly sending warning messages to occupants in neighbouring units.

Police recovered 18 mobile phones, three laptop computers and three bank passbooks from the apartments. Authorities said some of the phones were still logged into active conversations with victims at the time of the raid.

Investigators alleged that the syndicate specialised in romance scams targeting older Thai women by using AI-generated faces and manipulated video calls to create fake online identities.

The suspects allegedly posed as pilots, United States military officers, doctors and engineers to gain the trust of victims before requesting money under false pretences.

Police said the fraudsters typically claimed that valuable packages or gifts sent to victims had been withheld by customs officials and required payment of clearance fees before release.

Authorities also said they recovered scripts for sexually explicit conversations allegedly used to emotionally manipulate victims into transferring funds. Investigators claimed the group relied heavily on artificial intelligence technology to generate realistic Western faces for fake video interactions.

Thai police said all six suspects are currently facing preliminary charges bordering on illegal association and immigration overstay, while additional fraud and romance scam charges are expected to follow as investigations continue.