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A PhD student has had her tuition fees refunded due to the distress caused by being unable to pay for her studies.

Sue Agazie, a former Newcastle University student from Nigeria, made a complaint when she faced removal from the UK for not paying her fees while being treated for stage five kidney disease.

According to the complaint outcome, seen by the BBC, the university reimbursed Mrs Agazie £13,285, waived rent arrears and awarded £5,000 for distress and inconvenience, but found no evidence to support parts of her complaints about her treatment.

It said it could not comment on individual cases but said complaints were "investigated thoroughly" and reimbursement of fees was a possible outcome.

uzore:
When is disbursement taking place?

Aba Power Limited Electric, APLE, has applied to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to increase electricity in its franchise area by 123.33% from January 1, 2025.

The company at a public hearing organised by NERC in Abuja on Tuesday blamed inflation, rising exchange rate and high operational cost in its quest for the extra ordinary tariff review.

If the application is approved by the Commission, electricity tariff for non-maximum demand customers in Band-A would rise from N99.9/kWh to N223.12/kWh. The tariff for maximum demand (MD1) customers in Band-A would rise from N107.5/kWh to N240.09/kWh, while those in MD2 would pay N245.2/kWh instead of the current N109.79/kWh.

Compared to the tariff approved by NERC for other electricity distribution companies, customers supplied by Aba DisCo would pay N35.7/kWh more than consumers across the country.

But the company argued that it did not benefit from the minor tariff review approved by NERC for other DisCos in December, 2022.

Justifying the application for increase, APLE Managing Director, Mr. Ugo Opiegbe said the hike would ensure improved and stable power supply to its customers in Aba.

He set the parameters for the application at 25% inflation rate, N1,654.2/$ exchange rate, average energy offtake cost of N135/kwh and annual operational expenses at N189.6 billion. The company expects its revenue to hit N227 billion in 2025.

He said the bulk of its power will be supplied by Aba Independent Power Plant owned by Geometric Power with supplementary supply from Alaoji Power Plant owned by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company, NDPHC.

Speaking at the public hearing, NERC’S Vice Chairman, Musiliu Oseni said the Commission would give its verdict on the application after considering all the factors affecting the industry and on the presentations made during the hearing.

He harped on the need to improve services to consumers, adding that “when your customers are happy, they will be willing to pay more to you, so that you can also improve on your operational performance. I think that aspect, we need to look at it critically. It’s quite good that you already concluded the process. Before we allow your cost to be passed on to the end user, we’ll have to look at it and see the problems it might cause or otherwise.”

Joublie:
Good morning bro. Please could you help me check the status & location of this parcel:

Thank you. It should have reached me since November, but there's no update yet.

guobe:
Okay ,I thought it was for opay and other online banks only.

guobe:
This seems like a new bank deduction charges and they call it EMT levy.
Amount ranging from 200 naira, 300 naira and 150 naira are being deducted on a daily basis.
What is the meaning of EMT levy I don't know .
Where are we really heading to in this dispensation.
So in a month banks will now deduct almost 7,000 naira from my account because I gave them my money to Keep for me.

Kingosytex:
I never knew. Probably because I never paid close attention.

michytluv:
Good morning all,
Please I have bin using oando sae 40 oil for my Fireman FPG8800E2 with no issue or whatsoever, now they have changed to NNpc, should I still continue with the NNpc cos I was told it the same thing
2. I want to change the air filter; please is there anything like fake or original, cos I want original of it .
Thank you

Kvngwitty:
Good morning sir please can you help me track the location of this parcel

Usps
Last update I got as at November 26 is that parcel departed Heathrow airport since then no update

leslieu63:
how to connect to ecoflow app am finding it very difficult .

Hycon:
Please do you need the following to lay tiles?

Tiles gum 50 bag
White cement 5kg 7 bag
Genesis 15 pieces
70 bag of cement
20 tones of sand

Got two quotes. One tiler didn’t include gum and genesis.

acedsportsng:
Hmm, I’ll give a 7/10. I bought mostly accessories which are okay. I also bought a mini camera but I have no idea how it works, the device is terribly built and of very poor quality. I got a trimmer too and it works quite okay.

One has to go through reviews very carefully.

apexquest:
We were specifically refering to the rx350 below, not the recent 2010 and above model year.

You mean it's six speed, 22pin?

apexquest:
I had an argument with a friend this morning, where he said all Toyota 2gr engines are mounted to the 22pin transmission.
But what I read online is that it is actually mounted to the 13pin gearbox.

Does anyone here know the transmission on the 2008/2009 lexus rx350?

acedsportsng:
Just received my Temu items.

Ordered on the 22nd November. 40k+ worth of items = free delivery.

ask4bk:
Oh boy... Today I just bought an obd2 scanner I know quite well is $200 and in Nigeria sold for 400-500k, in temu for it this morning for 158k on black Friday discount.

This is my first ever purchase. And they charged me in naira. I used my Gtb naira card and paid and it went. I'm surprised.

Waiting to see if or how they'll send to Nigeria and Abuja my place. They said it'll take 7-14 days. I bought 6 other items, all this morning from Temu. My first ever use of that app.

Seems we will dump aliexpress for temu oh.

macanthony25:
Good evening experts

Please it's my first time of wanting to buy a gen.

I want to get it right please.

Please what size and name of gen should I go for?

Basically have a 43" TV n home theater ,a fridge,2 fans,an electric cooker and kettle,an iron,still have plans of getting a chest deep freezer and a split AC.


Please I need a gen that doesn't consume much fuel and it's affordable and easy to maintain.

Thank you

NB: I'm not too conversant with this KVA of a thing,just use the name of the gen and the number to tell me the KVA you mean please.

Jp96:
Thank you boss
How about Elepaq Sv6800 4.5kva?
The one I'm see on jiji, brand new, is 280k

oladele239:
Na scammer him be
No need to stress bro
He obviously thought pH was in Jupiter Nd noone will try to find the location he gave

Jp96:
Good evening bosses

Pls what size of generator can simultaneously power 1.2kw dry iron and a wall fan conviniently??
It's for my laundry business

Geeoriginal:
Hi experts,
Kindly advise me on amount of Kva generator that is needed to operate the following items:

6 standing 2HP ACs
6 OX fans
1 deep freezer

Would a 15kva gen work?
I have the option of moving the OX fans to a different generator.

Thanks.

oladele239:
Can we please have a WhatsApp group for all ecoflow products users pls

odiagabros:
Hello experts

I received noticed that when i turn on my gen, the voltage is always very low for about five minutes then it becomes normal. Please assist

Olamak1:
USD card preferably or OPay naira card if you have one!

Home delivery to your Abuja address if the item is shipped by Speedaf logistics. Otherwise, you'd have to visit your nearby post office for a pick up.

In each of the scenarios above, you'd be contacted via phone calls or sms in respect of the item for delivery or a pick up.

PoeticMind:
Thank.you so much.

Someone recommended 60KVA but I was thinking that'd be too much, also considering cost.

So, you're saying 40KVA should work.

datola:
Nice but we don't want to hear VAT rate has been increased again!

Section 146 of the bill proposes to raise the value added tax (VAT) from 7.5 percent to 10 percent by 2025, with further increases to 12.5 percent from 2026 to 2029, and 15 percent from 2030 onwards.

PoeticMind:
Hello experts,

Please kindly advise on the required generator output (in terms of KVA) to power a business that will operate the following

2 standing 2HP ACs

5 1.5HP split ACs

2 Deep Freezers

2 Display Chiller refrigerators

Three Flat screen TVs (1 75inch and 2 55inch)

Surround Sound system with Several speakers (up to , Amp etc.

2 Cooking Ovens

1 Baking Oven

1 Microwave

Lighting

Electric Grill

Mixer


Thank you very much in advance.