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Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) Launches New Billing Online Portal

Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has launched a new billing system that enables customers to pay their bills via online portal without physical presence as well as bills made available via sms and email.

This according to the company is geared towards meeting the expectations of its valued customers across its business unit.

This came as the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) ranked the IBEDC first among all the 11 Distribution Companies, DISCOs in the country.

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Football: All-Time Top Scorer in Sudan

Nigeria striker Kelechi Osunwa has emerged as the all-time top scorer in Sudan after he netted 33 goals including four hat-tricks, five braces and five Man-of-the-Match awards with six rounds of matches left to be played this season

Ufot Ekong

Ufot Ekong achieved the highest grades at Tokai University in Tokyo, Japan for 50 years and solved a maths puzzle in his first semester that was unsolvable 30 years ago. He also achieved a first class degree in electrical engineering and scored the best marks at the university since 1965.

Ufot Ekong plays the saxophone, and runs a retail wears and accessories shop in Japan called Strictly African Japan.

The Nigerian speaks English, French, Japanese and Yoruba. Ekong paid his way through university himself.

He currently works for Nissan and has already patented two products, as well as making an electric car which reaches up to 128 kmph.

Ekong was honoured with his picture on a billboard in his hometown.

During his time at university, Ekong has won six awards for academic excellence.

2016 Africa’s Most Innovative Pension Company of the Year

Premium Pension Limited has emerged as Africa’s Most Innovative Pension Company of the Year at the African Quality Achievement Awards 2016 edition organised by the African Quality Institute

2016 Investors Africa Person of the Year

Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu wins the ‘Person of the Year’ award at the Africa Investor CEO Institutional Investment Summit hosted alongside the UN General Assembly in New York

DNA Malaria Vaccine

Prof. Nasiru Shua’ibu of Biochemical Parasitology Department, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has developed a new malaria vaccine to prevent high rate of death from malaria fever, which he simplifies as DNA vaccine

Successful Pelvic Surgery

A team of Nigerian doctors carried out successful pelvic surgery on a patient with life threatening condition injured with a stick near his private part.