OBAFEMI HAMZAT LAMENTS HIGH ELECTRICITY TARIFF, SAYS HIS BILL ROSE BY 974% IN A MONTH. (PHOTO).

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 Obafemi Hamzat laments high electricity tariff, says his bill rose by 974% in a month Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos state, says his electricity bill inexplicably skyrocketed from N2.7 million in March to N29 million in April. Hamzat said the electricity distribution company (DisCo) also frustrated his efforts to utilise the prepaid meter he procured. Punch reports that the deputy governor spoke on Monday during a roundtable discussion between the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the Lagos state government in Victoria Island. Both parties were billed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the electrification of rural communities in Lagos. Hamzat, who represented Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, at the event, decried what he called ā€œcrazy billsā€ from DisCos. ā€œPeople that are trying to survive, and the common denominator for them is power. They don’t have power. There are billing challenges. In fact I’m a very good example,ā€ he said. ā€œLast month, in my...

IDF APPROVING LEBANON 'OFFENSIVE' IS STEP TOWARDS 'SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION' AGAINST HEZBOLLAH, EX-OFFICIAL WARNS. (PHOTO).


 IDF approving Lebanon 'offensive' is step toward ā€˜significant escalation’ against Hezbollah, ex-official warns



The Israel Defense Forces’ announcement that it has approved plans for an "offensive in Lebanon" is "another step towards a significant escalation" against the terrorist group Hezbollah, a former IDF spokesperson tells Fox News Digital.  


The IDF released a photo this week showing a meeting of top generals discussing war strategy, noting that "as part of the situational assessment, operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon were approved and validated, and decisions were taken on the continuation of increasing the readiness of troops in the field." 


"What this means is another step towards a significant escalation. The IDF has been preparing troops for combat scenarios in Lebanon for months and what it means that now it has also approved plans, strategic maneuver plans, of how to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon on the ground and of course in the air," Jonathan Conricus, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a former IDF spokesman, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. 


"What this means is that we are another step closer, and this should sound alarm bells in Beirut, in Washington, in Paris, in London and in Berlin, and of course in every other regional capital because what it means is that Israel is signaling to the world that patience is running thin and that it needs to take action in order to bring security to Israeli civilians." 


The IDF announcement came on the same day Hezbollah published a drone video purportedly showing aerial surveillance of Israel, including the port city of Haifa, according to Reuters. 


It also comes just days after an IDF spokesperson said, "Hezbollah's increasing aggression is bringing us to the brink of what could be a wider escalation." 


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened war with Hezbollah for months, but there has yet to be a distinct escalation. Israeli air strikes have eliminated a number of top Hezbollah commanders, and Hezbollah has kept up its barrage of missiles and rockets. 


"We are committed to the diplomatic process, however Hezbollah’s aggression is bringing us closer to a critical point in the decision-making regarding our military activities in Lebanon," Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told a visiting representative of the Biden administration on Monday. 


As the war in Gaza continues, Israeli sources have highlighted the threat that Hezbollah poses compared to Hamas. The Gaza Strip terror group has relatively few resources and has largely been dismantled by the IDF since the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel. 


Hezbollah, however, is far more well-equipped and has more manpower. Their rockets and drone attacks have already forced over 100,000 Israelis to evacuate their homes in northern Israel. 


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