The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) on Tuesday said 608 transformers were distributed across Lagos state in 2010 to tackle the incessant problem of epileptic power supply.

Lagos, Jan. 25, 2011 (NAN) The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has promised that the apex bank would improve lending to the agricultural sector this year.

Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda, has opposed the UN recognition of Alassane Ouattara as winner of Cote d’ Ivore’s election and wants an African Union probe into the poll.

New York, An ECOWAS delegation is expected to meet with U.S. President Barrack Obama and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon this week on the political situation in Cote d’ Ivoire.

London, Jan. 25, 2011 (NAN) Princess  Vivian Anazodo, Deputy Director-General of the Goodluck/Sambo Campaign Organisation, said she was confident the PDP would  have a landslide victory in the April elections.

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, fixed February 9, to commence hearing on a suit asking it to invoke its jurisdiction and issue an order of mandamus, compelling the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Inspector General of Police, IGP, to forthwith, commence legal proceedings against the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and his Deputy, Usman Nafada, over an alleged role they played in the N2.3 billion car scam.

The technical hitches being experienced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the registration of voters; the 2011 Appropriation Bill and the consideration of the Freedom of Information, FoI, Bill are some of the issues that would dominate the Senate as it resumes today after almost two months of recess for the Christmas and the New Year celebrations.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has warned the Federal Government that the passage and implementation of the new N18,000 national minimum wage should not exceed February this year.

Several families in Jos, the Plateau State capital and Benin City in Edo State were thrown into mourning on Sunday as 15 people were killed in separate incidents.

THERE are strong indications that the acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Mohammed Haliru Bello, would see the party through the April, 2011, elections, Vanguard can reveal.

The House of Representatives will tomorrow pass the anti-terrorism Bill into law. The law would empower security agencies to tackle terrorist activities within the country and mete out appropriate sanctions on offenders of its clauses. Some clauses carry death penalties, while others recommend life imprisonment.

A girl has been arrested in Asaba, Delta State, for attempting to kidnap her elder brother, who has been sponsoring her in the university. She was not arrested alone, all the five members of the gang contracted by the girl to carry out the operation were also rounded up by the police.

FORMER governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo, may have dumped the immediate past National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, just as he said he was never in any faction in the Enugu State PDP chapter and also in any time against the leadership of Engr. Vita Abba-led state executive of the party in the state.