PLANS by the federal government to generate 6000 Megawatts (Mw) of electricity in the short term has received a boost following the desire of an indigenous firm Greenworldwater Africa Ltd, a subsidiary of AEHI Inc USA, to generate 11,000 Megawatts of electric power in 36 months through an innovative technology never before used in this part of the world.

ABUJA — THE Federal Government has commenced plans to convert the National Technical Institute, NTI, in Bonny, Rivers State to a federal Polytechnic in the first Quarter of year 2011.

The premier global event for the travel industry, World Travel Market 2010, kicked off this morning in London with 46,000 senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and international press in attendance for the business-to-business exhibition for the worldwide travel and tourism
industry.

This is definitely cheering news for Nollywood and the teeming fans of star actor, Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as ‘Aki’ who recently underwent a successful operation for acute appendicitis.

After more than two months of consultations political sensitivities are again high as the 17 Man committee of Northern elders get set to announce its choice candidate to confront President Goodluck Jonathan for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential ticket.

THE origin of this piece will certainly read like a fairy tale. A young man walked into the Vanguard Office, Owerri, to discuss placement of 15 full pages of colour advertisement. After discussing with our Correspondent, the potential client left but promised that he would call to confirm the next line of action.

The Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, Ms. Bolanle Onagoruwa, has explained that due to the structure of the electricity industry, it is not possible for private operators to build their distribution facilities to compete with the extant distribution network of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN. She made the remarks at an in-house workshop on power sector reforms held last week at BPE’s headquarters in Abuja .

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has insisted that he would still invite the ousted governor, Engr Segun Oni, to account for his stewardship in the 42 months he piloted the affairs of the state, just as he declared that he inherited N30 billion debt from Oni-led administration in the state.

AS labour prepares for a three-day warning strike beginning on Wednesday to force the government to implement the N18,000 Minimum Wage, leaders of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and their Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterparts, have warned the Federal Government that any attempt to repudiate the payment of the N18,000 new Minimum Wage pact is an open invitation to anarchy.

GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, weekend, gave one condition for the reversal of the dissolution of local government councils in the State saying the recent action was taken to stop the spate of looting of government property.

DEFENCE Minister, Adetokunbo Kayode, said weekend that the alleged gang-up by the North against the aspiration of President Goodluck Jonathan was an imagination of some Nigerians.

CHAIRMAN of the Senate Committee on Upstream Petroleum Resources, Senator Lee Maeba, weekend, clarified that the 10 per cent equity for oil granted to oil producing communities remained a valid section of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, and can not be converted to cash.

HOWEVER, while he is spending money, luring PDP members to join the ACN more ACN members, tired of Oshiomhole’s dictatorial tendencies, are joining the PDP on daily basis because they have realised that there is a greater measure of internal democracy in the PDP.

One of the four Presidential aspirants in the north on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the 2011 presidential race, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has been said to be making significant gains and in-roads among delegates to the convention, cutting into the early gains made by President Goodluck Jonathan.

ABUJA—Following the planned nationwide strike by the organised labour over the Federal Government’s refusal to implement the N18.000 new National Minimum Wage, the Labour Party, LP, has expressed solidarity with organised labour,saying it is fighting a genuine cause.