The ongoing upgrading of the Ajaokuta Transmission Station in Kogi, from 30 MVA to 60 MVA, has reached 95 per cent completion.

THE people of Ogodobiri community in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State have fled the community seeking refuge in the forest and nearby communities following the manhunt for dreaded ex-militant leader, John Togo, suspected to be dead, by the Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta.

Barring last minute changes, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State will dissolve the current cabinet this week. Precisely, by next Monday, the four year tenure of Lagos State cabinet will terminate with valedictory session instead of the usual Executive council meeting at the executive chamber of the State House, Alausa, Ikeja.

At least 9,253 about 8.9 percent have tested positive to the Human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, in Lagos State in the last one year.

THE Cement New Entrants Forum of Nigeria, CNEFN, has accused cement manufacturers of causing the recent increase in the price of cement in the country from N1, 600 to N2, 700

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, on Tuesday, fixed Oct. 27 for the hearing of the main appeal filed by business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, against a judgment of the Federal High Court.

Al Qaeda has announced a former Egyptian Special Forces officer as interim leader following the killing of Osama bin Laden by US commandos, al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.

A Grade ‘A’ Customary Court on Lagos Island on Wednesday dissolved the 23-year-old marriage of Abiodun Obi, Chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Ajah branch.

AS the scramble for ministerial slots into President Goodluck Jonathan new cabinet peaked by various political interest groups, the man who holds the ace, the President-elect has vowed that only those with the required competence would make his new cabinet

Justice Abubakar Umar of the FCT High Court has fixed Tuesday, May 24 for the commencement of the trial of former FCT Minister Nasir el-Rufai and two others.

President Goodluck Jonathan is among 24 Heads of state expected to attend the inauguration of Allasane Ouattara as the President of Cote d’Ivoire.

The PDP has filled a petition before the Zamfara Election Petitions Tribunal, challenging the election of Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, the ANPP Governor-elect.

Students’ Union Government, SUG, of Anambra State University, ANSU, yesterday, intervened in the present logjam between the students and authorities of the institution, urging their colleagues to pay the recently approved fees in order not to disrupt the academic calendar.

The House of Representatives yesterday pleaded with the Federal Government to name some prominent places like streets in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, after the 10 members of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, who were killed during the post-election violence in some northern parts of the country.

80 million Nigerians are still leaving below the poverty line, Senior Special Assistant to the President and National Coordinator of National Poverty Eradication Programme, Dr. Magnus Kpakol, said yesterday.