There are indications that power generation in Nigeria may exceed 4,000 megawatts by June, sequel to the six-month ultimatum given by President Goodluck Jonathan to the Ministry of Power to ensure efficient generation, transmission and distribution of electricity across the country.

The Department of State Service, DSS, yesterday, paraded seven members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect who allegedly assassinated Sheikh Auwal Adam Albani at Gwagwaje area of Zaria in Kaduna State over a month ago.

Ilegal oil refineries in Nigeria thrive on illegal oil bunkering, stolen crude oil, and vandalism of oil pipelines and other installations. Without a doubt, these illegal oil operations are reprehensible and should not be condoned for a number of reasons.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, met briefly with members of the state House of Assembly and expressed worry over the dwindling monthly federal allocation to various states as well as what he called Federal government’s uncoordinated fiscal policies.

Scores of parents yesterday stormed the office of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State to protest the killing of students of Federal Government College, Bunu Yadi in Yobe State and others who have been killed in the northern region by the Boko Haram.

Enyimba have axed goalkeeper trainer Sulaiman Shuaibu and given an ultimatum to the coaches to win in Mali or be sacked.

Tough time, henceforth, awaits those who make false calls to its 767 and 112 telephone numbers set aside for emergency situations

ABUJA- FOLLOWING the delay in the passage of the Petroleum Industrial Bill, PIB, into Law, the Coordinator, Host Communities Network of Nigeria, Prince Preye Pawuru, has accused oil multinationals operating in the Niger Delta of sabotaging the bill.

PROMINENT social commentator and university don, Prof. Itse Sagay, has identified what he called “making power friends” and ensuring peaceful relationship with its neighbouring Urhobo and Ijaw as experienced in the days of late Chief Dore Numa, as the only way Itsekiri can tackle the current political challenges confronting it in the three Warri local government areas of Delta State.

THE furore that led to the merger of the splinter associations of Lagos tricycle operators has refused to abate.
With the issues confronting the operations of tricycles in Lagos, thousands of its riders had to unionise last July, thus setting the stage for an end to years of rivalry that led to clashes for supremacy