Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson and her daughter Purity avoided the incessant traffic gridlock on Lagos roads, especially the Ikeja axis, on Monday, by taking a ride on the fully air-conditioned train commissioned by the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

At least 19 civilians were killed in a weekend attack by Boko Haram Islamists on three remote islands in Niger with many victims burnt alive, a local lawmaker said.

Sunday’s onslaught took place on three islands located on Lake Chad, said ElHadj Aboubacar, a deputy from the town of Bosso in southeastern Niger.

The Senator representing Edo North senatorial district, Senator Domingo Obende, his senior legislative aide, Hon.Hassan Enakhele have led thousands of All Progressive Congress, APC, members to defect to the Social Democratic Party, SDP over the weekend.

Over the years, unemployment has been a serious challenge to Nigeria’s economic development as its teeming youth population adjudged to be one of the most vibrant and promising in Africa and the world, had remained unproductive. The avalanche of graduates from the nation’s tertiary institutions, and informal sector has become worrisome.

Nigeria’s crude oil refining capacity is set to rise in the coming days, as General Electric, GE, disclosed that it has completed the supply and installation of three 25-megawatt, MW, aero-derivative mobile gas turbines, with a combined capacity of 75MW, to the Port Harcourt refinery.
The turbines, a trailer-mounted, TM2500+ power plants, were supplied through Genesis Electricity Limited with the aim of ensuring uninterrupted power supply at the refinery.