The wide gap between electricity demand and supply adds greatly to the cost of operations by forced reliance on diesel generators at four times the cost of normal grid power as well as major lost work-time. From a personal standpoint, there is a universal reduction in quality of life due to the lack of dependable electricity to homes and places of work.

Tragedy struck yesterday in Lagos as a sudden explosion at Golden Penny Flour Mill, Eric Moore Road, Surulere, left two people dead.

“The important message is that stroke can be prevented. If people control their blood pressure, cholesterol and do everything to minimise their other risk factors, the risk of stroke will go down. “It is a shame if you have someone that is relatively productive and is not too old but as a result of a massive stroke becomes disabled because this is something that can be prevented,” Waters remarked.

The Federal Government, yesterday, attributed the delay in moving against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to efforts being made to establish the magnitude of fraud and inefficiencies in the corporation and in the oil and gas industry over the last couple of years.

According to Mrs. Titi Olodun who explained that the event was an annual event by her company in conjunction with Suzuki Corporation Japan, it was their way of canvassing for a clean and healthy environment. “As part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility aimed at improving the safety of the ecological system as well as reducing environmental pollution harmful to human existence, this initiatives has been organised by Boulos and Suzuki Motor Corporation Japan,” she said.

“It is a sign of good and exciting things to come to Nigerians and the company that has been inactive for a while. I really appreciate your patriotic zeal in resuscitating the moribund assembly plant, which I learnt is the only comprehensive car assembling plant for now in Nigeria.” He assured of his administration’s readiness to partner PAN Nigeria Limited in terms of patronage (of cars) and in training the youths on vocational and technical skills to reduce unemployment; and therefore required that a blueprint of training from PAN Learning Center, be sent to him for consideration.

Major stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Anambra State put aside their historical differences last Saturday to enthrone a new state executive of the party. The notable exceptions were Chief Chris Uba and Comrade Tony Nwoye.

Lagos—The Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, summoned the state Head of Service, HOS, Mrs. Folashade Jaji to appear today, over an alleged elongation of tenure of members of the state’s Judicial Service Commission, JSC.

ASABA—FLOOD, yesterday, submerged some parts of Asaba, the capital of Delta State, sacking workers and some residents from their offices and homes.

THE inability of the country’s natural resources to be adequately harnessed for socio-economic growth has been attributed to the continued believe by government that raw mineral resources are primarily meant to generate foreign exchange earnings. This assertion was made last week by Prof. Wumi Iledare, an internationally renowned petroleum economist, at the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, NMGS, Annual Lecture, held at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos.

ASABA—DELTA State Commissioner for Transport, Mr Vincent Uduaghan has decried what he described as high level of gross indiscipline and misappropriation of funds in the state transport company.

LAGOS State Head
of Service, HoS, Mrs. Folashade Jaji, yesterday, told members of the State House of Assembly, that the former Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and the former Attorney General of the State, Mr. Ade Ipaye approved the renewal of a five-year tenure of office of members of the state’s Judicial Service Commission.
Jaji, was on Monday summoned by the house during plenary to appear before it, yesterday, Tuesday, July 28 to explain the rationale behind the elongation of tenure without due process.
This was in response to the resolution of the House on July 2, 2015 that the tenure of office of members of the commission had ended and that the board should be dissolved forthwith.
In her defence, Jaji said that she did not unilaterally send the letter renewing the five-year tenure of office of members of the commission, but that she got an approval from former Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Ade Ipaye and former Governor Babatunde Fashola on February 24, 2015, a week after she was appointed as HOS, that the tenure of office of the members of the commission should be renewed for another five years.
The Assembly then, pardoned Jaji for retracing her step on the matter.
She apologised for the mistake, and said that she has since written letters to the members of the commission including Mr. Teslim Animashaun, Mr. Kunle Othman, Mrs. Abisola O. Oshodi and Mrs. Folashade O. Iwajomo that their tenure had ended.

“Although the details of the purported grant remains shrouded in secrecy, the said traditional monarch attempted to confirm the allegation by delivering to the Imiefo kindred, the sum N2million only, said to be their share of the amount allegedly paid by your company to the monarch. “Our instruction is to declare categorically that the traditional ruler of Okpella does not have the legal or customary authority to grant consent for the exploitation of the ancestral land of Imiefo kindred without the consent of the principal members of the kindred.

Dolphins Basketball club of Lagos at the weekend, out-dunked the defending champions, First Bank of Lagos 77-72 in the final of the 11th Zenith bank Women Basketball Championship held at the indoor sports hall of the National Stadium, Surulere Lagos. The champions carted home the Zenith Bank giant trophy as well as pocketed the N1.2m star prize.

THE Anambra State congress of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was held weekend in Awka, with Prince Kenneth Emeakayi emerging the state chairman.