The Shiroro Hydro Power Station (SHPS) will soon double its operating capacity of 300mw through solar plant.

Crude futures were lifted by a raft of supportive indicators in early trading on Thursday, although some traders warned that physical supply and demand fundamentals did not warrant a strong price recovery at this stage.

The Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja restated its resolve to tap into the enormous resource of sports by encouraging the private sector to actively participate in its development.

The head of a Austrian regional bank became on Thursday the latest casualty of the Panama Papers scandal, announcing his resignation but denying any wrongdoing.

Argentina reclaimed top spot from Belgium in Thursday’s FIFA world rankings, while Copa America champions Chile soared to an all-time high of third place.

Three persons, including a pregnant woman were allegedly crushed to death at Osholo village in Etsako East Local Government of Edo State, last week, after a tipper lorry ran into a crowd injuring several persons.

EBONYI State government, yesterday, said 14 persons died of Lassa fever disease, while 83 suspected cases were recorded since the outbreak in January.

SOME intellectuals and professionals of South-East and South-South extraction of have said the discovery of crude oil in the region has destroyed the interest in human capital development in the area.

AGGRIEVED women from Umuduruegwelle community in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, yesterday, took to the street to protest against what they described as “the incessant rape and murder of innocent mothers in the area,” by faceless hoodlums.

ONE of the lines in the Nigeria’s national anthem read, “ the labours of our heroes past shall never be in vain” and in line with that one of Nigeria’s leading theatre production companies, Thespian Family Theatre & Productions,TFT, recently honoured veteran theatre practitioners for their unrelenting efforts at promoting theatre arts and entertainment in Nigeria.

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, inaugurated the Judicial Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice Monima Danagogo, to look into the killings recorded during the March 19 re-run elections for the National and House of Assembly seats in the state.

Criminals have allegedly cloned the phone number of Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, and used same to defraud people.

The Joint Military Task Force, Operation Pulo Shield, deployed in the Niger Delta region, has said that it was saddened by the loss of two of its personnel on Tuesday in Bayelsa State.

Last week Wednesday, 30th March, 2016 marked exactly one year when Nigeria boldly joined the league of nations with civilised democratic behaviour following the peaceful conclusion of the presidential election.

THE frontier of the anti corruption campaign of the Federal Government was expanded last week at a round-table organised by the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law of the University of Lagos, Akoka.