With Azura, Edo now hub of power generation —Oshiomhole
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said the Azura Power Plant in Benin City has the capacity to produce almost 50 percent of what Nigeria currently boasts of when it generates at its peak of 4,000 megawatts, maintaining that Edo is now a hub of power generation in Nigeria.
FAYOSE vs ALUKO: Aluko and I prostrated while begging Fayose — Olugbemi
Immediate past Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dele Olugbemi yesterday debunked Dr Tope Aluko’s claim that Governor Ayodele Fayose stage-managed the reconciliatory meeting he held with the embattled former Secretary of state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
We’ve right to pad, say Nkem-Abonta as NASS transmits detailed Budget 2016 to Buhari
ABUJA—AT last, the National Assembly, yesterday, transmitted the detailed Budget 2016 to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.
TCN, GENCOs, DISCOs trade blames over electricity crisis
Operators in the electricity value chain – generation, transmission and distribution companies are trading blames over the current power crisis, with each blaming the other for the very poor power supply situation witnessed in the last few weeks.
Delta PDP state congress: Youths fault aspirant over claim to Ethiope East
AS the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, congresses draw closer, the Ethiope East chapter of Delta Central PDP Youth Movement has accused one of the state chairmanship aspirants, Mr Kingsley Esiso, of not being an indigene of Okpara Inland.
NPFL: Ifeanyi Uba FC overtake Rangers
FC IfeanyiUbah are the new leaders of the Nigeria league after they beat visiting Plateau United 2-0 to topple Enugu Rangers at the top of the standings.
Sectional rumpus in police 10,000 jobs
YOU may have seen the copiously advertised job vacancies by the Police Service Commission (PSC) entitled: “Recruitment Into The Nigerian Police Force”. It was published over the past week in major national dailies. Going through the advert, you will not notice anything odd about it.
Opadokun wants Judges, lawyers found aiding corruption punished
lagos—GENERAL Secretary of National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, has called on the National Judicial Council, NJC, to penalise judicial officers, who aid politicians in corrupt practices.
CCT trial: We’ll swim and sink with Saraki – Senators
The prospects of a prolonged crisis in the Senate was, yesterday, in the offing following the decision by loyalists of Senate President Bukola Saraki to sink or swim with him in his continued trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.
Augustine varsity’ll actualise vision – Archbishop
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos Diocese, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martin, has assured that the Church would ensure that the vision of the founding fathers of Augustine University, Epe, Lagos State, which is to groom individuals that would lead Nigeria to greater heights, would be actualised.
Osun bye-election: Assembly sues for peace
OSOGBO—Osun State House of Assembly has called on the security agencies in the state to be proactive towards ensuring that lives and properties are protected in the Saturday’s bye-election in Ife Central Constituency of the state.
