tion (NNPC) on Wednesday disclosed that it has signed a contract with China Machinery Engineering Company, CMEC, and General Electric, GE, to provide 50 Mega Watts of electricity to Maiduguri, Borno State.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, ahead of her 15th All-Africa Service project, has stated that partnering with the Lagos State Waste Management, LAWMA, non-governmental organisations, NGOs, and market associations, among others, to clean the state will help fight the spread of cholera and other sicknesses.

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA and Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Narcotics Control (GDNC) have agreed to strengthen their partnership on the fight against trafficking of illicit drugs between the two countries.

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, North East, under the leadership of the Zonal Coordinator, Lydia Madu Wagami in collaboration with the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development on Wednesday flagged off a One-Day Training for some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) currently serving in Borno state.

Commuters had to trek long distances to their destinations, in the early hours yesterday, from around Iyana-Ipaja, Ikotun road and the environs, in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, following protest embarked on by commercial bus drivers, popularly called ‘Danfo’, over alleged extortion by men of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force).