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A plan to deliver electricity to about 25m Nigerians whose communities are off the grid has commenced in Jigawa State flagged off by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, who restated the determination of the Buhari administration to ensure that millions more will now have access to cheap and environmentally friendly renewable power. Coming under the Economic Sustainability Plan, Prof. Osinbajo says the launch of the Solar Power Naija programme is taking off with the Jangefe Community in Roni Local Government Area (in the Kazaure Emirate) of the State and will get to all geopolitical zones in the country soon. “After…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has decried recent attacks on Police formations and Correctional facilities in Imo. A statement by Mr Ola Awoniyi, the Senate president’s Special Assistant on Media, said Lawan described those responsible for the attacks as enemies of the people and country. Lawan stated this in Owerri on Friday while inaugurating a road project completed by Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo. He said that the aim of the attackers was probably to cause a distraction for the Imo government or even the Federal Government. The road which was named after a former Senate President, Late Chief Evan…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced the transportation of pipeline for the AKK Gas project by rail through the Warri-Itakpe line, which the Corporation says is more effective. This was disclosed by NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari in a statement on Friday. https://twitter.com/MKKyari/status/1380507907192717313?s=20 https://twitter.com/Laurestar/status/1380279057988861957?s=20 “We congratulate our team on the arrival at 10.25pm 8.4.2021 of AKK gas project line pipes by rail from Warri to Itakpe. Less cost, faster delivery time, safer, protecting our roads and more,” he said. “The infrastructure revolution is paying up,” he added. Nigerian-American makes history as commander of US-Navy ship In June 2020, the federal…

Nigerian First Lady, Aisha Buhari, says her passion for good governance is the reason she sometimes criticizes the Buhari administration. Her actions, according to her, are not meant to disrespect or publicly criticize him. Aisha had stunned Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike in October 2016 when she said on the Hausa Service of the BBC that she was not sure of supporting a second term bid of her husband except there was a shake-up in government. She claimed that the president did not know most of the government officials he had appointed and that many had been nominated due to the…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the date to conduct the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates. This year’s WASSCE, which was earlier scheduled for May/June, will now take place from August 16 to September 30, the Head of Public Affairs of WAEC Office in Nigeria, Demianus Ojijeogu, revealed in a statement on Friday. He added that the international timetable for the conduct of the examination would be released in due course. Ojijeogu explained that the new dates announced by the examination body was in line with the current academic calendar and was…

The Osun State Security Network code-named Amotekun has begun meetings with the leaders of Miyetti Allah. A socio-cultural group, Kiriji Heritage Defenders, yesterday expressed worry over the influx of herdsmen into the state. It said that the herdsmen are gradually penetrating Osun territory from Kwara State through Odo Otin Local Government. A statement by the spokesman, Dr. Ademola Ekundayo, said: “It is worrisome that herdsmen are moving into Osun State through Odo-Otin Council. These herdsmen are believed to have been displaced from neighbouring states. They are moving around with a large number of cattle and are constituting a security threat…

Commander Kelechi Ndukwe has assumed his new role as the Commander of a U.S. Navy ship, making him the first Nigerian-American in that position. Ndukwe is from Okoko-Item in Bende LGA, Abia State. In a decision made by the military top brass of the United States, with the knowledge of the US President Joe Biden, Commander Kelechi Ndukwe was appointed and given charge to take command of the US Navy-guided missile destroyer USS HALSEY (DDG-97) on April 2 2021. The United States Embassy in Nigeria has congratulated Kelechi Ndukwe on the feat, as the first Nigerian-American to command a US…

The Nigerian Correctional Service has released the names and faces of 36 of the over 1,800 inmates that escaped from the Correctional Centre in Owerri on Monday during an attack by suspected members of the proscribed Indigenious Peoples of Biafra(IPOB). The service released the names and faces on his official twitter handle. It said efforts were on to release more names and faces of the fleeing inmates for the public to assist in their re-arrest. https://twitter.com/CorrectionsNg/status/1380526290592235525?s=20 Imo prison break: Police arrest one in Akwa Ibom It said: “Faces of persons who escaped from Owerri Custodial Centre, Imo State. Please note…

The Insight by Lateef Adewole In recent times, I have had cause to intervene in the marriages of a few friends. It happened that there had been some issues brewing underneath for so long but they had tried to manage it. The incidents prompted my resolve to write this as a personal opinion, from which few lessons might be learnt by people who are currently married or many who are planning to do so or go into it in the future. By the way, I am also married to a lovely woman who many of my readers should know name by…

The chart-topping artist’s songs included “Party Up (Up in Here)” and “X Gon’ Give It To Ya.” His career had been marked by legal troubles and prison time. “We are deeply saddened to announce today that our loved one, DMX, birth name of Earl Simmons, passed away at 50 years old at White Plains Hospital with his family by his side after being placed on life support for the past few days,” his family wrote in a statement quoted by the magazine. DMX collapsed at home, his family had said, and was taken to a New York hospital where his…