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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the main objective of developing a power sector that will steadily deliver quality service and sustain itself is on track with the successful acquisition of Afam Power Plc and Afam Three Fast Power, by the Transcorp Consortium. Prof. Osinbajo also stated that the Afam Power Plc and Afam Three Fast Power Limited plants have a combined capacity of almost 1,000MW. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the signing ceremony of the Share Sale and Purchase Agreements for Afam Power Plc and Afam Three Fast Power Limited. The Minister of Power, Engr Saleh…

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja emphasized the imperative of support of traditional rulers in the administration’s determination to address the demands of the country’s youths. At a meeting in the State House with a delegation of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji (Dr) Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, the President told the royal fathers that “we have heard the loud cries of our youth and children, and we are attending to their concerns.” He, however, stressed that “To succeed in all of this, we would require your support and…

Poor diets for school-age children may contribute to an average height gap of 20cm (7.9in) between the tallest and shortest nations, an analysis suggests. It reports that in 2019 the tallest 19-year-old boys lived in the Netherlands (183.8cm or 6ft) and the shortest lived in Timor Leste (160.1cm or 5ft 3in). Meanwhile the UK’s global height ranking fell, with 19-year-old boys being 39th tallest in 2019 (1.78m or 5ft 10in) from 28th tallest in 1985. The study appears in The Lancet. Researchers say tracking changes in the height and weight of children across the world and over time is important because…

Harry Kane marked his 300th appearance for Tottenham with his 200th goal as Jose Mourinho’s side dominated a Europa League mismatch in Bulgaria. Kane, 27, long-since cemented his place in the Spurs history books but few could have predicted his prodigious goalscoring rate when he came into the first team seven years ago. Only 1960s legends Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Smith stand ahead of him in the club’s records and if he stays fit – and at the club – the England captain looks set to break record after record. He could, and should, have already scored twice when he…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, November 5, 2020, arraigned the chairman of the Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities’ Cooperative Society, Alhaji Iliasu Abdulrauf, for alleged N1, 126,156,000.00 (One Billion, One Hundred and Twenty-six Million, One Hundred and Fifty-six Thousand Naira) fraud. Abdulrauf was docked before Justice S.C Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja, on a six-count charge of breach of trust. Count one of the charges read: “That you Alhaji Iliasu Abdulrauf being the Chairman Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities Cooperative Society, sometimes between November 2017 to February, 2018, in…

WhatsApp is introducing a “disappearing messages” option that will erase chats from the phone of both the sender and recipient after seven days. The Facebook-owned app, which has two billion users worldwide, said the setting would help keep chats private. But it said recipients would still be able to screenshot or forward any messages, photos or videos that they wanted to keep. The option will appear for WhatsApp users by the end of November. In a blog, the company said messages could be set to expire after seven days to offer “peace of mind that conversations aren’t permanent, while remaining…

The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu said social media was the greatest weapon used in escalating #EndSARS protest across the states of the federation. The IGP disclosed this on Thursday when he paid a courtesy visit to the state Governor Hope Uzodimma to ascertain the level of damage done to both public and private facilities during the #EndSARS protest. “I came specifically to visit vandalized properties and to see the level of damage done to police facilities in Imo”, he said. He said the protest was not basically targeted at the Police or SARS, but for hoodlums to loot…

The Oando tank farm along Gaskiya road, Ijora Badia area of Lagos on Thursday was gutted by fire, the Lagos state emergency agency said. The cause of the fire is not known at the time of filing this report but the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the situation was under control. “A combined response team of public and private stakeholders have managed to localize the fire and prevent it from spreading to any secondary sites or adjoining locations,” LASEMA said. Although the emergency agency did not provide update on the extent of damage done, it explained that it…

A mob has lynched the driver and conductor of a water truck after their vehicle crushed five pupils to death in Ebonyi state. The incident happened in Oshiri in Onicha Local Government Area on Monday. Police spokesman, Loveth Odah, confirmed the incident. “On Monday through a distress call, the DPO of Onicha was contacted that an accident happened killing five school children and angry youths attacked the driver and killed him,” Odah, said in a statement. “The driver, Ewa Innocent, is from Ameka Ikwo while the conductor, Ojim Danis, is from Agharazo, Iyiemgu Izzi.” It was gathered that the children…

An Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo has granted the request of the police to detain the three alleged masterminds of looting. The police, in a motion ex parte, numbered MOS/M312/2020 filed by the Commissioner of Police against the alleged masterminds identified as Aishat Mutiu (21), Segun Oyewale and Idris Yinusa sought for more time to keep the three in custody till investigation and others now at large are arrested. The motion ex parte deposed to by Inspector Adebayo Sunday attached to the Crime Scene Section, Osun Police command sought for ten reliefs which were brought under section 4…