The Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Jeddy-Agba, has said the federal government is committed towards implementing the $36.4 billion (about N13.2 trillion) Energy Master Plan for the development of the West African regional generation and transmission infrastructure. He also launched the North Core project to build a transmission…
It is so disheartening and unfortunate the way and manner the so-called medical doctors of today discharge their task. One begins to wonder whether the content of the pledge they usually take to protect lives and to care for the sick has been changed or formatted to mean the opposite.…
A mobile policeman and a farmer were allegedly shot by herders, using bow and arrow, after which they set a village ablaze in Kirikasamma Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Daily Trust gathered that the incident occurred on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Tension has been brewing over the last one month in…
The Lagos State Police Command said it arrested two armed robbery suspects whose gang it said had been attacking travellers on the Mile 2-Badagry expressway. Another member of the gang, according to the police, was seriously wounded in the operation. ADVERTISEMENT The arrested suspects were identified as Adigun Ganiyu and…
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has called on the federal, state and Local Governments to implement the new minimum wage before the year ends. Chairman of the Gombe State chapter of the association, Comrade Uloko Sule, made the call yesterday at the opening of a workshop…
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the non-payment of seven billion dollars disbursed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to 14 global asset managers and their Nigerian counterparts. This is sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Abubakar Ahmad (APC, Gombe) at the plenary…
No fewer than 80 political parties in Ogun State have thrown their weights behind Governor Dapo Abiodun’s plan to appoint opposition parties’ members into his cabinet. Daily Trust reports that Abiodun, who had vowed to run an inclusive government, hinted that the move was part of his drive to ensure…
Normal legislative activities have resumed at the Bayelsa State House of Assembly after the impeachment saga that rocked the law-making body. Recall that the crisis rocking the assembly peaked on September 30 following moves to sack the then speaker, Tonye Emmanuel Isenah, for Monday Obolo to takeover. ADVERTISEMENT The crisis,…
The Senate on Wednesday, mandated its Committee on Customs to investigate the alleged extra judicial killings at the borders by operatives of Nigerian Customs Service. This was sequel to a motion by Senator Tolulope Odebiyi (APC-Ogun west) during plenary on “the Need to condemn the incessant excesses and the recent…
LeBron James registered a triple-double with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists as the Los Angeles Lakers stormed back from a 19-point second-half deficit for a 118-112 win over the host Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night. Quinn Cook added 17 points off the bench for Los Angeles, who won…