THE Minister of Environment Hajiya Amina Mohammed has projected that the country can generate $7, 5 billion (about N15 trillion) from of grid solar energy. This is even as the Coordinator of Nigerian-German Energy partnership, Dr. Jeremy Gaines, has lauded the Federal Government’s 13,000MW plans for electricity through solar energy over the next decades. Speaking at the just held Conference …
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The Minister of Youth Development and Sports, Mr. Solomon Dalong, has said the Federal Government plans to expand the National Youth Service Corps scheme to include skill acquisition and entrepreneurial training. Dalong said this on Tuesday during an inspection tour of the Lagos State NYSC orientation camp in the Iyana Ipaya area of the state. He said, “Apart from the …
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The ongoing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has landed the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, in the Commission’s cell in Abuja. Metuh, who was arrested by four operatives of the anti-graft agency from his Abuja home, spent the first night with his interrogators at the headquarters of the EFCC, answering questions on …
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House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said the executive orders, which bypass Congress, “undermined liberty” and would be challenged in court. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said that, if elected, he would reverse the measures. In an emotional address on Tuesday, Mr Obama accused the gun lobby of holding the country hostage. Wiping away tears, he recalled the 2012 Sandy …
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THE Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to tell the national security operatives to rescue the Chibok girls from their abductors or sack its leadership if not capable of discharging their duties. Bakare, who stated this during Sunday’s thanksgiving service in his Lagos church, said this should be achieved in …
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The social intervention programmes of the Buhari presidency, for which about half a trillion naira has been proposed in the 2016 budget, is not a one-off scheme, but a combination of several well-thought out programmes emphasising direct connections with the extremely poor and the needy, among other categories of the masses of this country. This explanation was offered on Sunday, …
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The Federal Government has officially ended the subsidy on premium motor spirit, popularly known as petrol. The latest Petroleum Products Pricing template, issued by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency does not contain the usual subsidy component. The PPPRA is the government agency that regulates the prices of petroleum products in the country and its template has always offered insights …
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Individuals questioned by the police and suspected to be involved in the forgery of the Senate Standing Orders used to conduct the leadership elections of the current 8th Senate will know whether or not they will be prosecuted this week. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), gave this indication in a telephone chat …
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Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has disclosed that three private refinery operators have indicated interest to start operations in the state just as he warned marketers against contravening the miscellaneous code which he said, is punishable by law. The Governor also advocated for the liberalization of the petroleum downstream sector to make room for an inter play of …
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The Theater Command of Operation Lafiya Dole of the Nigerian Army, on Friday, alerted Borno residents on a planned attack by Boko Haram terrorists using beggars and other strategies. Colonel Mustapha Anka, the Media Coordinator of the Theater, made this known in a statement in Maiduguri, the state capital. Anka said “the attention of the Operation Lafiya Dole has been …
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