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Nigerians Can Now Buy And Sell Electricity (2 MW Minimum) – Fashola

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Speaking on the electricity supply situation in the country, Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola has announced that people are now free to set up independent power generation companies “without necessarily requesting for license.” Fashola, who made the announcement while on an inspection of Federal works in Jigawa State, stressed that the Federal Government is encouraging the private sector to invest in generation and selling of power to the public. He said, “Any interested individual or company can set up power generation from two megawatts downwards and sell it to public…

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Buhari Under Pressure To Reveal His Illness– CNN

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to disclose the state of his health after he embarked on a fourth medical trip to London. Nigeria’s opposition party, People’s Democractic Party (PDP), said it was time for the president to reveal his medical condition. PDP spokesman Kola Ologbodiyan said: “We need full disclosure about the president’s health. He needs to be honest with Nigerians to say he his unwell. He can’t travel for an official meeting to the US and sneak into London to see his doctor, then tell Nigerians it…

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Special’ Arsenal Will Challenge for PL Title Next Season – Wenger

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Arsenal will challenge for the Premier League title next season, according to outgoing manager Arsene Wenger. The Gunners find themselves 37 points behind league leaders Manchester City, following a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Leicester on Wednesday, continuing a trend of poor away performances that see them ranked 16th in the league in terms of their away form. They have also conceded more goals this season than ever before in the Premier League era. Wenger, who will leave the club at the end of the season, believes that his…

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9 killed in fresh Taraba attack

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The of 9 persons has been confirmed by the Police Command in Taraba on Wednesday in early morning attacks on Tutuwa community in Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP David Misal said that a yet-to-be identified armed militia must have carried out the deadly attack. Misal said that Alhaji Aliyu Tafida, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of the command, and heads of other security agencies in the state had already moved in to assess the situation. Mr Rimansikwe Karma, the Chairman…

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IGP shuns Senate 3rd time, says I owe no one apology

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The Senate, yesterday passed a vote of no confidence in the Inspector- General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris for his refusal to appear before the Senate at plenary yesterday, the third time in two weeks, to speak on the spate of killings across the country and the inhuman treatment meted on Senator Dino Melaye ( APC, Kogi West). He was declared not fit to hold any office, both home and abroad. But the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, yesterday also told the Senate that he had no apology for…

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I Didn’t Storm Out Of South West Leaders Meeting – Fayemi

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The Minister of Mines and Steel Development and Governorship Aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Kayode Fayemi, has denied media reports that he stormed out of a meeting of the party’s South West leaders with Ekiti State governorship aspirants in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister said in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday that contrary to misleading media reports and social media posts purporting that he walked out of the meeting, he only left the venue, like other attendees, at the end of the meeting. The Minister in…

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Two container loads of tramadol seized by Customs

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  The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has impounded two containers loaded with Tramadol Hydrochloride (225 milligrams). The drugs that were loaded in a 1×20 and 1×40 feet containers, were imported from India with a total Duty Paid Value, DPV of N124 million. This is just as the  Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yesterday, described the closure of three pharmaceutical companies involved in the illegal codeine sales as short term measure, saying, “only implementation of  proper prescription record and rights for doctors will stop the  abuse among the populace.” Disclosing the seizure in…

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9-year-old girl raped by father and son

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A 9-year-old girl was reportedly raped by a 65-year-old man, Lawal Angala, and his son, Isah, 19 in Katsina. Hajiya Fadile Dikko, who presided at a Katsina senior magistrates’ court where the accused persons were arraigned for the offence on Monday, directed that they be remanded in the prison custody till June 14, 2018 when their case would come up for mention. The police had told the court that the accused persons, who resided at Safana town in Kastina State, committed the offence on May 2. The victim’s mother, Shamsiya…

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Buhari unfit for governance – PDP

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In it’s address yesterday, National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan has said that the President’s trip yesterday, to the United Kingdom to see his doctors was an indication that he was not fit to effectively preside over the affairs of the Nigerian state. Ologbodiyan also drew the attention of the world to what it termed the unabating violations of human rights across the country by the current administration. He also condemned the President’s latest ‘technical stop-over’ in the United Kingdom after a state visit to…

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Nigerian authorities shut three cough syrup manufacturers

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Nigeria’s authorities have shut down three leading drugs companies after a BBC investigation into addiction to cough syrup containing codeine. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac) said it shut the firms for failing to fully co-operate with its inspectors. The companies have not yet commented. The BBC investigation showed that the syrup was being sold on the black market, and was being used by young Nigerians to get high. It recorded figures in the pharmaceutical industry selling the drug illegally. Nafdac director Mojisola Adeyeye said…

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