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Electricity generation improves, hits 4,009MW

Jan 5, 2017 topnews

There are indications that Nigeria power supply is gradually stabilising as the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, yesterday wheeled out about 4,009 megawatts of generated electricity to 11 distribution companies. Daily power statistics from Nigerian Electricity System Operator, a section of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, shows that power generation gradually improved during the last Christmas season with a peak generation of 4,208.3 megawatts from the national grid, with a record of 3,366 megawatts as its lowest within the same period. Meanwhile, the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, on January…

Nollywood actress, ‘Iya Kike’ for burial March 3

Jan 5, 2017 topnews

Nollywood actress, Lucia Toyin Majekodunmi, popularly known as Iya Kike is dead. She died on 2nd January 2017. The burial arrangements has been slated for March 2017. The families and colleagues of the actress have met, agreed on a date and set up a committee to oversee the burial arrangement for the late actress. March 2 and 3 have been slated for the ceremony. Details of the burial arrangements are to be released by the committee soon. The families of the late actress said they are grateful to her fans…

Governing Oyo State is difficult -Ajimobi

Jan 5, 2017 topnews

Oyo state Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has admitted that the state is difficult to manage and that it is an arduous task to govern it. He said this at the 2017 Inter-Faith Service of the state government at the Governor’s office, Ibadan, yesterday. The governor, who is governing th e state for the second term said; “Maintenance of our infrastructure and executing new ones have been extremely difficult. Oyo State is a big state. Ibadan alone is bigger than seven states and to govern Oyo State is a big responsibility with…

Doctor charged with murder

Jan 4, 2017 topnews

Olugbenga Farajimakin, a Lagos based medical practitioner was on Wednesday arraigned for allegedly partnering a “self-acclaimed doctor’’ to perform a Caesarean Section on a woman that led to her death. Farajimakin, 44, was docked at an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on a charge of conspiracy. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Insp. Adebayo Oladele, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on June 5 at Glorious Mercy Clinic situated at No. 14, William Akintunde St., Abule-Egba area of Lagos…

Obasanjo to Awujale: You are a liar

Jan 4, 2017 topnews

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria has described the Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Dr. Sikiru Kayode Adetona as a serial liar for accusing him of using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to torture him while he was President of the country. Obasanjo while responding to some accusations levelled against him in Awujale Autobiography titled “Awujale: The Autobiography of Alaiyeluwa Oba S. K. Adetola, Ogbagba II”, published by Mosuro Publishers in 2010, said Awujale’s action is an unbecoming action of an Oba. The former President through…

Musical video: Gowon, OBJ, Ekweme, others sing

Jan 4, 2017 topnews

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Pay dispute: British Airways crew to stage 48-hour strike from Jan. 10

Jan 4, 2017 topnews

Press association has stated that Cabin crew at British Airways plan to hold a 48-hour strike from Jan. 10 in an ongoing pay dispute, citing the Unite Trade Union. The walkout comes after Unite members voted by 7 to 1 to reject a pay offer from the airline, the report said. Crew called off strikes planned for Christmas Day and Boxing Day to allow for talks at the British conciliation service Acas. “British Airways is needlessly provoking strike action by refusing to extend the mandate of the strike ballot and…

Alaba market Igbo traders cry out over eviction

Jan 4, 2017 topnews

At the Alaba International Market, Igbo traders under the aegis of New Site Shopping Mall and Warehouse Section, have cried out over the alleged illegal eviction from a property under litigation. The traders, in a petition by their chairman, Eze Ezebuadi and Secretary, Ikechukwu Umeuhabike, called on the Inspector General of the Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim to give them protection over the use of armed thugs and suspected members of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, to violently chase them away from the property, the subject matter of a suit pending…

Serial rapists arrested in Lagos

Jan 3, 2017Jan 3, 2017 topnews

The Rapid Response Squad of Lagos State has arrested four suspected members of a robbery gang, who allegedly raped nine women in Lagos State. A statement by the police yesterday said Sunday John, a 27-year-old leader of the gang and serial rapist, arrested at Charity Bus Stop, Oshodi, confessed to have led three other members to rape the women in the last two weeks. The suspect, a bus conductor in Oshodi, was reportedly arrested at Charity Bus Stop around 5:38am on Wednesday in company of his three-gang members by the…

NDLEA discovers Cocaine worth 3.8million pounds concealed in imported shoe soles

Jan 3, 2017 topnews

NDLEA commander at the Abuja airport, Hamisu Lawan, has confirmed that officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja have arrested Okolo Emenike Kingsley with parcels of whitish substance that tested positive for cocaine weighing 9.15kgs inside the soles of shoes. The discovery was made in a shipment of shoes during inward screening of passengers on a Turkish airline flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil. The cocaine was industrially concealed in the soles of new footwears. It was the last arrest of 2016…