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Bank official, Policeman arrested for robbery

Dec 27, 2016Dec 27, 2016 topnews

One Sergeant Promise Ukwuoma and an employee of a new generation Bank (name withheld), Rumuolumeni Branch, Samuel Ndudiri, were confirmed arrested by the Rivers State Police Command in an attempt to rob the bank. The policeman and the bank worker were said to have been apprehended after an investigation by the operatives of the Intelligence Response Team with assistance from the Technical Intelligence Unit of the Nigeria Police. According to an online statement, which was confirmed by the Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Nnamdi Omoni, the suspects, were arrested…

Zungeru power project to add 700MW to the national grid – Fashola

Dec 27, 2016 topnews

The on-going construction works on the Zungeru Hydro-electric Power Plant Project would add 700 Megawatts of electricity to the national grid, when completed, FG announces. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made the disclosure recently during the River Closure Ceremony of the project at Zungeru, Niger State. Fashola, who was represented by the Director, Energy Resources in the Ministry, Engr. Emmanuel Ajayi, described the project, being carried out in conjunction with a Consortium of Chinese Companies, as one of the biggest hydro-electric power projects in the country. Fashola…

FG to arrest Drug hawkers by 1st August 2017

Dec 26, 2016 topnews

Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), has restated the Federal Government’s commitment to ending open drug hawking by Aug. 1, 2017. Elijah Mohammed, the registrar of the council, gave the assurance in an interview on Monday in Abuja described this as part of efforts to regulate drug distribution system in the country. He said the move would assist in curtailing the menace of open drug sale. Mohammed attributed major challenges in the health system to open drug hawking. He added that a lot of the hawkers sold fake and adulterated drugs.…

George Michael dies at 53

Dec 26, 2016 topnews

British pop star George Michael is dead. He died at his home near London on Sunday aged 53. “Farewell my Friend! Another Great Artist leaves us. Can 2016 Fuck Off NOW?” Madonna wrote in a post on Instagram accompanied by a video of her presenting Michael with an award. Elton John also published a picture of himself with Michael, saying: “I am in deep shock. I have lost a beloved friend – the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist”. Michael shot to fame with the 1980s band Wham!…

MTN pays N80b part of N330b fine

Dec 26, 2016 topnews

N80 billion has been paid by MTN Nigeria as part of the N330 billion fine imposed on it for failing to deactivate more than five million unregistered SIM cards. The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, said in Abuja that the company paid the sum as the first instalment out of the three years given for the completion of the payment. MTN was initially fined $5.2 billion dollars (N1.04 trillion) but the fine was later reduced to N330 billion. “For the first year, they paid N80 billion, after paying the…

Mario Soares, Portugal’s ex-president in deep coma

Dec 26, 2016 topnews

Mario Soares, former Portuguese president is presently in a deep comma. Mario Soares, seen as the father of Portugal’s modern day democracy, was in a deep coma and in “critical” condition, at the Red Cross hospital in Lisbon Monday. “Mr. Soares is in a very critical situation, in a deep coma, and the prognosis remains uncertain,” spokesman Jose Barata told journalists. Soares, 92, has been in the Red Cross hospital’s intensive care unit since December 13 after taking ill for an undisclosed reason. After briefly improving, Soares’s health took a…

Nigerian Breweries Lagos office consumed by fire.

Dec 26, 2016 topnews

Millions of naira worth of goods were on Sunday destroyed, while more than 300 structures were razed after fire gutted the Lagos State office of the Nigerian Breweries Plc. The brewery fire, which occurred in the Costain, Iganmu area of Lagos, occurred around 4am and destroyed some sections of the facility. It was gathered that a large number of crates, containing empty and filled bottles of drinks, as well as two containers, were engulfed in flames. Although the main fire had been brought under control, emergency officials were still battling…

Police barracks building collapse in Lagos, kills two

Dec 26, 2016 topnews

It was a sad Christmas for a police sergeant and one other person who lost their lives when a building collapsed at Highway police Barracks in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Christmas Day. The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Maganement Agency (LASEMA), Mr Adeshina Tiamiyu confirmed the death. Tiamiyu said that the agency had earlier received a distress call on the collapsed building at High Way Police Barracks opposite Area F, Ikeja. He said that the toilets and stairways of wing `D’ of the building collapsed at about 4.00a.m. Tiamiyu said…

Syria-bound Russian military jet crashes with no survivor

Dec 25, 2016 topnews

There is no sign of survivors among the 92 onboard a Syria bound Russian military jet, which conveyed dozens of Red Army Choir members heading to celebrate the New Year with troops. The Tu-154 plane crashed in the Black Sea shortly after taking off from the southern city of Adler where it had been refuelling, defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov told Russian news agencies. It disappeared from radars just two minutes after it took off at 5:25 am (0225 GMT). The ministry told agencies there was no sign of any…

Least developed countries gets UN support through establishment of Technology Bank

Dec 25, 2016 topnews

A Technology Bank has been officially established by the UN General Assembly on Friday, to accelerate the technological Advancement of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Mr Gyan Acharya, UN High-Representative and Under-Secretary-General for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) disclosed this in a statement in New York. Acharya said the new UN institution was viewed as a significant achievement for the development of science, technology and innovation in the world’s poorest countries. He said the Technology Bank is intended to help least developed…