Nigeria’s Generated Electricity Drops Further To 2,919MW

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Nigeria’s generated electricity has further dropped to 2,919MW, after the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) reported a cut in gas supply to three key power plants in the country.The emergency maintenance the gas supply company carried out on the pipeline supplying gas to Egbin, Omotosho, Olorunsogo and Papalanto power stations, resulted in a reduced power generation in the national grid from about 3,231 MW last Wednesday to 2,919MW. Recall that the TCN also reported a system collapse, which cut electricity generation from about 4,338.9 MW as at April 20. According to…

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I Can Give Teddy-A My Left Kidney – Bambam

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BamBam who recently celebrated her birthday and got a romantic birthday message from her boyfriend, Teddy A, has stated that she can give him her kidney. According to the reality show star, she has always been at peace with Teddy A even before the reunion show and the lie detector test in which he was quite certain about his future with her. BamBam who disclosed that the lie detector test further influenced the level of peace she had about their love affair, added that she can give him her kidney…

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Woman arrested over 6-year- old boy found dead in her freezer

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Patience Odowo, a woman in whose freezer a a six-year old boy, Treasure Akinsohun, was found dead, hours after he was declared missing, has been arrested by police. The freezer was normally used to sell water and soft drinks. The Lagos state police command’s spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana confirmed the arrest on Friday, saying that the corpse had been deposited at the mortuary, while investigation was ongoing. According to Elkana, on April 23, at about 8.30pm, one Eunice Akinsohun of Oyedele Street, Alapere ketu, reported her six-year old son, Treasure…

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GTBank Food and Drink Festival kicks off tomorrow

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This year’s Food and Drink Festival organised by Guaranty Trust Bank (Gtbank), showcasing 300 food entrepreneurs is set to kick off tomorrow and will run for four days this year. Managing Director of the bank, Segun Agbaje, disclosed this yesterday at a press conference held in Lagos. Launched in 2016, the initiative has become a premier culinary event in Africa, bringing together thousands of people from across the continent and beyond, to support and celebrate Nigeria’s vibrant and burgeoning small businesses in the food retail sector. Over the last three years, the festival…

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24-hour curfew imposed on Kajuru, Chikun councils over fresh violence

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Three people were feared killed and several others injured, in a fresh violence that rocked Kasuwan Mangani community in Kaduna State. The development forced the state government to impose a 24-hour curfew on Kajuru Local Government Area in order to forestall an escalation of crisis in the area. In its reaction to the latest security threat in the state, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan, said the imposition of curfew on Kajuru was to avert any further breakdown of law and order and…

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Artisan arrested for selling six-week-old twins for N500,000

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Police in Benin city, Edo state, have arrested a 26-year-old bricklayer, Kenneth Ofoke, for allegedly selling his six-week-old twin babies for half a million naira. The suspect, who hails from Eboyi State, was said to have sold the infants in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Ofoke was among suspects paraded by the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed DanMallam, for alleged involvement in various crimes. The police said the suspect had sold four babies before he was arrested, adding that he sold the twin babies for N500,000, and the other two…

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Ecobank reiterates commitment to Sustain Impressive Performance

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Mr. Emmanuel Ikazoboh, the Chairman of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent company of all Ecobank subsidiaries, has assured stakeholders that efforts are being intensified to sustain the positive performance recorded by the financial institution going forward. Ikazoboh stated this while presenting the bank’s 2018 financial report at the 31st annual general meeting (AGM) held in Lome, Togo. After posting a loss in 2016, ETI bounced back into profit in 2017 and consolidated on that performance in 2018 by growing its profit after tax by 46 per cent to N136 billion.…

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The Average Nigerian Business Pays 48 Taxes – Tony Elumelu

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Tony Elumelu, Chairman and founder of Heirs Holdings has revealed that the average Nigerian business pays 48 taxes. The UBA Chairman who decried the plight of the average Nigerian entrepreneur, saying that an average business was a local government authority providing his own electricity, water and waste disposal method, called for a far-reaching tax reforms and an urgent need to pass the executive tax bill. Tony Elumelu who revealed that the average Nigerian business pays 48 taxes while delivering a keynote address at the 21st annual tax conference of the…

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Gateman declines house parting gift for borehole in his community

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Musa Usman, a gateman, who has served an Indian National for 25 years, has declined a house offered to him as parting gift, requesting for a borehole for his community instead. Usman, who hail from Giljimmi, a Fulani settlement in Birniwa local government area of Jigawa state, lives with his family in a thatch house. Usman, who served the Managing Director of Jawa International Limited, a pharmaceutical company in Lagos, Mr. Verghese for 25 years, left the services of his boss in order to reunite with his family in the…

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Scientists validates Corn husk in malaria treatment

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The husk extract fractions of corn/maize (Zea mays) has been confirmed by scientists to possesses antimalarial and anti-plasmodial activities. This justifies its use in ethno-medicine to treat malaria infections. Botanically called Zea mays, corn or maize belongs to the plant family Poaceae. Husk (or hull) in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed. It often refers to the leafy outer covering of an ear of maize (corn) as it grows on the plant. Literally, a husk or hull includes the protective outer covering of a seed, fruit,…

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