September 11, 2017
Transmission Company of Nigeria secures $1b multilateral donation
AYODELE OLUBUSE The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has secured about $1 billion from multilateral donors, including the government of Japan, to expand and rehabilitate its facilities, it was learnt. TCN’s Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive, Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed disclosed that the ... Read More »
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September 11, 2017
200 Firms Will Benefit From 20mw Power Plant In Isoko
ENELE OGAH Efforts to turn the Ozoro corridor in Delta State into an industrial hub may have received the desired boost as over 200 commercial entities are to benefit from the construction of 20 megawatts off-grid power plant and to ... Read More »
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September 11, 2017
ASUU must henceforth consult us before embarking on strike — NANS
ENELE OGAH National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has warned university teachers against embarking on industrial action without prior notice. The students’ body also tasked the federal government to channel the money it claimed to have recovered from those who looted ... Read More »
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September 11, 2017
ASUU Refuses to disclose plans about meeting to consider FG’s offers
ENELE OGAH The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) has said it will not disclose when it will hold its meetings to consider the Federal Government’s offers, aimed at resolving the ongoing strike. The ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said this on ... Read More »
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September 8, 2017
Lagos Digital Marketing Battleship Class to Build Online gods – Daniel Malik
AYODELE OLUBUSE In a world that is rapidly shifting from analogue to digital, Traders Ball is set to stage the Lagos Digital Marketing Battleship Class that is billed to hold for four Saturdays, from 16th September to 7th October 2017. A ... Read More »
September 08, 2017 0
September 8, 2017
CONSUMER ALERT: Eight things that banks will never ask you to do
PUNCH Fraudsters purporting to be from your bank can be convincing, but there are some things your bank will never ask you. Your bank will never ask for more than three digits from your PIN to confirm your identity, for ... Read More »
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September 8, 2017
Cholera death toll hits 28, infection rises to 837 in N’East – UNICEF
AYODELE OLUBUSE No fewer than 28 persons have been by cholera in the North-East, while 837 are suspected to have been infected with the disease, including about 145 children under the age of five, UNICEF has said. The organisation also expressed ... Read More »
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September 7, 2017
Tetanus is very deadly but its highly preventable.
ENELE OGAH Tetanus is one deadly but easily preventable disease condition – done through vaccination, but for those not vaccinated, it comes not just as a potential killer but also comes embarrassing with its various manifestations of locked jaw, spasm, ... Read More »
September 07, 2017 0
September 7, 2017
BREAKING: Flood besiege Kogi
AYODELE OLUBUSE Just after Benue state flooding, another flood has visited Kogi state, causing havoc on some communities in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital, leaving houses submerged. Some houses were destroyed and many people rendered homeless by the effect of the ... Read More »
September 07, 2017 0
September 7, 2017
EDUCATION: Non academic workers of varsity, poly, begin strike Monday
AYODELE OLUBUSE Despite the meeting on Thursday (today) between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to seek an end to the indefinite strike in universities, other unions in the public higher institutions have announced the commencement ... Read More »
September 07, 2017 0