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The poor supply of electricity being witnessed across the country currently is as a result of a significant drop in power generation from a peak of 4,517 megawatts attained on December 21, 2012 to 3,443MW on Tuesday April 9th. The drop in power generation, according to the Ministry of Power, ...

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper and 1994 African Nations Cup gold medalist, Peter Rufai worked very hard to be in form and maintained good name. He was in goal for Nigeria’s senior national team for over a decade, and kept goal for European clubs such as K.S.C Lokeren, K.S.K Beveren (both ...

The General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, MFM, Dr. Daniel Olukoya, last weekend, splashed N40 million on 77 members of his�church who graduated with first class honours degree from different universities across the country. And this isn’t even the first time he’s doing so. Last year, he ...

A corps member, Emmanuel Oyelara serving in Ohaozara Local government area of the state was weekend, stabbed in his left eye by�one of his girl friends for allegedly having an affair with another�lady within the area of his place of primary assignment. Oyelara who is now lying in a critical ...

Feminist Ukrainian protest group FEMEN have struck again: going topless near mosques and Tunisian embassies across Europe on Thursday to express support for embattled FEMEN activist Amina Tyle. We’re free, we’re naked, it’s our right, it’s our body, it’s our rules, and nobody can use religion, and some other holy ...

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a towering figure in postwar British and world politics and the only woman to become British prime minister, has died at the age of 87. She suffered a stroke Monday, her spokeswoman said. Thatcher’s funeral will be at St. Paul’s Cathedral, with full military ...

A�Russian billionaire has unveiled plans to make humans immortal by converting them into �Terminator-style” cyborgs � a creature that’s part human and part machine � within the next three decades. Thirty two-year-old mogul, Dmitry Itskov has been pushing the project forward since 2011 when he founded the 2045 Initiative. His ...

On Tuesday, Lagos State Police Command, paraded seven suspects of a robbery gang that attacked the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, last month, killed two policemen and injured several others. Among the suspects, was the General Overseer of The way of Joy church located in Egbe, a Lagos suburb. ...

Global economist and Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala photographed with Oprah Winfrey and Dr Tererai Trent at the 4th annual ‘Women InThe World’ summit which took place at the�Lincoln Center in New�York. We would love to know your thoughts on this post. Drop your comments

Reports indicates that the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Mrs Funmilayo Olayinka is dead. It was gathered through a family source that Mrs. Funmilayo lost battle to cancer few hours ago. She was 52 years old. Until her demise, Funmilayo has been deputy to Dr. John kayode Fayemi since October ...

The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola has urged residents in Lagos to be cautious� of drinking freely declared alcohol at social centres by unknown persons. The governor called for the caution while addressing security bodies, transport union and community development groups in the state on the recent growing ...

United States of America’s President Barack Obama plans to give back 5 percent of his pay in a gesture of solidarity with government workers who must take unpaid leave as a result of deep spending cuts that went into effect last month. The president’s self-imposed pay cut would be effective ...

Courtesy of RLG Communications Nigeria, BRT rides will be free in Lagos throughout the month of April. RLG, a subsidiary of AGAMS Group of Companies, is a pan African company engaged in the production of communications equipment such as mobile handsets, electronic notebooks, tablets, laptops, LCD TV monitors, and has ...

After the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus last December, 3 Indian�engineering students may have found the solution to protecting one’s self from rapists. The students designed this camisole � dubbed Society Harnessing Equipment or SHE ��which�has pressure sensors sewn in around the bust ...

Word out has it Ebube Essien Garricks, the 27 year old lady who won and actually received her� N64 million MTN Ultimate Wonder promo prize money has relocated to the UK. She is said to have travelled to further her education and maybe, remain there We would love to know ...

President Goodluck Jonathan arrived to commission a church in Enugu state on Tuesday. The church reportedly built by the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu had ailing governor, Sullivan Chime welcoming Mr. Jonathan at the airport. An important photo taken of Mr. Chime’s face swollen on the right cheek tells that ...

For allegedly raping two minors at the Light of Hope Orphanage, Akute, Ogun state, a Pastor and Director of the orphanage, simply identified as Pastor Atunde was on Wednesday arrested by policemen from the Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos State. Atunde was arrested following a petition received from a non-governmental ...

Following the recommendations of the presidential committee on the rationalisation and restructuring of its parastatals, headed by Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, the federal government has finally approved the scrapping of some of its agencies. According to Leadership Newspapers, the agencies pencilled down to be scrapped include the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ...

Last night, Universal Channel (DStv 117) on MultiChoice’s DStv pay-TV platform mistakenly aired an “obituary” of Remembering Madiba Nelson Mandela who is still very much alive. And now the TV channel is profusely apologizing for the “technical error”. “Like any international broadcaster, Universal Networks holds obituaries ready for every major ...

A �LAGOS landmark is set for a new status � if the Federal Government succeeds in its plan to find another use for it. The 37-year-old National Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos Mainland is to be converted into a five-star hotel. Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation Edem Duke has ...