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2023: Northern Group Advocates Power Shift To The South

December 7, 2019 8:12 am

A Northern youth group has advocated power shift to the Southern part of Nigeria, after the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure in 2023. The group noted that this should be so for the sake of national cohesion, peace and unity. It insists that the next president of Nigeria should come from Southern part of the country. National Coordinator of the group, Comrade Alhassan Anas Muhammad, who spoke to journalists shortly after their sensitisation rally urged the Northwest region to rally together and support power shift to the Southern part of the country.  While commending the giant strides of President …

Banks Gave $745 Billion To Groups Planning Coal Power Plant

December 6, 2019 3:51 pm

Financial institutions have channeled $745 billion over the past three years into companies planning new coal-fired power plants, according to a report by environmental groups, who are urging global banks to stop financing the sector.

The report’s release comes as world leaders met this week in Madrid for a 12-day UN climate summit, where they are expected to hammer out some of the details of the 2015 Paris agreement.

They face increasing pressure to step up their commitments on fossil fuel reduction after a major UN report last year warned global warming must be capped at 1.5C and the global …

NUT Berates N-Power, Seeks Full-term Teachers’ Employment

November 20, 2019 8:25 am

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has stated that the federal government’s N-Power Scheme is not suitable for the strengthening of the capacity of early child education and does not conform with best practises for a holistic and functional development of the child.

The President of the union, Dr. Nasir Idris said this in Abuja at a four-day workshop on learning through play for early child education teachers, which was organised by the union, in partnership with Danish Union of Early Childhood and Youth Educators (BUPL).

Idris, who was represented by the first National Vice- President of the union, Akosile …

Power Crisis: Senate Rejects Ban On Generator Importation

November 20, 2019 5:18 am

Senators shut down a motion seeking to temporary ban generator importation into the country. 

The motion which was an additional prayer moved by Francis Fadahunsi  (Osun East) was aimed at curtailing generator importation as a way of making the government sit up to address the nation’s power problems.

Fadahunsi was making his contribution to a  motion moved by  Chukwuka Utazi (PDP, Enugu North)  titled: “Addressing Nigeria’s Power Problems.”  Utazi had said Nigeria, with a population of 200 million and an annual growth rate of 2.6 percent per annum, was the seventh most populous nation on earth.

According to Utazi, the …

House Passes New Bill For Smooth Transition Of Power

November 20, 2019 3:34 am

The House of Representatives has approved six months jail term and N10 million fine or both for any person who frustrates the smooth transition of power from one civilian government to the other.

The House yesterday passed a bill seeking to make a President-elect resume in the Presidential Villa to understudy the outgoing President ahead of inauguration.

The bill proposes that during the waiting period, the incoming president would be empowered to review the financial records and activities of the incumbent.

Refusal by the incumbent to cooperate with or provide requested documents by the incoming officials shall upon conviction attract …

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Edo APC: When Godfather Contends With Power Of Incumbency

November 15, 2019 3:03 am

Less than a year to the gubernatorial‎ election in Edo State, the political atmosphere in the state has taken a dimension that is both scary and interesting.

The‎ ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state assumed the reigns of power in 2008 after a protracted electoral legal battle, first as Action Congress, then Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and now APC, following the merger of four legacy political parties, namely ACN, ANPP, CPC and factions of APGA and DPP in 2014.

But things appear to be falling apart for the once cohesive APC after eleven years in power in …

Reps Probe Alleged N-Power Fraud

November 14, 2019 10:37 am

The House of Representatives has set up an inquiry into allegations of a possible corruption in the N-Power programme of the Federal Government. A motion of Urgent National Importance entitled “Urgent Need to Investigate the Arbitrariness and Possible Corruption in the N-Power Programme of the Federal Government”, was sponsored by Hon. Taiwo Oluga (APC-Osun).

The House summarily, considered the Motion to probe the issues raised and “report back to the House within the next to three(3) weeks”.

Hon. Oluga while reading her motion, noted that “in recent times, there are increasing cases of N-Power Beneficiaries/Teachers who are diligent in …

How PDP Can Regain Power In 2023 – Bode George

November 9, 2019 10:20 am
A former deputy national chairman of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has said that the party may be on its way to regaining power at the centre in 2023 if the right things are done. George in this interview with TUNDE THOMAS also spoke on the presidential ambition of APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu among other controversial issues.

What’s your reaction to the recent Supreme Court’s dismissal of the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari?

I’m still in a daze by …

Power Equation And Igbo President

Power Equation And Igbo President

November 7, 2019 10:41 am
Undoubtedly, nationalists fought assiduously to extricate Nigeria from the intricate web of colonialism by arousing sentiments, activities and organizational development, all aimed at self-government and emergence of an independent Igbo state. Though, the struggle for socio-political and economic cohesion in a heterogeneous Nigeria was, indeed, a herculean task, given the frightening reality that the colonial powers deployed weapons of discord and Machiavellian policy of divide and rule to thwart the nationalists’ mission and perpetuate their imperial presence. This development, sadly, heralded the tribalization of political groups that emerged thereafter.
And in their contemplation of what they considered to be
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Iraq Protests: PM Sees Power Being Clipped By Rivals

Iraq Protests: PM Sees Power Being Clipped By Rivals

November 6, 2019 3:03 pm
As anti-government protests sweep his country, Iraq’s embattled premier has found his decision-making powers clipped by rivals and his entourage subject to increasing pressure from Iran, Iraqi officials told AFP.
Adel Abdel Mahdi, 77, came to power last year as the product of a tenuous alliance between populist cleric Moqtada Sadr and pro-Iran paramilitary chief Hadi al-Ameri, with the required blessing of Iraq’s Shiite religious leadership.

He was seen as an almost professorial figure who could tackle unemployment and government graft as Iraq’s first prime minister since the defeat of the Islamic State group.

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Lyon Blasts Dickson Over Epileptic Power Supply, Insecurity

Lyon Blasts Dickson Over Epileptic Power Supply, Insecurity

November 4, 2019 7:02 am

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Bayelsa election, David Lyon, has lambasted Governor Henry Dickson and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for willfully promoting insecurity in the state.

Lyon also condemned the epileptic power supply that has enveloped Yenagoa and its environs.

The APC candidate who stated this when he visited the Ibenanaowei of Gbarain Clan, King Gabriel Akah, at his palace as part of his electioneering campaign tour of the Kingdom, said PDP has taken many steps and enthroned policies that have destroy the state.

He said: “The PDP has ruled this state since the …

Christine Lagarde: Crisis Fighter At Home In Halls Of Power

Christine Lagarde: Crisis Fighter At Home In Power

October 28, 2019 11:51 am
After a career breaking glass ceilings to join a tiny global elite, Christine Lagarde will bring the experience of cool-headed crisis fighting to her job as the first female head of the European Central Bank.
The 63-year-old Frenchwoman arrives at the ECB after weathering the financial crisis and its aftershocks at the French finance ministry, in 2007-11, and the International Monetary Fund in 2011-19 — the first woman to hold both jobs.

She faced one catastrophic threat after another, from the financial sector meltdown in 2008 to the Greek and Argentine debt crises.

Formerly a successful corporate lawyer, Lagarde is

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