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Buhari Tells IMF MD How Nigeria Will Overcome Challenges Dokunola   4 hours ago   41931 President Muhammadu Buhari has told Ms Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) how he intends to manage the country’s economic crisis. This was during a meeting between the pair at the presidential villa in Abuja on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. A statement issued by Femi Adesina, the president’s special adviser on media and publicity indicates that President Buhari’s administration will look inwards, enforce regulations to stop financial leakages and adopt global best practices in generating more revenue to mitigate the effect of dwindling oil prices on the Nigerian economy. The statement read:  “We have just come out of budget discussions after many weeks of taking into consideration the many needs of the country, and the down turn of the economy with falling oil prices and the negative economic forecasts. Share...

Electricity Supply Was Stable For A Week In Nigeria Clement Ejiofor   1 hour ago   11164 A power supply of 4,143.87 Megawatts from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has been stable for almost a week, the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) reports. From December 28th to January 2nd, power generation also remained unchanged at 4,241.39Mw, while peak energy generation remained unchanged at 4,553.2Mw. During the period under review, the TCN managed to evacuate 4,143.87Mw leaving 97.52Mw stranded in the network. READ ALSO:   A Young Inventor Has Solved The Problem With Electricity Once And Forever  Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, said the TCN lacked the capacity to evacuate the total power that the generation companies (GenCos) produced to the distribution companies (DisCos). “We intend to strengthen this part of our responsibility so that we can hold the GenCos and DisCos to their contr...

Three Brothers Arrested For Assaulting Pregnant Woman Soonest Nathaniel   4 hours ago   96573 The police has arrested and arraigned three brothers who connived to brutally assaulting a heavily pregnant woman. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Whatsapp Three brothers have been arraigned in court for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman. The brothers were remanded by an Ikeja Magistrates’ court on Tuesday, December 5 for beating a pregnant woman to coma. Daily Post reports that a tailor, Yusuf Oloyede, 25, an artisan, Ganiyu Oloyede, 18, and a designer, Riliwan Oloyede, 28, conspired to assault a pregnant neighbour, Mrs Maria John, by beating her up. READ ALSO:   PHOTO: Father-Of-Two Stabs Pregnant Wife To Death In Their Family House The trio residing at 7, Church street, Obawole, Ogba, Lagos, were arraigned on two-count charge of conspiracy and assault. Micheal Unah, the prosecutor, told the court that the accused co...

EFCC Storms Olisa Metuh's Abuja Home, Whisks Him Away Vincent Ehiabhi   4 hours ago   90540 Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, January 5, stormed the Abuja home of the spokesman the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh and whisked him away. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Whatsapp Olisa Metuh has been whisked away by officials of the EFCC. READ ALSO:   $2.1Billion Arms Deals: Top Military Official In EFCC Net According to a statement by Richard Ihediwa, the special assistant to the party’s national publicity secretary, the anti-graft agency stormed the compound this morning and asked Metuh to follow them to the commission’s headquarters. He said the operatives who were four in number came in a White unmarked Toyota Hiace bus, adding that when they were asked the reason for the invitation, the officials stated that he has some issues to clear with the commiss...

NBA Faults Buhari Over Dasuki, Kanu Detention Nkem Ikeke   Yesterday   58041 President Muhammadu Buhari’s insistence that former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu would remain in custody despite court orders, has been condemned by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). In an interview with Vanguard, the NBA said the president’s position on the matter was offensive to the tenets of constitutional democracy, rule of law and presumption of innocence of an accused person. Buhari had during his first presidential media chat given reasons why both Dasuki and Kanu could not be released from detention. The presidential committee on anti-corruption led by Professor Itse Sagay had argued that the federal government was not in violation of the rule of law as any bail granted an accused is completely related to the offence which he is charged before the court. “ The way I see i...

10 Places So Unbelievably Colourful It’s Hard To Believe They’re Real Naij.com   Yesterday   6733 Check out these stunning photos! We promise you, these places are real and far more beautiful than on pictures. (H/t: Wherecoolthingshappen ) Lavender fields in France Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Whatsapp (1 of 10) Next >>

News Years honours 2016: How to make the list FROM THE TOPIC LIFE 31/12/15 Idris Elba and Blur singer Damon Albarn are among the names you might recognise on the  Queen's New Year Honours . EastEnders star Barbara Windsor said she was "thrilled" to be made a dame for services to charity and entertainment. A list is released twice a year. Once on the Queen's official birthday in the first weekend of June and on 31 December. A total of 1,196 people are on it this year, but how do you get recognition? Who can be nominated? Image caption Luther actor Idris Elba had been given an OBE The honours system recognises people who have made significant achievements in their life or have committed themselves to serving and helping Britain. More related stories Corden 'thought about not accepting OBE' They'll usually have made life better for other people or will be outstanding at what they do. There are also civilian gallantry aw...