Ikeja Electric Plc (IE) says some customers under its operational network will experience load-shedding between Sept. 3 and Sept. 11 due to some projects being executed by Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to boost power supply.The electricity distribution company made the announcement in a public notice posted on its verified Twitter account on Tuesday.It said the load-shedding was to enable TCN erect new 132KV towers and carry out re-conduction of 132KV power lines.IE said the exercise would help the electricity transmission company improve power evacuation capacity and ensure stable and reliable power to customers.It said, “The exercise will affect power…
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Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford said on Tuesday he has formed a task force with some major food brands to help tackle hunger among children. The 22-year-old had earned widespread praise after he successfully campaigned for school food vouchers to be provided over the summer holidays in Britain. He had, in the course of this, revealed that he had relied on such support as a boy. Announcing the child food poverty group that includes Aldi, Asda, Tesco, Deliveroo, Sainsbury’s and Kellogg’s, among others, Rashford wrote an open letter to the British parliament. The letter endorsed three policy recommendations…
Olakunle Olusegun, a forward with ABS Football Club of Ilorin, has joined Boldklubben Fremad Amager, a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest in Copenhagen. ABS FC Director of Football, Alloy Chukwuemeka, confirmed in a statement on Tuesday in Ilorin that the club had concluded his transfer to the Danish club. He however failed to disclose the transfer fees in what he said was a long-term contract. “We are delighted to see that Olusegun is progressing very well and we are very happy to be part of this. “At ABS FC, our objectives are always the…
A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Tuesday ordered that a tailor, Abdulaziz Sani, 22, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly breaking his customer’s arm. The police charged Sani, who resides in Rigasa, Kaduna, with assault and causing grievous hurt. The judge, Murtala Nasir, after taking the plea of the defendant, remanded him in Correctional Centre pending when the victim gets better. He adjourned the case until Sept. 3, for hearing.Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Sgt. Aliyu Ibrahim, told the court that the defendant broke Hajiya Zainab Ismail’s arm and stabbed her tricycle operator, with a scissors during an…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), says it has paid over 5.910 million U.S dollars (about N2.28 billion) for tuition and stipends owed stranded scholarship students in the United Kingdom. Mr Charles Odili, NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, said in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday that the commission disbursed the sum to 197 scholarship beneficiaries of 2019. He added that the commission had also begun processes for the payment of school fees owed 94 scholarship beneficiaries for 2018 batch. “Among the 197 beneficiaries are 43 scholars for Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), comprising 12 for 2016 and 31 for…
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has appointed Mr Ibrahim Odumboni as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). Sanwo-Olu, in a statement on Monday by the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, said the appointment, takes immediate effect. He said that the appointment was consequent upon the resignation of the former Managing Director of the agency, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, from Aug. 19, 2020, for personal reasons. The governor said that before his appointment, Odumboni was the Executive Director (Business Development) in LAWMA, in which capacity he had been deeply involved in the rebirth of…
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) says it will be difficult to flatten the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) curve, if testing for the virus is not adequate. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 briefing, on Monday in Abuja. Osagie said that most laboratories across the country were operating below capacity, adding that efforts were ongoing to ensure provision of at least one laboratory in every state. “Our target is to test two million Nigerians for COVID-19, of which we have achieved barely a quarter. “However, plans have been concluded to set…
Students who tested positive for COVID-19 during the ongoing 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination have returned to classes after treatment and discharge. The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, made this known on Monday in Abuja at the 62nd Joint National Briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. According to him, all the students have tested negative. “We have confirmed that all of them are back to class. They have all been discharged. We do not have any further cases. “There were four in Gombe, there was one in Kwara and there were few…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Monday that 21 ships were at the Lagos Port Complex discharging petrol, automobile gasoline and other items. It made this known in its publication, `Shipping Position’, a copy of which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday. The other items are container, bulk wheat, corn, frozen fish, gypsum, general cargo, steel products, butane gas and bulk clinker. According to the NPA, nine other ships had arrived the ports, waiting to berth with container, base oil, ethanol and petrol. It said that 26 other ships laden with petroleum…
UEFA has confirmed that teams could ultimately forfeit upcoming Nations League matches if they are unable to turn out due to players testing positive for COVID-19. The football governing body in Europe also added that the drawing of lots could decide a result. UEFA said that matches could also be officiated by non-neutral referees should any of the originally-appointed match officials test positive. Two rounds of matches will be played between this Thursday and 8, the first competitive internationals in Europe since the coronavirus outbreak. UEFA acknowledged that preparations were progressing against “a background of difficulties”. All the matches are…