VICE president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has launched an ambitious green energy programme aimed at providing electricity to 25m Nigerians through the federal government's Solar Home System (SMS) programme.

NIGERIA'S National Association of Resident Doctors (Nard) has suspended its nationwide strike initiated on April 1 to protest the non-payment of their salary arrears and the promised coronavirus hazard allowance.

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[1] Six regional powers grids will be established across the country, with each responsible for providing electricity to the states within its domain

[2] A national grid will operate on top of this serving as a supplement whenever there are shortages in any geo-political zone

[3] Zonal grids will be free to sell excess power generated to other zones or export it as a commercial product

ARISE media group chairman Nduka Obaigbena has been banned from serving as a director of any company in the UK for seven years after a London high court found him guilty of contravening the Company Directors Disqualification Act.

SECURITY officials in Kogi State have covertly arrested two men for protesting against President Muhammadu Buhari and secretly arraigned before a magistrates’ court in the state capital Lokojal.

SECESSIONIST group Biafra Nations League (BNL) has threatened to unleash mayhem on oil companies operating in Port Harcourt in response to Governor Nyesom Wike's ban on Igbo's meeting in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State.

SUPER Eagles centreback Leon Balogun has ended speculation about his future with Scottish Premiership giants Glasgow Rangers by signing a one year extension to this contract keeping him at the club until the summer of 2022.

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Automatic impeachment proceedings will be initiated against any state governor or president of Nigeria who espouses any of the following ideas as they are guaranteed to keep us perpetually under-developed: 

NIGERIA'S three major sugar companies are involved in a major trade spat with Dangote Group and Flour Mills Nigeria asking the federal government to check the activities of the BUA Group as it was undermining the national sugar master plan (NSMP).

NIGERIA has enjoyed a slight growth in her foreign reserves which rise to $34.85bn as of April 1 from the $34.41bn which they were on March 11 as a result of a combination of the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) naira-for-dollar policy and rising oil prices.