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Promise of a new lease of life for Nigeria's epileptic power sector was kindled with the launch of a new 13 point plan for repositioning the sector by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing Mr. Raji Fashola. The plan was launched last week at a ceremony held at the headquarters of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which had in attendance the core stakeholders in the sector such as power Generating Companies and Distributing Companies (DISCOs and GENCOs) as well as transmission companies among others. The key provisions of the plan includes a scheduled continuous engagement of the operators of the sector with the general public, around mutual core concerns such as electricity tariffs, revenue collection, payments and debts, as well as generating capacity, which undoubtedly remains central to the nation's power sector challenge. Yet other areas covered by the plan include the complement of ancillary services, and dispatch order, procedure and discipline, gas requirements and supply, load off take and imbalances, location of excess and overload safety, quality service, as well as new captive and embedded generation and franchising. Most significantly the plan institutes a new monthly sectorial meeting of all operators where they will be availed feedback from consumers and compare notes.

Ostensibly the plan's main purpose is to establish a seamless interface between the service providers and consumers of power in the country. For this initiative we congratulate the minister, and share the hopes of millions of Nigerians that this time around the country will get its act together, as far as the sector is concerned. At least the minister's eventful past record in public office as the two term action governor of strategic Lagos State justifies high expectations by Nigerians that he can deliver. Yet we also are sounding a note of caution that the central problem of the power sector is not the lack of good plans for moving the sector forward, but implementing such plans successfully. Incidentally he is inheriting an elaborately fashioned Power Sector Road Map which the immediate past administration had developed and used to execute the landmark reforms including its privatization. It is also instructive that he also will find waiting for him the burden of resolving the unintended fallouts from the privatization exercise which introduced private sector operators into the sector with knotty consequences. Hence the Minister will need to address himself to the task of ensuring that the plan not only reconciles with whatever legacies derive from the previous administration, but is implemented as much as is possible. It is in this context that we expect it to feature realizable timelines and other targets with respect to delivery of steady and affordable power to all Nigerians. Beyond the dispensation of freedom from colonial rule of the country in 1960, the provision of steady electric power for the country remains the next most critical factor for moving the country to the next level. It is therefore noteworthy that the present administration correctly realized the premium Nigerians place on the availability of stable power supply all over the country, and enjoyed public approval when it assigned the leadership of its reform programme for the sector to Mr. Fashola. His approach to the job at hand will therefore remain most significant in appraising the performance of the present administration by Nigerians. This is why he cannot afford to fail in leading the country out of the present unacceptable and shameful state of epileptic power supply. Given the history of power sector management in the country, the present initiative by Fashola easily constitutes a make or break point that cannot fail. We therefore wish him good speed and resounding success in this national assignment.

SOURCE: http://nigeriabreakingnews.com.ng/fasholas-reveals-how-he-would-solve-power-problem-in-nigeria/

APC Governor Reads Riot Act to Land Owners in the State, You won’t believe what he said

Nasarawa State Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura has on Monday 18th January 2016 said his government would use big stick to sanction anybody who refuses to give his land for infrastructures development in the state.

Al-Makura stated this while commissioned special Model Girl Secondary School in Kwandere in Lafia the state capital.
The Governor said his government would not use force to acquire land for infrastructures development but if land owner refuses to obey laid down process government would sanction he.

According to him, ” when this government came on board I promised to take education my topmost priority because when I came made education in decay position, but we have upgraded it to the standard level,” he said.

The governor who said last year his administration declare state of emergency in education, pointed out that his government would not relent his efforts ensuring quality education in state.

Al-Makura noted that government has concluded plan to establish three pavotal schoos in the three senatorial district to use them in primary level.

Earlier in his address commissioner for education Mrs Hanatu Jogi applauded the Governor for step taking in uplifting the standard of education in the state, call for it sustainance for the growth of education in the state.

SOURCE: http://nigerianewsonline.com.ng/apc-governor-reads-riot-act-to-land-owners-in-the-state-you-wont-believe-what-he-said/

Owing to non implementation of a roadmap drawn in 2012 to forestall future occurrence of Lassa Fever in Nigeria, The Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Adewole Thursday blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration for current outbreak of the haemorrhagic Fever disease in Nigeria. He said that if the previous governemnt had implemented the said roadmap the current outbreak would not have occured. Prof Adewole who made this allegation while briefing the Senate Committee on Health pegged the number of cases in the country at 129.

The minister also disclosed that the ministry was going to begin testing on a potential vaccine that would be used to prevent the virus.
According to the health minister: “In 2012 we recorded 1723 cases, after that, because of the severity, the post lassa fever outbreak workshop took place and an action plan to ensure this will never happen again was put in place.

“But this action plan was never implemented because it was never funded. We will dust the old plan, modernize it and look at if from the political perspective: what can we do to provide leadership, to provide support.”

On the vaccine being developed to tackle the disease, the minister said government has been “notified of a candidate vaccine which we will put through chemical trial to find out if it would work.

“We call it a candidate vaccine and we would want to run it through trials and that takes some time. Hopefully we will do that this year, once we consider it to be effective and safe then we put it to use.

“If it works then that means that we would be able to immunize people in the affected areas but for now we will continue with our surveillance,” he said.

He revealed that the vaccine was co-developed by some Nigerians while saying that the current outbreak is a national embarrassment because although there were about 1723 cases in 2012, the percentage death rate of the current outbreak was higher.

He added that the virus had been a yearly occurrence with 400 cases recorded in 2014 although not as publicized as the current outbreak.

“We can assure you that we are not going to sleep, we will remain at work, we are actively moving across the country,” he assured the committee.

On the recent death of a victim at the National Hospital in Abuja, he said that the ministry was investigating the hospital where the victim was first treated for one week.

He said that the Abuja victim actually came from Plateau state because he was ill and landed in a private hospital where he was kept for one week before he was referred.

He said that the dead victim was only referred to the National Hospital when he was already unconscious and therefore died 24 hours later.

“It is unfortunate because if we had picked this man earlier on, we would have been able to put him on medication and he could have been alive today.

“The situation which happened in that private hospital I have asked our people to investigate. We will sanction the doctor or the proprietor if we find any act on negligence on his or her part,” he said.

In his remark, the Chairman of the Committee said that the Senate will be willing to approve money for the health of Nigerians not just for lassa but for other ailments.


Source: http://nigeriabreakingnews.com.ng/lassa-fever-outbreak-jonathan-is-to-be-blamed-health-minister/

Below are more pictures of the embattled Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh as he was being arraigned on Friday January 15 at Federal High Court Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He is being charged for allegedly receiving over N400 million from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col Sambo Dasuki (RTD).

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SOURCE: http://nigeriabreakingnews.com.ng/see-olisa-metuhs-kuje-prison-look/

An Islamic State militant executed his mother in public in the Syrian city of Raqqa because she had encouraged him to leave the group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Friday.

The woman in her 40s had warned her son that a U.S.-backed alliance would wipe out Islamic State and had encouraged him to leave the city with her.

She was detained after he informed the group of her comments, according to the British-based Observatory, which monitors the war through a network of sources on the ground.

Citing local sources, the Observatory said the 20-year-old man executed his mother on Wednesday near the post office building where she worked in front of hundreds of people in Raqqa, a main base of operations for the group in Syria.

The Islamic State group, which controls wide areas of Syria and Iraq, has executed hundreds of people it has accused of working with its enemies or breaching of its ultra-conservative interpretation of Islam.

The Observatory reported on Dec. 29 that Islamic State had executed more than 2,000 Syrian civilians in the 18 months since it declared its “caliphate” over the territory it controls in Syria and Iraq. They included people killed on the grounds of homosexuality, practicing magic and apostasy.

It was not possible to independently verify the latest report.

Source: http://nigeriabreakingnews.com.ng/isis-militant-publicly-executes-own-mother-his-reason-will-shock-you/

Minister of State for petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has announced the reduction of pump price of PMS to 85 - 86 Naira per litre. THE SUMMARY gathered that this is a fall out of new price modulation approach deviced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

More details later....

SOURCE: http://thesummary.com.ng/index.php/news-categories/national/item/5115-breaking-news-fg-reduces-price-of-petrol-to-85-86-naira-per-litre

The Economics And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is currently in Asaba, the Delta State capital, to arrest former Niger Delta Militant leader, Government Ekpemukpolo a.k.a Tompolo, THE SUMMARY can authoritatively report. A source within the anti-graft agency told our correspondent that Tompolo is being shielded from arrest at the Delta State Government House in Asaba, by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. It was gathered that the former Niger Delta Militant warlord was the sole financier of Governor Okowa's campaigns which ran into Billions of Naira.

It would be recalled that the EFCC had earlier this week, given Tompolo one week to report at its head office annex on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, or the commission will declare him wanted. The EFCC had in a letter said the commission is investigating Tompolo for unclear dealings involving the sale of parcels of land worth about 13 billion naira to the Federal Government under the last administration. Tompolo is expected to appear at the EFCC training room on Thursday, December 17.

SOURCE: http://thesummary.com.ng/index.php/news-categories/national/item/4911-exclusive-efcc-storms-delta-govt-house-to-arrest-tompolo

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The colored stripe at the bottom of toothpaste tubes conveys a very important message that most people are unaware of. These different colours are meant to give you an idea of the main ingredients of the toothpaste. What you need to do is to take a close look at the bottom of the tube, where you will find a colored stripe.

Below is a list the colour stripes commonly seen at the bottom of toothpaste tubes and what they represent. However, there are opposing claims that they have nothing to do with the ingredients of the product. So all you have to do to confirm for yourself is to look at the list of ingredients used to produce the product.

Green – All Natural

Blue – Natural + Medicines

Red – Natural + Chemicals

Black – All Chemicals

SOURCE: http://thesummary.com.ng/index.php/news-categories/health/item/4811-beware-meaning-of-the-colour-stripes-on-bottom-of-toothpaste-tube-this-information-will-shock-you

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This Picture Shows Medical Scan Report From a Hospital owned and controlled by The Opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Is the report correct?


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Source: http://wanwod.com/post-18-this-picture-shows-medical-scan-report-from-a-pdp-owned-hospital.html

Meet the woman with the biggest behind - Who can compare with this

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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN on Friday released a list of 19 out of the 36 states of the federation that have so far benefited from the N338 billion workers’ salary bailout package. The package has a 20-year repayment tenor for all states, except Ogun State, which opted for a 10 year tenor. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has said it will work with the Independent Corruption Practices and related offence Commission, ICPC to track the use of the bailout funds to ensure they are not diverted.
The states that benefited from the funds, which the NLC said it would monitor include:

Abia (N14.152bn)
Adamawa( N2.378bn)
Bauchi (N8.60bn)
Bayelsa (N12.85bn)
Benue(N28.013bn)
Borno(N7.680bn)
Cross River(N7.856bn)
Delta( N10.036bn)
Ebonyi(N4.063bn)
Edo(N3.167bn)
Ekiti (N9.604bn)
Enugu (N4.207bn)
Gombe (N16.459bn)
Imo (N26.806bn)
Kastina (N3.304bn)
Kebbi (N0.690bn)
Kogi (N50.842bn)
Kwara (N4.320bn)
Nasarawa (N8.317bn)
Niger (N4.306bn)
Ogun (N20.00bn)
Ondo (N14.686bn)
Osun(N34.988bn)
Oyo( N26.606bn )
Plateau (N5.357bn)
Sokoto (N10.093bn)
Zamfara (N10.02bn)

SOURCE: http://www.thesummary.com.ng/index.php/news-categories/national/item/3513-list-of-19-states-given-bailout-funds-by-cbn-see-amount-each-state-received


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Wey her poster?

Tell that milf say pdp and apc no dey for the land of the amanda.

What do you mean by that?

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With several endorsements pouring in, Nigerian born Spanish lawyer, Helen Mukoro, has emerged the presidential candidate of an opposition party for the forthcoming election in Spain. Mukoro traveled to Spain in 1992 and over the years gained prominence in Spanish politics contesting for the Mayor of Denia in May this year. She however lost the elections. She will be running for presidency on the platform of Union De Todos, a party she founded earlier this year

Highly educated Helen holds a Law degree from the Spanish National University Alicante, she also holds a Master degree in Criminology and Masters degree in Social Education. She also holds a post graduate certificate in Tax and Labor Management, a post graduate certificate in Forensic Psychology, and a post graduate certificate in Immigration and Domestic Violence. Helen is believed to be following the trail of the United States President, Barack Obama, who was the first African-American to win the presidency. On whether her dream of becoming the first Spanish immigrant president will materialize is a matter of time.
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SOURCE: http://www.thesummary.com.ng/index.php/news-categories/national/item/3272-nigerian-woman-emerge-presidential-candidate-in-spain

Just sad with all these crashes

Following the completion of formalities for the the burial of the immediate past Ooni of Ife, Okunade Sijuwade, a fierce succession battle has begun among the four ruling houses in Ile-Ife. These include, Lafogido, Giesi, Ogboru, and Oshikola. However, it is most likely that the next Ooni of Ife will emerge from the Giesi ruling house which last produced an occupant to the position – Ooni Derin Ologbenla – between 1880 and 1894. As such several princes in the Giesi ruling house believing it is their right have begun a flurry of activities they expect would culminate in one of them succeeding Oba Sijuwade.

According to a Premium Times source, during a meeting conveyed by 91-year-old Pa Aderibigbe, the elders of the Giesi ruling house “announced and affirmed that the time is now for the process of filling the gap created in the Kingship of Ile-Ife to commence”. Prescribed forms have been given to interested princes of Giesi ruling house which they are to return to the family within the next couple of days after which they will be screened. However, the emergence of the Ooni will depend on how quickly the oracle selects the appropriate occupier to the throne of Ife after which the name will be forwarded to the Local Government.



SOURCE: http://www.thesummary.com.ng/index.php/news-categories/national/item/2925-ooni-of-ife-fierce-succession-battle-begins-see-list-of-ruling-houses-likely-to-produce-the-next-ooni-of-ife

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If convicted of second-degree murder, 37-year-old Toby Nicholas Clarke from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota may spend the next 40 years of his life behind bars for strangling his 36-year-old girlfriend, Krista Ambers to death while having ‘rough sex.’

Clarke confessed to putting his hands around the girlfriend’s throat while they were having sex. However, friends of the deceased alleged that the woman was in an abusive relationship with Clarke who incidentally is a convicted felon, and they had severally seen bruises on her neck prior to the incident...

http://www.thesummary.com.ng/index.php/news-categories/crime/item/2924-man-strangles-girlfriend-to-death-while-having-rough-sex

yoddy:
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I just made some changes to my DNS server to redirect mobile visitors to the mobile version of my site.

Please does anyone know how I contact Etisalat (which is my ISP) to clear my dns cache so that I can be able to access the changes made. Or is it possible for me to clear it myself.

I have cleared my computer's dns cache multiple times @ ipconfig/flushdns.

The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Olawoye, alleged to have authored a controversial petition that resulted in Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) inviting the wife of the Senate president, Mrs Toyin Saraki, for alleged fraud has said neither the party nor the PDP spokesperson had anything to do with the petition. Olawoye said his signature on the petition was forged and described the authorship credited to PDP as pure impersonation.

Olawoye stated that an emergency meeting was conveyed by the party in the state on Monday to discuss the forgery. He said, the Time is now for the PDP to curb the monster of forgery and impersonation that certain people were always dragging it into, in the politics of the state, noting that the current situation was the second time such would be rearing its head.

Source: http://thesummary.com.ng/index.php/news-categories/national/item/2433-efcc-s-case-against-saraki-s-wife-our-signatures-were-forged-kwara-pdp

President Muhammadu Buhari would not stop the prosecution of anybody indicted in the report of the Nigeria Police on the forgery of the Senate Standing Order, the presidency said on Sunday. Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, who stated this on Sunday in an exclusive interview with journalists in Abuja said, Buhari believed in the rule of law and would not do anything that would derail any judicial process, stressing that those who were constitutionally saddled with the process did not need the President’s approval to do their job.

Reports on Sunday has it that the police had established that the 2015 Senate standing order was forged and that the police had recommended that some staff of the National Assembly should be prosecuted.

Source: http://thesummary.com.ng/index.php/news-categories/national/item/2408-senate-rule-forgery-buhari-won-t-stop-trial-of-suspects-presidency

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that his view, as expressed in his three-volume autobiography, My Watch, that Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, is a better wine specialist than political critics, has not changed. Obasanjo in his book wrote: “For Wole, no one can be good, nor can anything be spot-on politically except that which emanates from him or is ordained by him. His friends and loved ones will always be right and correct, no matter what they do or fail to do. He is surely a better wine connoisseur and a more successful aparo (guinea fowl) hunter than a political critic.”

Soyinka had, in December 2014, in a piece titled, ‘Watch and Pray, Watch and Prey’, vehemently protested such a description (of him), calling Obasanjo "an expert liar, who lies to boost his ego.’’ Obasanjo in an interview with Channels TV however, held on to his words saying what he wrote about the Nobel Laureate was purely his view, adding that Soyinka did not have to agree with him.

Source: http://thesummary.com.ng/index.php/news-categories/national/item/2407-soyinka-better-wine-specialist-than-political-critic-obasanjo-insists

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has said despite the gloomy picture of poverty being painted by the opposition to those outside, the state is one of the best places to be in Nigeria. Aregbesola, who said this in a statement through his aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, added that the National Bureau of Statistics, ranked Osun State the highest in development index in 2012. The State, the governor further stated was ranked next to Niger State in terms of poverty reduction by the same agency.

The governor who was quoted to have said this at the 42nd Annual General Meeting of the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria, held in Osogbo added that he was sure the participants at the AAAN meeting saw that the picture being allegedly painted by the opposition party in the state was wrong.

Source: http://thesummary.com.ng/index.php/news-categories/national/item/2406-osun-one-of-the-best-states-in-nigeria-aregbesola

Members of the House of Representatives elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will on Monday meet with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

According to the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the meeting will be held at the new Banquet Hall by 5pm. Agenda for the meeting and what it hopes to achieve is not yet known.

Source: http://www.thesummary.com.ng/index.php/news-categories/politics/item/2400-buhari-to-meet-with-apc-reps-on-monday