NERC should at least wait till the recent improvement is sustained over time

Plans have been concluded to increase electricity tariffs by as much as 40 per cent for some customers next month as a fall in the value of the naira and rising costs hinder efforts to end daily blackouts in Africa’s largest economy. “We are working on the numbers and going through the processes,” Bloomberg quoted the Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Dr. Sam Amadi, as saying.

According to him, some tariffs will increase by five per cent, while others will see prices raised as much as 40 per cent, depending on the electricity distribution companies and class of customer, adding that the change in rates would take place mid-November. After proposing to NERC last week an average increase of 49.4 per cent in electricity tariffs for residential customers, the power distribution companies have also sought a hike in the rates payable by commercial consumers by 21 per cent on the average. Their demands, however, are subject to approval by NERC, the regulator of the power industry.

SOURCE: Punch – Pg. 28

pictures like this to a great extent encourage guys to start having babies early. hmmm what am I even waiting for again

No be by mouth alone , m u must kick start the process asap to av that outcome

The Dad just looks more matured and more cute though

IamLEGEND1:
the son is obviously the One with the Osama beard and iPhone 6......

I guess so too

The National Assembly and State House of Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Jos, Plateau state yesterday sacked the member representing Langtang South constituency in the state Assembly, Vincent Bulus, of PDP and also barred him for life from contesting elections.

Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Akeredolu, while delivering her judgment on a petition filed by APC candidate Danladi Jackson challenging his eligibility to contest in an election, said Bulus was not qualified to contest any election because he had been convicted of an offence in line with Section 107(1)(d) of the 1999 constitution as amended.



“The respondent(Bulus), having been convicted of an offence involving fraud and dishonesty by a court of law, was not qualified to contest the election into the Plateau State House of Assembly to represent Langtang South constituency. Therefore, the election and return of the first respondent as member of Plateau State House of Assembly to represent Langtang South is a nullify.” Justice Akeredolu said
The tribunal said a fresh election should be conducted in the constituency

its hard to figure who the father is

This is really cool

This twitter user with the handle @_King_Rell_ shared this photo of himself and his Dad and it created massive online buzz/discussion. Who is the father and who is the son?

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday removed the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr Danladi Kifasi and replaced him with Mrs Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, current Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology.

She is 51 years old.

Mr Kifasi was due to retire on January, 1, 2016 when he will clock 60.

His last day would have been December 31, 2015. He would have proceeded on three months pre-retirement leave since the beginning of October, if he were to observe his terminal leave.

Though details of the development were sketchy at press time, The Guardian was told by competent sources last night that the new Head of Service, a chartered accountant, who hails from Cross River State, is to be there in an acting capacity, though the office does not require Senate approval but a direct presidential appointment.
Winifred Oyo-Ita Winifred Oyo-Ita

Signs of Trouble
A source in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) told The Guardian that Kifasi has been a regular visitor to the office but yesterday’s visit was different in all respects, as it was quite unusual.
“He came to see the SGF as early as 8.00 a.m and we all wondered what brought him so early. He looked really worried. He went into the SGF’s office immediately for a private discussion.

Two Permanent Secretaries and about three Directors also came in , but they all left as quickly as they got in, having obviously been told that they were not needed.

“After about 20 minutes or so of private discussion with the SGF, Kifasi left. It was obvious something was amiss, but we could not confirm what it was”, The Guardian was told.

The Guardian confirmed that Kifasi, a chartered accountant and lawyer has not really been in the good books of the Presidency, but was allowed to tarry on because he is due to retire in December .

That was before something else came up, bordering on loyalty and ethics, backed up with documented evidence. With this the Presidency could not tolerate him any longer.

Another source attributed the change of guard at the HOS to imperative for political balance, given that the SGF Mr.Babachir Lawal who hails from Adamawa is from the same geopolitical zone as Kifasi who comes from Taraba State.

It was gathered last night that Oyo-Ita Ekanem will take over from Kifasi today.

Oyo-Ita Ekanem hails from Adiabo community of Odukpani Local Council of Cross Rivers State, was born in April 1964, educated at the Queens College Yaba, graduated at the University of Lagos in 1984 with B.Sc Accounting and holds a Master’s degree from the Nasarawa State University
She was Director, Finance and Accounts at the Head of Civil Service of the Federation and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).

Before her appointment as the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology in April 2014, Oyo-Ita was Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/10/buhari-replaces-head-of-service-kifasi-with-winifred-oyo-ita/

thumb up to Naija police on this

just imagine

Chief Olu Falae, who was kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen and released after paying N5m ransom four days after, has identified his abductors who were paraded before him by the police on Tuesday. He identified 4 of the kidnappers who were mean to him and 1 who was kind to him.
Five of Falae’s kidnappers were arraigned, yesterday, before an Akure High Court, Ondo and Chief Falae will be the star witness when the trial starts on November 10.
The suspects, who were docked for kidnapping, conspiracy and armed robbery 24 days after abduction were Abubakar Auta, Bello Jannu, Umaru Ibrahim, Masahudu Muhammed and Idris Lawal all pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them.

Three of the kidnappers admitted that their share from the N5m ransom collected was N100,000 each. The accused persons could not speak English and were ordered to be remanded in prison custody by the high court judge, Justice Rotimi Olamide till November 10 when the case would be heard.

Source: Vanguard

Picture of the Pilots moments before the Crash.

RickRichards:
Sad.

Its really so sad. RIP to the Dead

The remains of the two missing victims of yesterday crash have just been discovered.


Rescuers pull 2 bodies from lagoon in Nigerian chopper crash , Making 6 death recorded



Marine police and fishermen calling for body bags raced to a dock on Thursday. A rescue official confirmed they are carrying two bodies but spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to give information to journalists.

Four bodies were recovered on Wednesday after the crash of a U.S.-made Sikorsky S-76C+ belonging to the Houston, Texas-based Bristow Group.

Six people are recovering from injuries in the hospital, according to spokesman Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency.

The agency's coordinator Onimode Bandele confirmed that preliminary report suggest that all the victims appear to be Nigerian


Source : Channels News Track

barcanista:
Oga this is Obiagelli's economics. It doesn't work that way Sir.

I understand perfectly that only 60% of this is for the nation, and probably only 52% of whatever is left is for the Federal Govt, However sometimes u av some kind of intervention funds directly from the federation account hence once the oil companies have taken their own share. whatever is left can be channeled to fund such prog

@Barcanista, I like ur point and nice analysis. However, I think this is very possible if all the loopholes in the nation economy are taken care of

1. Nigeria currently losses about 500k barrels of Oil daily to theft/Bunkering, this translates to $9B per annum(Assuming 300 production days and $60 per barrel. if 60% of this is recovered. we have additional N1.08t($I/N200)

There are so many other avenues that the govt can look at to increase the nation's earning

It is therefore achievable but would require a lot of efforts and determination

Fear not for those of us with you are much more than those against you. Congrat in advance

The New Blackberry passport is really cool; I cant wait to get one

The BlackBerry Passport is now on general release in the UK, and available to buy through the firm's website and exclusively from Selfridges for a SIM-free price of £529.

It will also be available to buy via Carphone Warehouse from Friday, and through Vodafone's enterprise arm in due course.

The much-hyped device was unveiled earlier today at the Canadian phone maker's worldwide launch event in Toronto.

The event was presided over by BlackBerry CEO John Chen, and marked the official introduction of the device whose large square shaped looks, coupled with its 4.5in screen and physical QWERTY keyboard, have turned heads in the tech world since news of the Passport first broke in July.

During the event, Chen described the device as "iconic", while the Passport's launch was repeatedly billed as marking the big "Canadian comeback" of BlackBerry.

"We're determined to win our home country back. This is one of our first moves to do that," he said.


"You will see the company making good progress in repairing all balance sheet items..."

Getting back to the Passport, he said the device is "squarely aimed "at the 30 per cent of smartphone users who choose their devices based on the productivity benefits they have to offer.

Perhaps, unsurprisingly, he also explained the inspiration behind its design was the humble passport.

"A lot of people when they first see this device... ususlly people look at it and say it looks a little different than expected. So I immediately pull out the passport and they realise it's the same size," said Chen.

"It's a size that can fit in a gentleman's pocket... and a lady's purse."


The device costs $599 to buy SIM-free in the US.

In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Chen told the publication the company has deliberately kept the cost of it low to drive up interest in the BlackBerry Passport, before admitting it should realistically set users back around $700 when they buy it. "I figure that to try to get the market interested, we’re going to start a little lower than that."

Specs

The experimental design comes as BlackBerry continues to seek a form factor to pair its well-designed physical keyboards with a large screen. Current generation devices, such as the Q10 and Q5, have screens which are limited to 3ins in size and while the Z10 has a 4in+ display, it is touch-only.
“

Think of the BlackBerry Passport as a phablet with a physical Qwerty keyboard.
”
So what can we expect in terms of specifications?

Display

The Passport is set to include a 4.5in screen with a 1440 x 1440 resolution. This helps to give it a mammoth pixel density of 453ppi. To put this in context, it should be sharper than existing flagship devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S5 (432ppi) and the Apple iPhone 5s (326ppi).

It also sports Gorilla Glass to offer users better protection.

The most interesting feature is the square screen - which gives the device its unique look. This means users will no longer have to switch between portrait and landscape modes. This is crucial when you take into account the physical keyboard.

BlackBerry claims the Passport's screen size will make it ideal for looking at everything from schematics to x-rays, word documents and spreadsheets. Of course it's also going to make the handset ideal for web-browsing.

To this end, the company claims users will be able to fit 60 characters on each line they write on the device, compared to the 30 offered on competing devices.

Touch-enabled keyboard

BlackBerry has cut down the keyboard to three rows. The physical keys are for letters input alone. Punctuation, numbers and even the ALT key have been given the chop and will appear on-screen depending on the context. It will be interesting to see how this works in practice.

The keyboard is touch-enabled too, so users will be able to ‘flick up’ on the keys and mimic predictive typing introduced on the touch-screen Z10.

The physical keyboard should make typing out documents more precise, claims BlackBerry, and can reduce typos by around 74 per cent.

And - while competing devices, such as the Samsung Galaxy S5 - will have much of their screen obscured by an onscreen keyboard, Passport users won't.

Performance

The Passport will run the BB 10.3 operating system. It will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor and 3GB of RAM, specifications which are comparable to phablets in Samsung's Galaxy Note range.

Internal memory is shaping up to be 32GB with space to expand this with a micro SD card slot (up to 64GB).

Battery life

The Passport packs a large 3450mAh battery life, and BlackBerry is touting a battery life of around 30 hours for power users that browse the web, take calls and access multimedia content using the device.

Whilst testing out a pre-production device, CrackBerry claimed the handset retained 15 per cent battery life after 16 hours of usage.

Early impressions

So far CrackBerry has been the only publication to get extended time with the Passport. Although it looks like it could take users a while to get used to the unique design and keyboard, conclusions have been positive.

“It fits in dress shirt pockets and you can hold it with one hand. You just need two hands to use it. The battery lasts forever and the screen is a breath of fresh air for the 'cramped' Q10 users,” CrackBerry noted.

“The phone (if we can call it that) is meant for executives and serious businessmen who will now do more on their BlackBerry smartphones.”

With BlackBerry managing to retain customers in the enterprise market, the release of a truly big screen device is likely to be welcomed by those who still crave a physical keyboard.

Apps

Blackberry has confirmed that Passport and BlackBerry 10.3 users will have access to software offered by the Amazon App Store, to broaden the range of services at their fingertips.

The company claims this means users should have access to "hundreds of thousands" of additional apps, including consumer offerings such as Minecraft, Pinterest and Cut The Rope 2.

Meanwhile, they'll also be given the chance to download one free, paid-for app from the Amazon App Store every day for free.

This will be in addition to those offered through the BlackBerry World app store.

This article was updated on 8 July, and has been updated numerous times and most recently on 24 September 2014


Read more: http://www.itpro.co.uk/mobile/22612/blackberry-passport-uk-release-date-pricing-confirmed#ixzz3ER2Rl66M

This is really cool; Blackberry trying so hard to reclaim their lost market share

The BlackBerry Passport is now on general release in the UK, and available to buy through the firm's website and exclusively from Selfridges for a SIM-free price of £529.

It will also be available to buy via Carphone Warehouse from Friday, and through Vodafone's enterprise arm in due course.

The much-hyped device was unveiled earlier today at the Canadian phone maker's worldwide launch event in Toronto.

The event was presided over by BlackBerry CEO John Chen, and marked the official introduction of the device whose large square shaped looks, coupled with its 4.5in screen and physical QWERTY keyboard, have turned heads in the tech world since news of the Passport first broke in July.

The firm has been through the wringer in recent years, having seen its mobile market share eaten up by the likes of Samsung and Apple, and its finances have suffered as a result.

During the event, Chen hinted that the company's past troubles are now behind it, ahead of its next set of financial results being released later this week.

"I've been here 10 months and we recruited a team, inside and outside the company, and we laid out quickly a few things: a financial strategy, a technical strategy...and a distribution strategy," he said.

"You will see the company making good progress in repairing all balance sheet items..."

"It's a size that can fit in a gentleman's pocket... and a lady's purse."

The company also used the event to treat attendees to a thorough walk through of some of the standout features of Blackberry 10.3, the operating system featured on the BlackBerry Passport.

The device costs $599 to buy SIM-free in the US.

In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Chen told the publication the company has deliberately kept the cost of it low to drive up interest in the BlackBerry Passport, before admitting it should realistically set users back around $700 when they buy it. "I figure that to try to get the market interested, we’re going to start a little lower than that."

Specs

The experimental design comes as BlackBerry continues to seek a form factor to pair its well-designed physical keyboards with a large screen. Current generation devices, such as the Q10 and Q5, have screens which are limited to 3ins in size and while the Z10 has a 4in+ display, it is touch-only.
“

Think of the BlackBerry Passport as a phablet with a physical Qwerty keyboard.
”
So what can we expect in terms of specifications?

Display

The Passport is set to include a 4.5in screen with a 1440 x 1440 resolution. This helps to give it a mammoth pixel density of 453ppi. To put this in context, it should be sharper than existing flagship devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S5 (432ppi) and the Apple iPhone 5s (326ppi).

It also sports Gorilla Glass to offer users better protection.











To this end, the company claims users will be able to fit 60 characters on each line they write on the device, compared to the 30 offered on competing devices.

Touch-enabled keyboard

BlackBerry has cut down the keyboard to three rows. The physical keys are for letters input alone. Punctuation, numbers and even the ALT key have been given the chop and will appear on-screen depending on the context. It will be interesting to see how this works in practice.

The keyboard is touch-enabled too, so users will be able to ‘flick up’ on the keys and mimic predictive typing introduced on the touch-screen Z10.

And - while competing devices, such as the Samsung Galaxy S5 - will have much of their screen obscured by an onscreen keyboard, Passport users won't.









Performance

The Passport will run the BB 10.3 operating system. It will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor and 3GB of RAM, specifications which are comparable to phablets in Samsung's Galaxy Note range.

Internal memory is shaping up to be 32GB with space to expand this with a micro SD card slot (up to 64GB).

Battery life

The Passport packs a large 3450mAh battery life, and BlackBerry is touting a battery life of around 30 hours for power users that browse the web, take calls and access multimedia content using the device.

Apps

Blackberry has confirmed that Passport and BlackBerry 10.3 users will have access to software offered by the Amazon App Store, to broaden the range of services at their fingertips.

The company claims this means users should have access to "hundreds of thousands" of additional apps, including consumer offerings such as Minecraft, Pinterest and Cut The Rope 2.

Meanwhile, they'll also be given the chance to download one free, paid-for app from the Amazon App Store every day for free.

This will be in addition to those offered through the BlackBerry World app store.


Read more: http://www.itpro.co.uk/mobile/22612/blackberry-passport-uk-release-date-pricing-confirmed#ixzz3EQuuDjMg

fitzjerry: @Sogalant- i knw their training sch is @ onireke in ibadan and its 10weeks. i knw their pay is 3mill per annum after ur 1st six months of probation. i don't know ow much they pay during the probation tho.

training sch is 9weeks intensive programme

@all, don't be deceived only those who pass the cut off mark CA̶̲̥̅̊₪ ‎​ be invited for the nxt assessment stage, certificate
s screening is usually done during the assessment so nothing like screening before test. U guys shd keep praying and hopeful. did my own test last dec ‎​‎​@̤̥̣̈̊̇п̲̣̣̥d̶̲̥̅̊ presently @ the training sch

@maduka, how far? Hope u were a able to get back home on time yesterday sha. Wole

maduka001: @getexposed...yeah, I have gone for d medicals, I didn't see any list.

Got the same mail Τ̅☺☺‎​ , to God be the glory

U don't mean it, I was in group 5 Τ̅☺☺‎​ o. It is well jare

greatlifeis89: Base on info gathered online frm nairaland n naija hot jobs trend, I think dey sud gt back 2 us max 2weekS and Training skul sud b mid February. D whole process waz fun, it was really a wonder experience especially d group brainstorming exercise. I was in group 5 Base on info gathered online frm nairaland n naija hot jobs trend, I think dey sud gt back 2 us max 2weekS and Training skul sud b mid February. D whole process waz fun, it was really a wonder experience especially d group brainstorming exercise. I was in group 5

I forgot to ask Τ̅☺☺‎​ but I guess its likely to be in a week or so

It was really interesting o, I really love the whole arrangement. Glory to God for everything

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enibal: @greatlife and wholexy wat was ur score?