Day: February 26, 2024

Tinubu Orders Implementation Of Oronsanye Report, Merger Of 52 Parastatals, Scrap 38

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President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of Oronsaye report. Former President Goodluck Jonathan set up the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies under the chairmanship of Oronsaye, in 2011. The committee submitted an 800-page report on April 16, 2012, in which it uncovered a high level of competition among several overlapping agencies, which not only created ill feelings among government agencies, but also brought about unnecessary wastage in expenditure. It also recommended, among other things, the discontinuation of government funding of…

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Light-Up Nigeria Project Signals New Dawn For Southeast – Governor Mbah

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By Tony Adibe Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has said that the Light-Up Nigeria Project signals a new dawn for power and industrialisation of the Southeast region, saying the initiative aligns with his administration’s disruptive approach to governance underpinned by thinking outside the box. Mbah, while commending the Federal Government and the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) for coming up with the project to ramp up power supply to industrial clusters in the Southeast, enjoined industrialists of the region to fully key into it and take advantage…

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Power Is Sinequanon To Industrial Revolution, Says Vice President Kashim Shettima

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By Tony Adibe The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has said that electricity is sinequanon to any industrial revolution in any country just as he described the southeast zone as the economic hub of Nigeria. Vice President Shettima spoke during the formal launch of the ‘Light Up Nigeria Initiative and the Southeast Business Roundtable in Enugu on Monday. Shettima said that Southeast, which he said has 87 million people living in it, was very important to the country, adding that “if Southeast Zone works, Nigeria works.” He, however, added that…

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Geometric Power Plant Commissioned: Prof. Barth Nnaji Happy With AMCON, Afrexim, BOI, CBN, Others

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History was made today in Aba Abia State when the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima commissioned the 181-megawatts Geometric Power Plant, Osisioma Local Government Area of Aba, Abia State. The Vice President was led to the event by the Abia State Governor Dr Alex Otti and the Minister of Power. Before the commissioning, Prof Barth Nnaji CON, the Chairman, Geometric Power Group found time to address the media where he highlighted the critical and strategic role played by the management of Asset Management Corporation…

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Liverpool Beat Chelsea 1 – 0 To Win 2024 Carabao Cup Final At Wembley

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Virgil van Dijk’s header deep into extra time gave an under-strength Liverpool a remarkable Carabao Cup final win over Chelsea at Wembley. Van Dijk had seen a header contentiously ruled out for offside on the hour but there was no reprieve for Chelsea when he glanced home another from Kostas Tsimikas’ corner in the 118th minute. Liverpool’s 10th triumph in the competition was achieved without a host of injured star names, including forward trio Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota, also losing Ryan Gravenberch when he was taken off…

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Why Do My Eyes Feel Tired? (Public Health Ophthalmology 1)

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By Territorial Envoy, Dr Levi Monanu, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon With the increased use of computers and other electronic devices (increased screen time) and the regular stresses of life, especially in Nigeria now, a lot of people feel like their eyes get tired during the day. On a regular basis, probably around 10-20 times a day, I discuss the problems of eyestrain or dry eyes with my patients on a daily basis. While this may sound like a minimal problem, dry eyes or eyestrain is a big issue that affects millions…

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Enugu State Police Arrest Fake Philanthropist

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•••Recover Fraudulently Obtained Bags of Rice Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force serving in the Ogui Police Division of Enugu State Command, said they have arrested one Nnamani Joseph ‘m’, aged 45, for defrauding a businessman of eighteen bags of rice valued at about N400,000.00, under the guise of buying and using the rice for charity at a church. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe disclosed this on Sunday in a statement. While narrating the incidence, Ndukwe said, “On February 14, 2024, being Valentine’s Day,…

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