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Firm introduces new power generation technology to Nigeria With the incessant gas pipeline vandalism and other problems facing the power sector, Dragonfly Power Nigeria is set to revolutionize power generation in the country with the introduction of its unique Wind Turbines. Dragonfly Wind Turbines is a jet engine concept wind turbine styled and designed to produce a minimum of 2mw on a single pole. According to the Chief Executive Officer of Dragonfly Nigeria, Idongesit Nkereuwem: “The issue of power supply in Nigeria has become a national embarrassment to Nigeria and Nigerians. “A country of about 200 million people grappling with less than 5000MW is simply unimaginable and unacceptable. “We must do something to change this situation. “It is in this regard that Dragonfly Power Nigeria Limited, a joint venture between Dragonfly Industries International, USA (manufacturer) and Magnifique Integrated Concept Limited, seeks to ameliorate the challenges facing power generation in Nigeria w...

A man identified as Mr. Chukwudi Mmaduakor has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his younger brother. According to a post shared yesterday by Chinedu Akwaeke via Umuchu Alanso Details Facebook Page: “Happening live in Umuchu”””””””” No peace for a wicked man” Mr chukwudi mmaduakor from ibughubu Umuchu was arrested yesterday for allegedly killing of his 18 years brother mr chinecherem mmaduakor secretly in 2015 and buried him secretly with the help of his two friends from Akwa Ibom state, they buried chinecherem along ibughubu/Umunze bush. The suspect (chukwudi mmaduakor) was arrested by Umuchu divisional police head quarter yesterday and after all the intelligent interviews by D.P.O (Mr Ojo Anthony Olusola- 09033339691) Mr Chukwudi mmaduakor confesses that he is the one that kill his brother chinecherem and he also took the police men to the bush where he buried him secretly since last year and his bones was Recovered. The said Chukwudi mmaduakor was transfer to HOMICID...

The Osun State Police Command has arraigned a 40-year-old man, Kamoru Shittu, for allegedly raping a physically-challenged pupil. According to a charge sheet obtained by our correspondent, Shittu was accused of raping the pupil, who is deaf and dumb, on the premises of the Osun State Secondary School for Persons with Special Needs, Osogbo, at about 10pm on March 7, 2016. The accused was arraigned on two counts of rape and assault. The charge sheet read in part, “That you, Kamoru Shittu, aged 40, on March 7, 2016, at about 10pm, at the State of Osun Secondary School for Persons with Special Needs, Osogbo, did have unlawful carnal knowledge of one female, ( name withheld) aged 21, a deaf and dumb student of the school. “That you, Kamoru Shittu, on the same date and place did unlawfully and indecently assault the victim,” The police prosecutor, Mr. Mereti Wilson, told the court that the accused acted contrary to Section 357 and was punishable under Sections 358 and 360 of the Criminal Cod...

The Federal Government on Sunday kept mum over the recent demand by the organised labour for a new minimum wage of N56,000. The issue of the minimum wage was not mentioned by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari, at the May Day rally in Abuja. Officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress expressed disappointment at the failure of the President to personally attend the annual event which would have given him the opportunity to address some of the issues raised by the workers. For instance, the National President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Alhaji Ibrahim Khaleel, who doubles as the National Treasurer of the NLC, said that the President’s absence was a minus as he missed the opportunity to hear directly from the workers. He said that Buhari would have had the opportunity to directly respond to the workers who believed in his cause as President. The last time the President openly identified with labour union...

A former Niger Delta militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), has urged security agencies to investigate activities of oil companies in Niger Delta for the spate of attacks on pipelines and oil facilities in the region. Reacting to insinuations that he was behind the Niger Delta Avengers, a group which claimed responsibility for the attacks on key oil facilities, including the Forcados Crude Export line in Burutu, Delta State, Tompolo said oil servicing companies angling for the repair contracts, and not him, were responsible for the attacks. In a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, Tompolo assured that oil multinationals and their service firms had nothing to worry about him because he was reformed. He said: “I wish to appeal to the servicing companies to go about their normal operations, particularly the repair of the Forcados 48-inch pipeline, which is key to our economic stability.” “I have said I will not resort to violence because of my case with the Economic...

A family of six in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, were saved from being burnt to death on Sunday, 01/05/2016 after their Mercedes 190 car suddenly went up in flames while they were traveling in it. The fire started at Ogwa street, Diobu area of Port Harcourt and passersby were quick to evacuate the occupants as fire engulfed the car. Asides some bruises, all occupants in the car were rescued alive. More photos...

The Kogi State Government has sued the National Assembly and the Attorney General of the Federation at the Supreme Court, asking for an order nullifying the House of Representatives resolution to take over the legislative functions of the state’s House of Assembly. The House of Representatives had, on March 9, 2016, passed a resolution to take over the legislative functions of the Kogi State House of Assembly. The House passed the resolution following the crisis that broke out as a result of the tussle for the speakership of the House between two factions of the Assembly. In the said resolution, the Reps directed the Inspector-General of Police to seal off the House of Assembly until the crisis was resolved. But the Kogi State Government, represented by the state’s Attorney General and the House of Assembly, filed its suit on April 29, 2016, before the Supreme Court to challenge the House of Representatives resolution. The National Assembly and the AGF are the two defendants in the sui...

The presidential panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari through the Office of the National Security Adviser to probe arms procurement between 2007 and 2015 has allegedly uncovered massive fraud in the Nigerian Army. It will be recalled that the panel had, so far, submitted two reports on its probe to the President. While the first interim report was submitted in November 2015, the second report was submitted in January following which Buhari ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate 18 serving and retired military officers, mainly from the Air Force. According to PUNCH ’s investigation on Sunday, the panel, which has Air Vice Marshal J. O. Ode (retd.) as its chairman, was concluding work on the probe of the Army. It was gathered that part of the panel’s discovery was that the total amount involved in arms fraud was $15bn and not $2.1bn. O n Wednesday last week, it was reported that $15bn arms funds were diverted by top military officers. According to the r...

Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, on Sunday visited Nimbo community of Enugu where Fulani herdsmen wrecked havoc last Monday. Ekweremadu, who led other members of the National Assembly to the area, described the damage done to the community as devastating. The Deputy Senate President, who equally visited the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu, where some of the injured are receiving treatment, expressed shock over the number of deaths recorded during the attack. He announced the donation of a transformer to the community, even as he assured them that, “this will bring an end to what herdsmen are doing in Nigeria; we shall do our best to ensure that it doesn’t happen again, whether here or elsewhere. “NEMA will also visit here tomorrow with relief material. In the meantime, the National Assembly caucus in our state is donating the sum of N2 million naira to you to help you start the rebuilding process. “We are going to ensure that roads here are given clear attention; aft...

Rev. Mathew Audu, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Saturday in Masaka wedded no fewer than 109 couples. Audu, who was on his third pastoral visit to St. Martin`s Catholic Church, Masaka, appealed to relatives of the new couples not to interfere in the marriages. He said, “As newly wedded couples, you must love each other just as Christ Jesus loved the church and died to set souls free. “You must respect each other’s feelings; care for each other, share views and reason together in peace and unity. “You must not allow a third party to come into your matter; always invite God to intervene in your case. “Ensure that you are coordinated in all your dealings and make the word of God your standard, your pillar, your faith and your hope. “If you can keep these entire commandments, your marriage will be perfect and other couples will want to copy from you,’’ he said. The Bishop, who also confirmed 1,390 faithful, blessed 56 Eucharistic Ministers and 76 lectors, s...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has decided to send evidence linking former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the $115million (N23, 299,705,000billion)  poll bribe  to the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the UK. The commission  also yesterday grilled and detained an oil chief, Leno Olaitan Adesanya, in connection with the ongoing probe of the bribe given to some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Adesanya allegedly contributed $1.85million to the bribe sum of $115million. The commission has, however, watch-listed others at airports, seaports and border posts because they have not responded to the commission’s invitation. But the EFCC was still keeping in custody the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, and the bank’s Head of Operations, Martin Izuogbe, as at press time. According to investigation, Adesanya reported at the EFCC office in Lagos for interrogation and was ...

In the somewhat warped opinion of Mr. Onofiok Luke, the current Speaker in the PDP dominated Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, the APC government of President Muhammadu Buhari at the centre  has, in the last eleven months, fostered on our country what he describes as "apparent misgovernment." According to the Premium Times of Friday, 29th April, 2016, Mr. Luke spewed out this wholly incongruent, rascally and irresponsible opinion when he was addressing members of the Young Lawyers’ Forum of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, who had congregated in Uyo for a summit. As it is in the character of unscrupulous PDP thugs and leaders all over the country, Onofiok Luke conveniently avoided to furnish his audience with a scintilla of fact or give a known example of Buhari’s "misgovernment" in the last eleven months. In his opinion, when things were wrong in the last eight years, "we had senior lawyers who would hit the streets shouting and making demands in the name of...

Gunmen on Saturday opened fire on the Edo State Deputy Governor, Dr. Pius Odubu, and his entourage in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that a policeman, an operative of the Department of State Security and three other persons were injured during the attack and were taken to an undisclosed hospital. Odubu had last Wednesday formally declared his intention to contest the September 10 gubernatorial election in the state under the All Progressives Congress amidst wide speculation that his decision did not go down well with Governor Adams Oshiomhole. It was learnt that the former lawmaker had earlier been denied access to the party’s secretariat in Fugar, allegedly on the instruction of an official at the Government House. Odubu was expected to meet with party delegates from the area but met the secretariat locked. The situation was said to have angered some delegates, who later forced the gate open to enable the deputy governor meet with them. He was s...

Following stiff opposition by the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party to his desire to contest the chairmanship of the party at its national convention scheduled for May 21, the National Chairman of the party, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff has begun moves to checkmate it. Sheriff had proposed an amendment to the party’s constitution, whereby he added a clause that the body would need to consult him before it could call for any meeting. Unlike before, the BoT, of which the national chairman is a member, does not need his permission to hold its meeting. It is a statutory organ of the party with powers to act as its conscience. However, in the proposed amendment, which was meant to be discussed at the last meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee, Sheriff is proposing that he needed to be consulted before such organ of the party could meet. Under PART 1X, Board of Trustees, Meetings of the BoT, the proposed amendment says that “The BoT shall meet at the instance of the Ch...

Kinsmen of the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday warned the Peoples Democratic Party and the National Assembly not to damage the integrity of the minister over the alleged non-inclusion of the Lagos-Calabar Railway project in the 2016 Budget. The relatives of the former governor of Rivers State, who came together under the aegis of Concerned All Progressives Congress Members, explained that the saga was a blackmail to smear Amaechi’s image. The APC members from Ikwere Local Government Area of the state also drummed support for the minister, stating that Amaechi has always maintained a high sense of responsibility in public offices. Speaking with journalists, the spokesman of the group, Mr. Kerian Wobodo, said the target of the National Assembly and the PDP was to paint the minister in bad light before the world. Wobodo noted that there was no way the minister would try to mislead the public, adding that his legacies while he was governor placed him (Amaechi) i...

Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has stated that over one hundred Nigerians will benefit from the technology and innovation plan of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Osinbajo who said Buhari’s administration is geared towards instituting a new culture of probity and accountability in governance stated that, “it’s a new day in Aso Rock”. Nigeria’s vice president revealed FG’ tech plans while speaking today at The Platform, a public engagement forum organized by the Covenant Church led by Pastor Poju Oyemade. Informing the forum of the Buhari presidency’s for technology and innovation, he stated that government would be establishing an Innovation Fund this year which would deploy significant resources for the aim of creating opportunities to the youth to access fund for innovation and entrepreneurship. He highlighted other plans as follows: – Establishment of technology innovation hubs across the country; 2 super hubs ( in Lagos and Abuja) and 6 regional hubs in the six ge...

Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade today stunned the organized labour in the state when he announced the payment of salaries for the month of May on the first day of the month. A mild drama immediately ensued when the workers who were at the U.J. Esuene Stadium for the May Day celebration each began to receive salary payment alert from their various banks. Unable to contain the excitement, shouts of ‘alert alert alert rent the stadium as the workers went into a frenzy, singing the praises of the governor. Before now, the governor had paid salaries between the 13th and 20th day of each month. Ayade told the workers, who named him the Best Labour Friendly Governor in Nigeria, that his administration had a duty to give workers in the state a sense of dignity. “We must create opportunities for labour to feel a sense of dignity. If you are truly a Christian, you must know that as you care for your kids, you must care for labour,” he stated. He said this is because “no infrastru...