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Prepare, 6100 MW Load Uptake Coming, Power Minister To DisCos, Nigerians

Abibat Babalola

. Standard for Others; Adelabu picks EKEDC as a model for other DisCos       Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has directed electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to prepare for the distribution of 6100MW in the next six months. This, Adelabu said this when he led a delegation of head of power sector agencies, and Adedayo Olowoniyi, Chief Technical Officer, Chiedu Ugbo, MD, NDPHC, and others, to the Corporate Headquarters of the Eko Electricity Distribution Company in Lagos on Friday, March 22, 2024, becames necessary after the Transmission Company of…

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Nigerians, Others Die As 61 Migrants Drown Off Libya Coast

Ganiyu Amodu

No fewer than 61 migrants, including women and children, mostly from Nigeria, Gambia, and other African countries, drowned at the weekend, in a shipwreck off the coast of Libya. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya confirmed the incident. The AFP news agency also confirmed that most of the victims of the incident were from Nigeria, Gambia, and other African countries. The IOM, in a post on social media platform X, quoted survivors as saying that the boat, carrying about 86 people, departed the Libyan city of Zuwara, about…

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14 Nigeria, Other Migrants Die as Boat Catches Fire in Senegal

Ganiyu Amodu

No fewer than 14 migrants, including Nigerians have been reported dead following a fire incident that razed a boat in south Senegal. Reports from the West African country also state that 21 people are injured as four of them suffered second degree burns as they embarked on a journey to Spanish Canary Islands before the boat caught fire. The mayor of the coastal town, Kafountine in Casamance, David Diatta said that the fire incident occurred on Monday. READ ALSO: Why Your Daughters May Be At Risk of Drug Abuse +…

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Labour Unions did not betray you over strike – Govt. tells workers, Nigerians

Wonuola Olujobi

The Nigeria Government says contrary to the opinion of some Nigerians, Organised Labour neither compromised nor betrayed workers in the negotiations that led to the suspension of its planned strike. The country’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said this on Friday when he featured on TV Continental call-in programme: “This Morning.” The programme, which centred on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, was monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. NAN recalls that the Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and their affiliates recently…

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