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The World Bank Friday approved an International Development Association (IDA) Credit of 486 million dollars for the rehabilitation and upgrading of electricity transmission substations and lines in Nigeria. Olufunke Olofon, Senior Communications Officer, World Bank, Nigeria, made this known in a statement released on Friday. She said that the investments would increase the power transfer capacity of the transmission network. The World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Mr Rachid Benmessaoud, said the Nigeria Electricity Transmission Project (NETP) would help address key bottlenecks in the transmission network. “It will also improve access to affordable and reliable electricity service to citizens. The…

Contrary to reports making the rounds, state Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State Friday said that their mission was not aimed at convincing the president to seek re-election in the forthcoming presidential election in 2019. The Chairman of the APC Governors’ Forum, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, who stated this while fielding questions from journalists after a closed door meeting with the president at his private resident in Daura, explained that the aim of the visit was to condole with the president over the loss of two members of…

The hope of two kidnapped teachers of Obong Christian High School, Obong Ntak in Etim Ekpo local government area of Akwa Ibom State regaining freedom is dimming following non-payment of ransom caused by inability of the school to pay their December and January salaries. Two weeks ago, two teachers of the school- Mr. Mfonobong Marcus Ukpong from Uruk Ata 2 village in Etim Ekpo and Pastor Aniekan Etim Enang from Ikot Ibekwe village in Ukanafun- said to be on their way to the school were kidnapped. Straightnews gathered that the kidnappers had earlier served Ukpong a letter demanding that he…

Governor Udom Emmnauel of Akwa Ibom State has vowed to bring all perpetrators of evil acts in the state to justice. Emmanuel speaking Friday at the funeral service of Mrs Enobong Monday Akpan at QIC Primary School, Ikot Edet in Etim Ekpo local government area said “As a government, be assured that we will be hunting for the perpetrators. The governor in an emotion-laden voice noted, “I hope you aware that we have gotten some of them. For the few remaining, we will do everything humanly possible to get all of them. It is not all through human effort, but…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has admitted that some underage citizens who are not up to the age of 18 years are being registered in the Northern part of the country. Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, the Director of Publicity and Voter Education of the commission, Wednesday stated that the young citizens were registered because the lives of its registration officers were being threatened by some members of the communities. Osaze-Uzzi made this known during a programme on the African Independent Television entitled, ‘Kakaaki,’ while answering questions over pictures and videos on the social media showing children registering and voting in…

South Africa’s parliament Thursday elected a new President for the country. He is Cyril Ramaphosa few hours after Jacob Zuma resigned in a late-night television address after a nine-year rule. Before now, he was Deputy President of African National Congress (ANC), which has a large majority in parliament, a wealthy former business man and Zuma’s vice president since 2014. Ramaphosa was born in Johannesburg, the industrial heartland of South Africa, on November 17, 1952. The second of three children, his father was a policeman. He grew up in Soweto where he attended primary and high school. He later went to…

These are 10 health benefits you’ll be getting from eating unripe plantain. 1. It enriches the heart. Unripe plantain contains some amount of serotonin which dilates the arteries, improves blood flow and reduces homocystine (a condition that causes coronary artery disease and stroke). It richness in potassium makes it heart friendly by preventing heart attack and hypertension through controlling heart rate and blood pressure in our body and cell. Also, it fibre content is great for reducing cholesterols level which reduce the risk of developing any heart diseases. 2. It can treat anemia and neuritis. It presence of vitamin B6…

The Senate wing of the National Assembly has reportedly been engulfed in fire. According to online reports, the Technical room located on the ground floor of the complex is currently on fire. Staff were seen rushing out of their offices due to the heavy smoke that had built up on the walkways. The cause of the inferno is not yet known. The Senate was forced to stop proceedings after the fire outbreak. They had opted to ignore the development but Ibrahim Gobir, Sokoto (APC), moved that the plenary be adjourned. “The condition is not very conducive because our chambers are…

A total of 18 persons were Wednesday massacred in Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in school shooting seen as the deadliest in the United States of America. The attack on Florida’s school is the first this year in Florida and the 18th within the first 45 days of the year in the US, according to data from Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy organization. The 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz had entered the high school on Wednesday afternoon and launched an attack. Twelve people were found dead inside the school, two were killed outside the building, one in…

South Africa’s embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned his office with immediate effect. The BBC reports that Zuma made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening. A meeting of the ANC’s National Executive Committee had announced its decision to recall Mr Zuma on Tuesday and gave him until the end of Wednesday to resign. ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu then announced a parliamentary motion of no-confidence for Thursday, to pave way for Cyril Ramaphosa,  Deputy President of ANC to be sworn in as president. The 75-year-old has been in power since 2009, had been accused…