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Against the need for Nigeria to achieve industrial growth and development, the Senate Friday called for encouragment of local content rather than the government spending billions to import and subsidise diesel to power the nation’s plants. Speaking during a first-hand visit to Green Ville Plant, the pioneer company in Liquified Natural Gas, LNG in Rumuji, Rivers State, the Senate said since Nigeria is blessed with abundant gas, companies involved in LNG must be encouraged and not frustrated out of the country. Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, PDP, Akwa Ibom, North East leading the Senate Joint Committees on Gas and Power, Steel…

The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, lamented that Nigeria may not enjoy the full benefits of the proposed Single African Air Transport Market, SAATM, for Africa due to the absence of a national carrier and aircraft maintenance facilities in the country. Sirika stated this weekend while briefing newsmen in Abuja on the details of the just-concluded 30th African Union Heads of Government meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He noted that discussions on single market began since 1999 with Nigeria on the forefront of the negotiations, but stated that the country would not have full benefit of the project…

Indigenous Tiv communities in Nasarawa State have raised the alarm that their people in Kadarko, Keana local government area of the state were under siege as 25 villages of the area have been sacked by the herdsmen. Some members of the affected villages who are now squatting with some of their kits and kin in Abuja accused the security agencies of selective protection. Addressing journalists in Abuja, weekend, a group, under the umbrella of Concerned Indigenous Tiv People in Kadarko, Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, claimed that since the Tiv people were displaced from their ancestral home as…

Plans have been concluded to float a mega Independent Power Plant (IPP) in Akwa Ibom State in September this year. The project expected to gulp N1.1 billion is to be sponsored by the management of Dangote group in league with BlackRhino, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other consultants. Representatives in the partnership met governor Udom Emmanuel at the weekend to formalise modalities for the commencement of the project to be located on the onshore platform of the Qua Iboe Terminal (QIT) at Ibeno local government area of the state. ExxonMobil, operators of the QIT Oil terminal at Ibeno, is…

A former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida has joined in asking President Muhammadu Buhari not bother returning to power in 2019 general elections. Three weeks ago, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a 13-page letter, telling the president not to seek re-election in 2019. In a statement issued Sunday, Babangida decried the rate of killing and blood letting in the country by the Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram insurgents in different parts of the country. “In the past few months also, I have taken time to reflect on a number of issues plaguing the country. I get frightened by their dimensions.…

Since ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo dropped a “letter bomb” to President Muhammadu Buhari some weeks ago, the Presidency is no longer at ease. Before the “bomb”, the President seemed to have turned deaf ears to ostensible problems facing Nigerians and begging for quick solutions. At first, Aisha’s suggestion that a cabal had hijacked the President and prevented him from following through with the change agenda of the All Progressives Congress was an unsavoury message to him. President Buhari deflected the bombshell by joking in an interview (with German Chancellor Angela Merkel sitting by his side), that his wife should be forgiven for venturing outside…

High Blood Pressure causes stroke, hypertension and heart attack. It is quite prevalent in the society today because of anxiety and overthinking. Yet, there are some foods that can lower blood pressure. Milk A daily dose of cold glass of milk offers a solid serving of both calcium and Vitamin D. These are nutrients that work as a team to help lower blood pressure by three to 10 percent. Eggs Egg whites can help reduce blood pressure as it is a solid source of protein, Vitamin D and other healthy nutrients. These nutrients can effectively counter high Blood Pressure and…

Friends, fans and relations of Akwa Ibom-born Nollywood actor, Moses Armstrong are still in shock over the sudden demise of his wife, Rita, in auto crash. Rita Armstrong died Saturday at Ore along Lagos-Benin Expressway. Popularly known as “Mummy Timaro”, she was f rom Uyo Itam and was followed by 1,988 fans on the Facebook. A member of the Actors Guild at Ibom Actors Forum, “Mummy Timaro” as she was fondly called left behind her husband, Moses who is a Special Assistant to Akwa Ibom Governor on Agricultural Projects and two female kids. From her Facebook page, friends and fans…

Not fewer than 50 people in Mpoza village outside Tsolo in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa have been hospitalised after eating a cow that reportedly died of a snake bite. The province’s department of health spokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, said the patients confirmed they had eaten the meat from the carcass of an animal that had died after being bitten by a snake. He said the patients experienced diarrhoea, vomiting, headaches and stomach cramps. Among those who were ill were 16 children, eight of whom had been transferred to the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital’s paediatric ward, while the rest were…

To give verve to the recent launch of Coalition of Nigeria Movement in Abuja, some prominent members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) graced the official launch of the movement. Coalition for Nigeria was proposed by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in a 13-page letter to President Muhmmadu Buhari to  to break the political grip of the country’s two major parties- PDP and APC. Some prominent chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) on Wednesday, January 31, swarmed the venue of the launch of Coalition for Nigeria, the Third…