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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced big plan to increase Eskom’s capacity by more than 30 per cent in electricity supply after many years of power outage and load-shedding. In his weekly address to the nation, Ramaphosa has gazetted ministerial determinations that would add more than 118000MW power generation to the roughly 30000MW available electricity to the national grid. “As government, we have decided that to grow our economy and attract investment, sustainable energy supply is paramount. It is, therefore, vital that we significantly and speedily increase our electricity generation capacity,” the President said. According to him, the new…

A former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development in Nigeria, Chief Nduese Essien sees begging as alien to Akwa Ibom culture and wants those he tagged “professional beggars” to refrain from the vice. Essien speaking with Straightnews in a telephone interview on Monday said begging culture is not common in the state, wondering why some people ply this trade to milk the financial resources of the hard working. “It is unfortunate thing that some newly appointed political appointees to Governor Udom Emmanuel and civil servants are in the habit of begging. People you would have thought are gainfully employed…

The Federal Government has suspended the electricity tariff hike for two weeks, while the new pump price of petrol is to remain unchanged. An agreement between the Federal Government and organized labour after an eight-hour meeting shows that both parties set up a technical committee on Electricity Tariff reforms, comprising Ministries, Agencies, Departments, NLC and TUC. The committee will work for a duration of two weeks with effect from Monday, September 28, 2020, to examine the justification of the new policy in view of the need for the validation of the basis for the new cost-reflective tariff. This is due…

Organised Labour has suspended its planned nationwide industrial action for two weeks over the recent hike in electricity tariff and fuel pump price in the country. Senator Christ Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said this while reading a joint communique on the resolution of the Trade Dispute between the Federal Government and the organised Labour on Monday in Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had threatened to embark on industrial action over the Federal Government’s refusal to reverse the hike in electricity tariff and fuel pump…

Manchester City lost their first home game of the new Premier League season against Leicester City, losing 5-2 to the Foxes. City beat Wolves in their first fixture on Monday before a young side overcame Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup on Thursday. Now, the quick turnaround of fixtures continues with the visit of 2016 Premier League champions Leicester, who went top of the table with their win. Pep Guardiola was dealt a blow with the injury to Brazilian Gabriel Jesus on Monday, to be absent for a month and Sergio Aguero still unavailable. With no fit senior striker, City has to play…

By: Israel Umoh Conscious of the determination of Organised Labour to embark on nationwide strike Monday, September 28, Federal Government, in desperate moves, is throwing punches left, right and centre to break the jaw of labour. The plot is to dissuade labour from embarking on the strike meant to protest against recent hikes in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit and electricity tariffs. While government is at the blue corner of the ring, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE), the Joint Action Front (JAF), Judiciary Staff Union…

The thrilling but breath-taking Season 5 Big Brother Naija Lockdown 2020 has come to an end. Big brother Naija housemate and top finalist, Olamilekan Agbeleshe, popularly known as Laycon has emerged the winner of the Lockdown edition. The 26-year-old Laycon was declared the winner of the show on Sunday by Ebuka Uchendu after he had beaten other housemates with the highest number of votes from viewers. The rapper who had been in the spotlight since his 1st day on the show, making him the first contestant in the show’s history to amass 1 million followers on Instagram while in the…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari may be sued by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) over his failure to direct prosecution of 103 high-profile corruption cases including tracing the whereabouts of 15 alleged missing files. Consequently, SERAP has asked Buhari to “instruct Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to take steps to expeditiously, diligently, effectively and fairly prosecute over 103 high-profile corruption cases. The organisation said if it does not hear from government about the steps being taken in this direction within the next 14 days “the Registered Trustees of SERAP shall take all appropriate legal actions to compel…

A Nigerian MMA fighter, Israel Adesanya, has retained his UFC middleweight title after knocking out the Brazilian challenger during a second-round TKO in Abu Dhabi on Saturday night, September 26. Adesanya, 31, defeated Brazil’s Paulo Costa Paulo Costa after battering the opponent’s front leg with multiple kicks. The middleweight undefeated champion quieted the Brazilian fighter’s trash-talking in the first round of the main event on Fight Island. So far, Adesanya has won his 20th professional MMA victory and remains the world’s best middleweight at a perfect 20-0. In the second round, Adesanya opened up Costa’s face with a high kick…

Judge Amy Coney Barrett has been nominated to the Supreme Court, US President Donald Trump said Saturday, in a highly anticipated announcement that sets up a political showdown between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate. Married with seven children, Barrett, 48, is a constitutional scholar and conservative jurist who Trump named to the federal appeals bench in 2017. Her nomination comes just over a week after the death of longtime Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a staunch liberal, on September 18. “Today it is my honour to nominate one of our nation’s most brilliant and gifted legal minds to…