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North-East – TCN completes reconstruction of 4 vandalised towers
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), says it has completed the rehabilitation and re-stringing of the four vandalised towers along the Jos–Gombe 330 Kilo Volt (kV) transmission line. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said that the towers supplied bulk power to substations in the North- East. Mbah said that the…
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Nigeria
Nigeria: WFP in need of $182m for ‘aid’
The World Food Programme (WFP) says over $182million (N68billion) is needed to “sustain lifesaving aid” to Nigeria over the next six months. WFP’s senior spokesperson, Ms Elisabeth Byrs, stated this on Tuesday, according to a report by the United Nations. The report said “help and funding are needed urgently for millions of people hit severely by the effects of the…
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News
I’ll Resume Oil Search In Chad Basin – Buhari
President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration will focus on re-activating the Lake Chad in addition to deploying enormous resources to resume vigorous search for oil along the Chad Basin in parts of Borno State. This is just as he gave assurancBuhari-oil.jpg.e that his incoming government would accord priority to ending the insurgency ravaging the north eastern states to…
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NEWS
Jonathan condemns resumed suicide bombings on ‘soft targets’
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has condemned the growing trend of suicide bombings in the northern part of the country, a development that has left many dead. In a press statement signed by Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, the president the reversion Boko Haram to the ‘callous bombing of soft targets in parts of Nigeria…
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