President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined an opportunity to endorse a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the November election, earning scorn from his Democratic challenger Joe Biden and even from within his own party. According to New York Times, he instead renewed his baseless warnings about extensive voting fraud before saying there would be no power…
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50 Cent has taken to social media to slam the Emmys after his crime drama series, Power didn’t receive any nominations for this year’s award show. The American rapper while lashing out at the organizers said that he’s only concerned about the NAACP Image Awards. Last week, the nominations were announced, with Better Call Saul, Stranger Things, Killing Eve,…
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The World Bank has International Development Association credit worth $750m for Nigeria’s Power Sector Recovery Operation to improve electricity supply, SaharaReporters reports. The international financial institution, in a statement on Tuesday, said the loan was for the power sector recovery operation to achieve financial sustainability and enhance accountability in the sector. It explained that about…
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Usman Mohammed, the Managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that the federal government cannot provide free electricity to Nigerians. Speaking on Thursday April 16, the head of the agency owned by the federal government said the proposal for “free electricity” is mere propaganda, LIB reports. Usman said, “There is this information that went round…
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According to multiple online reports, the Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has made it known that not all Nigerians will benefit from the free electricity proposal amid the Coronavirus pandemic. The Speaker reportedly disclosed this after a meeting yesterday April 16, with top federal government officials, principal officers of the House of Representatives and stakeholders in the power…
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Power generation in Nigeria lost 1,108MW in seven days, leaving the country with just 3,456 megawatts since Tuesday. According to new report obtained by Punch, showed that the total power generation dropped from 4,564.60MW as of 6.00am on February 19 to 3,456.20MW on February 24, a day after the presidential and National Assembly elections. It…
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola has made the declaration that the All Progressive Congress (APC) promised Nigerians change but it never pledged to them that the change would be attained in a particular time frame. Speaking at the inauguration of President Muhammad Buhari’s 2019 campaign in Ikeja, he made that statement…
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Popular TV show, Power is back for season 4 on the 25th of June! The creator of the Starz show, The TV show shared an exclusive video clip on its official Instagram page as a teaser for the show’s return. See the video below. Running from the past is no longer an option. Don’t miss the return of #PowerTV, available all day…
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The Federal Government is planning to generate more power from coal to end the perennial power outage in the country. This was disclosed yesterday, by Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu while flagging-off a 2-week Hands-On training for rural youths and women potters on design, fabrication and installation of locally-made metal and…
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The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has explained the reasons behind the increase in electricity tariff. Vanguard reports that he Vice President, in a key note address during the maiden edition of the National Forum on the economy organized by The Nation Newspaper yesterday, said shortage in gas supply as well as drop in power…
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