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FG approves $1bn to raise gas supply to power plants Anule Emmanuel Abuja
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he Federal Government yesterday approved $1 billion for the upgrade of gas infrastructure to ensure steady
supply to power plants to boost electricity provision nationwide. The decision was taken at a power sector stakeholders’ meeting held at the State House, Abuja. Niger Delta Power Hold-
ing Company (NDPHC) Managing Director, Mr. James Olotu, told State House correspondents that the initiative was part of government’s bid to boost power supply, which has drastically gone down re-
cently due to acute shortage of gas to power the electricity plants. According to Olotu, the amount is to be sourced from the resources allocated to the NDPHC with the active involvement of
private sector providers. He said: “The Board of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company therefore met Friday and looked at additional strategies in which government again can move the sec-
tor forward. One of such strategies is to commit some funds out of the expectations from the sale of power holding companies towards partnering the private sector again in CONTINUED ON PAGE 1
Two more persons test positive to Ebola in Lagos lS’Korean varsity cancels Nigerians’ invitation over EVD scare lTrial test of serum raises hope for cure Appolonia Adeyemi, Wole Shadare and Obinna Odoh
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L-R: Inspector General of Police (IG), Suleiman Abba; Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Zone 2, Mr. Mamman Tsafe and AIG, Intelligence Bureau, Mr. Solomon Arase, during a meeting of senior police officers in Abuja…yesterday
PDP predicts takeover of South-West lIG warns busybodies to steer clear of Osun lOyinlola joins APC today Our Reporters
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ith its victory in the Ekiti State governorship election and a “brighter chance of emerging the ruling party in Osun State after Saturday’s governorship poll, the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) is confident of displacing the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the ruling party in the South-West. Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan
on Political Matters, Professor Ahmed Rufa’i Alkali, told reporters yesterday in Abuja that the party has gained foothold in the geopolitical zone and was ready to recoup its losses
in the area. Alkali spoke just as the Acting Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Suleiman Abba, warned those who have no business in the governorship election
in Osun State to stay away during the period. However, the APC is expected to receive a boost to its efforts for the reelection of its candidate CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Police clear FG of complicity to kill Buhari
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igeria has recorded more cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) as two of the about 58 persons who had contact with Mr. Patrick Sawyer, the late Liberian who brought the virus into Nigeria, have tested positive to the virus. Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, who announced results of the tests on the two victims at a press conference yesterday in Abuja, said one of the new victims was a doctor who attended to the late Sawyer. Sawyer, who was rushed to First Consultant Hospital in Lagos shortly on arrival at the Murtala Muhammed International CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Al-Makura appears before probe panel }3 Lagos
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