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Lagos Goes on 24-Hour Power Supply for Easter April 15, 2017 The Eko Electricity Distribution Plc (EKEDC) has assured that it would ensure customers of uninterrupted power supply throughout the Easter period. To achieve this, the company said it had already adopted some measures to. According to NAN, General Manager, Corporate Communications of the company, Mr. Godwin Idemudia, said  Friday  that the company was aware of the high expectations of customers to enjoy regular power supply during Easter. “We assure customers within our operational territory of uninterrupted electricity supply during Easter.“EKEDC has put in place measures to ensure that the customers’ hopes are not dashed. “We will ensure that energy from the National Grid is adequately distributed to customers,” Idemudia assured. He, however, warned against vandalism and tampering with equipment in the zone as it could cause deaths or serious injuries. According to him, frequent damage of such equi

My Relationship with Buhari not Strained by Memo, Says El-Rufai April 15, 2017 0 425 Nobody can stop me from visiting the State House; I can drive in anytime unhindered Letter leaked to media by faces who don’t like me in Villa By Damilola Oyedele in Abuja For the first time since the return of President Muhammadu Buhari to the country from medical vacation in London, Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru el-Rufai yesterday joined him for Jumat prayers at the State House, Abuja, and said that he had no regret writing his controversial memo which strongly criticised the Buhari administration, saying his intentions were right. El-Rufai who made this declaration while answering questions from journalists, after attending the Jumat prayers, said his motivation for writing the memo was not driven by ill-motive but the desire to draw the president’s attention to ills in the society and to offer him suggestions on how to address them. He said

By Nwafor Sunday  The Emir of Kano and former Central Bank governor (CBN), Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on his instagram page, has said that he is upset at legion of beggars on the streets in Nigeria and mostly in the north. This came as he called on northerners to emulate southern economic ways of life rather being idle. Most of the beggars roaming Nigerian streets are northerners, begging for a living while their Southern counterparts learn trade and become technicians, contributing economically and socially to the development of Nigeria, Emir said. He slammed the conservatives Muslims whom he said are harming Islam through their refusal to expand their knowledge outside their own religion and failure to realize that knowledge is power. He said Northern political leaders like Governor Yari should pay attention to him, there will never be a day when anywhere in the North will be like the modern Muslim cities of Kuala Lumpar, Istanbul, Jakarta, Lahore, Greater Cairo, Dacca, Karach

HAM RE-BIRTH  All arrangement has been completed for the Ham Re-Birth which schedule to take place tomorrow at Kwoi, more detail shortly 

EDO: Tribunal affirms Obaseki as governor The Edo State Governorship Tribunal on Friday affirmed that Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the duly elected governor of the state. The Tribunal ruled that the petitioner, Osagie Ize-Iyamu and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) failed to prove their case. Ize Iyamu had petitioned the tribunal to be declared elected governor of the state, owing to alleged irregularities and rigging of the polls held September 28 last year. Detail later…

INSIGHT  You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision.

THE SEVEN FOLD YOKE AND THE CABAL THAT OWN NIGERIA Permit me to share a scholarly, revealing and I daresay disturbing intervention which was sent to me by a friend. The author wishes to remain anonymous. He wrote as follows: “The disruptive power of the Hausa-Fulani cabal is a structural reality and will only get worse, no matter where the President of Nigeria comes from. It is a seven-fold yoke which we must break for the sake of our children.  1. THE POLITICAL YOKE: Globally, out of the 16 Federal Republics in the world, Nigeria is the only federation where land mass is used as a primary criteria for creating federating units. NO Southern leader (civilian or military) has ever had the guts to create any federating unit; all the federating units have been created by Northern military adventurers. 20 federating units were created from only one region (North), while 17 federating units were created from 3 regions (East, West and Midwest). Competent leaders are easily filtered

Happy Easter 2017! What is Good Friday, the meaning behind Easter Sunday and why do we celebrate with chocolate eggs? Why does the date for Easter Sunday change every year according to the lunar calendar? Why do people mark Easter? We've got all the answers to your questions It is the time of year when chocolate eggs and bunnies are beginning to fill supermarket shelves and many people's thoughts are turning to the religious  story that started off Easter  . For many, the first bank holiday weekend of the year - with four straight days off work - will have a particular appeal. But  Easter  is that most confusing of dates - one that is never fixed and changes according to the lunar calendar. Perhaps you're planning a  break with the family  or a weekend visiting friends. Or maybe you're just looking forward to spending a long weekend relaxing at home. Or maybe you are wondering what the religious origin of Easter actually is and what happened during Holy