By Chris Ochayi, Abuja
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company, NDPHC, has signed a framework agreement with the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to deliver an additional 250MW from stranded power to the customer within the franchise area.
Managing Director, of NDPHC Mr. Chiedu Ugbo, while speaking at the signing ceremony in Lagos, said the agreement took immediate effect.
Some of the initial project areas are Benin Bypass (industrial cluster near NDPHC’s power plant at Ihovbor, Benin-City, Edo State; Asaba, Delta State, Ondo South Senatorial District, Ondo State and interventions in Ekiti State.
He recalled that the two companies had in 2020, commenced exploring options to collaborate to deliver safe and reliable power to customers of the BEDC’s franchise area.
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Sixteen Years a Lesson Teacher, By Tolu Ogunlesi
The best time to deal with a wound is as soon as it emerges; there is no second-best time. First we ignore, then we ignore again, then things go out of hand, then we’re forced to sit up, and pay a heavy price for our initial nonchalance. Now we’re on the cusp of another rebellion in the South-East, and we need to do something about it. Something a bit more creative than a random and ruthless military clampdown, which failed to work with Boko Haram, failed in the Niger Delta, and will similarly fail with any other manifestation of the potent mix of poverty and perceived marginalisation in Nigeria.
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Worshippers at the Seven-Day Adventist Church in Azia, Anambra State and residents of the community have been thrown into mourning following the tragic incident that occurred in the church on Wednesday, February 3.
An unknown gunman invaded the church while the mid-week service was going on and murdered husband, wife and daughter from one family in cold blood while the fourth person, sustained severe injury.
The affected persons were identified as Kenneth Emekwasianya, 70, Grace Emekwasianya, 56, his wife, Chioma Emekwasianya, their daughter, 36, and Emeka Ntukokwu, 42, a secondary school teacher.
Kenneth was a businessman based in Azia, Grace, a headmistress at Ubom Community Primary School, Azia, while Chioma was a post graduate student at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Anambra State.