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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Paul Arkwright, said the British Government would support power sector reform in Nigeria. Arkwright stated this on Tuesday in Abuja in an interview with newsmen after visiting Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing. He said that the visit was to identify areas of collaboration with the Nigerian Government, especially in infrastructure and power sector. He said that the idea was to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda on diversification, adding that no meaningful progress could be made without effective power sector. The envoy said that the meeting was also for British companies to take advantage of the opportunities available in Nigeria’s power sector. He said that rural electrification was another issue discussed at the meeting with a view to using UK expertise in solar energy to address rural electrification problem in the country. According to him, getting transmission line through hu...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Urowayino  Jeremiah Hon Kehinde Odeneye, member representing Ijebu Central Federal Constituency has described the act of collecting money from elective office seekers as political corruption. vanguard   learnt  today, in Ijebu-Ode, during a skills acquisition and empowerment programme, the lawmaker urged electorate not to demand or collect money from politicians to vote them into office. He said “If you do not collect money from them and they do not perform, you can curse them. But if you have collected money, the curse will have no effect,’’ Odeneye, is a chartered accountant and House Committee member on Public Accounts The post Elections: demanding for money before voting is political corruption- Odeneye appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2r9tKQu

http://ift.tt/2pMa1l6 German Chancellor Angela Merkel / AFP PHOTO / Odd ANDERSEN Chancellor Angela Merkel dealt a devastating blow to her main rival on Sunday, four months before national elections, when early results showed her party securing a strong win in a regional vote in Germany’s biggest state. Her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) clinched 34.3 percent of the vote in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), first results showed, snatching control of the sprawling industrial region which has been a Social Democratic Party (SPD) stronghold for decades. The SPD only managed to garner 30.6 percent, its worst score in history in the state and sharply down from its 2012 showing of 39.1 percent, in a serious hit to confidence ahead of general elections in September. SPD leader Martin Schulz admitted that the loss in his home state marked a “difficult day for the SPD” and for him personally, but urged supporters to battle on. “We received a body blow, but we are still striving in the...

http://ift.tt/2owkzWP The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says out of the 1.7 million candidates that will sit for UTME examinations on Saturday, 357 are prison inmates. Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, the Registrar of the board, disclosed this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. Oloyede also said that the UTME examination scheduled for May 13 has not been postponed. He, therefore, advised candidates to ignore rumors that the examination has been postponed, saying candidates writing the examination tomorrow should not fail to attend. He enjoined the candidates to go to their respective centres for the examination. The registrar said that the examinations would still hold as scheduled except for those that have Seven Days Adventist service. He also advised UTME candidates to always check their e-mails for further updates, noting that some candidates are fond of giving out their passwords and e-mail addresses to strangers in spite of several warnings from the board...

http://ift.tt/2pA4oav Atletico Madrid's French forward Antoine Griezmann (L) and Atletico Madrid's forward Fernando Torres stand on the field at the end of the UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg football match Real Madrid CF vs Club Atletico de Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, on May 2, 2017. OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP Coach Diego Simeone welcomes back Jose Maria Gimenez from injury, while Fernando Torres returns up front as Atletico Madrid attempt to overcome a 3-0 Champions League semi-final first-leg deficit against Real Madrid on Wednesday. Gimenez missed the first leg decided by Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat-trick eight days ago due to a groin strain. However, he replaces Lucas Hernandez in defence allowing Simeone the option to either start the Uruguayan at right-back or switch to a back three. Torres comes in for Kevin Gameiro in Simeone’s only other change from the first leg. Real boss Zinedine Zidane makes just one enforced change from the fir...