After initial delays, the federal government and promoters of the Qua Iboe Power Plant (QIPP), a private generating company, have commenced negotiations over a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the The post EXCLUSIVE: FG, QIPP begin negotiations on ‘take or pay’ power deal appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGAbandoned homes, deserted compounds and desolate communities are, nowadays, common scenes in parts of southern Kaduna. Insecurity-fuelled fear has forced many residents — mostly women and children — to find The post Conflict in a Pandemic (II): The deserted villages of Southern Kaduna where only the brave dare reside appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGThe echoes of conflict tend to reverberate long after the drums of war are beat and have faded. The victims of strife are often the weak, disenfranchised and powerless. In The post Conflict in a Pandemic (I): The Southern Kaduna children and women devastated by a wave of killings appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGTolu Olufunlayo, a senior lecturer at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, says breastfeeding mothers may not have to worry about transmitting the coronavirus to their children. Speaking on The post No evidence coronavirus can be transmitted through breast milk, says breastfeeding expert appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGFederal government has settled N13.6 billion of outstanding invoices Accugas Ltd for gas supply to the Calabar Generation Company Limited, TheCable can report. But the company has immediately given a The post EXCLUSIVE: Accugas issues new deadline to FG — after receiving N13.6bn arrears appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGSimon Lalong, governor of Plateau, and other members of the state executive council, have gone into self-isolation after Abe Aku, commissioner for commerce and industry, tested positive for COVID-19. Dan The post Lalong goes into isolation as commissioner tests positive for COVID-19 appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGWhen the next managing director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) assumes office, one of the knotty issues he will have to crack is the N13.5 billion claim The post INSIDE STORY: The N13.5bn civil war between Adeleke’s power plants, NERC and NBET appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGTitilola Vivour-Adeniyi, the coordinator of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT), says a study by the state government has shown that people do not get raped The post Vivour-Adeniyi: It’s a myth — Lagos study shows people don’t get raped for how they dress appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGAccugas Ltd, gas supplier to the Calabar Generation Company Limited, has issued the dreaded “notice of non-payment” to the Nigerian government over outstanding invoices to the tune of $15.8 million, TheCable The post EXCLUSIVE: Accugas moves against Nigeria over Calabar GenCo’s debt appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGTo check how serious Cross River state was about screening for COVID-19, especially as the state is the only one in the federation without a single case, Taiwo Adebulu disguises The post REPORTER’S DIARY: I went to Cross River, pretended to have COVID-19 symptoms and this happened appeared first on TheCable.
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