Grid Collapse: TCN Promises Backup System to End Blackouts
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Grid Collapse: TCN Promises Backup System to End Blackouts

Politics tamfitronics Grid Collapse: TCN Promises Backup System to End BlackoutsThe Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has promised a backup or buffer system to ensure that Nigerians won’t be thrown into blackout whenever the national grid collapses.TCN Managing Director, Sule Abdulaziz, stated this Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme.He blamed aged infrastructure as old as 50 years for the frequent grid collapses in the country.Abdulaziz said, “Presently, we are doing the scatter system for the whole network and it is funded by the World Bank, and the project will take two years to be completed, and now, we have done 70% of the project.“Almost a month ago, we were at Gwagwalada (in Abuja) with the World Bank where we celebrated the project. It is 70 percent completed. Once we have the scatter system, it will reduce...
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William Ruto: Political schemer who wins allies, subdues enemies skillfully
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William Ruto: Political schemer who wins allies, subdues enemies skillfully

Politics tamfitronics When President William Ruto commissioned Ol Kalou Water and Sanitation Project at Ol Kalou town in Nyandarua County on January 11, A series of masterstrokes executed by President William Ruto which have redefined the political landscape have marked him as an ace schemer who is the grand master of the game that is politics.He has claimed scalps of foes even when he appeared to be an underdog and appears to have the capacity to script a complex plot where only he has a clear picture of its end while leaving the various players supposed in the play to work out a formula to achieve the desired results.The unfolding saga between the President and his impeached deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, clearly demonstrates Ruto’s attention to detail when he sets out to vanquish a foe without...
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He thought I was after him – Orji Kalu opens up on fight with Obasanjo
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He thought I was after him – Orji Kalu opens up on fight with Obasanjo

Politics tamfitronics Abia North Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that formerPresident Olusegun Obasanjo thought he (Kalu) was after him (Obasanjo) when herecommended a six-year one term for President and Governors.Orji Uzor Kalu spoke on Channels Television’s PoliticsToday, Thursday’s edition, where he maintained that for most politicians, it istheir reelection that matters to them and nothing else.Kalu believes that such a system would go a long way becausemost politicians use the first four years to make money for their reelection,insisting that politicians are always looking forward to the next election.“I called for a six-year one term, remember? And PresidentObasanjo said I was after him. That was part of the beginning of our quarrel.“I called for a 6-year one term because of the cost of goingto reelections. Because of the cost of managing our economy. Because...
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Ogunbangbe Harps On The Glory Of Yoruba as Ooni Clocks
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Ogunbangbe Harps On The Glory Of Yoruba as Ooni Clocks

Politics tamfitronics By ISAAC OLUSESIThe stellar performances on the throne by His Imperial Majesty Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, Ooni of Ife, in Osun State, have had salutary impact on the politics, economy and culture of the ancient city of Ile-Ife, the ancestral and spiritual home of the Yoruba race, Dr Thomas Olaleye Ogungbangbe has said.The remarks, contained in a goodwill message to the Ooni on his 50th birthday, further stated that the dynamic expansion of peace, unity and progress of Ifeland is the direct effect of the industry and vibrancy of Ojaja II, full of energy, life and brightness that have continued to re- energize the aura, candour, opulence and stamina of the sacred Ife throne.The development, Ogungbangbe said, sprouts like-mindedness among the many, well rooted Ife traditional institutions with vital responsibilities for...
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