Federal Government Appoints Osinbajo, El-Rufai As Members of Power Sector Reform Group

 

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the composition of a Power Sector Reform Coordination Working Group, under the leadership of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

A statement by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state and chairman of the committee, set up by the National Economic Council (NEC) on Power sector reforms and Distribution Company ownership (DISCOs), said that the new Working Group will incorporate the ongoing efforts of his committee and ensure all power sector initiatives are on the same page under the leadership of the Vice President Osinbajo.

Woman sentenced to three years for strangulating son to death

    A Kano High court sitting at Audu Bako secretariat on Friday sentenced one Saude Yahya of Utai quarters in Wudil local government to three years in jail, for strangulating her child to death.

  According to the charge sheet, Saude, who gave birth to a baby boy, had on 26th January, 2014 held the baby tight to her chest until the child stopped breathing. The prosecution said the convict committed the act of culpable homicide not punishable by death.

Chinese nationals abscond from project site in Imo state, after citizens beg government to quarantine them

   Chinese nationals have absconded from a project site in Imo State for fear of being quarantined for Coronavirus.

   The Chinese nationals working for the Chec Engineering for the past three weeks left the site and had not been seen anywhere in the state, The Nation reports. They were said to have been in the state when the news broke out that some workers were been quarantined in Ogun State. Some of the workers interviewed said that they have not seen the Chinese who were supervising the project at the sites.

24 year-old woman marries 103 year-old man

 

   An Indonesian man believed to be 103 years old and a bride, who is 27, have broken some convention by getting married.

   The wedding took place in the regency of Wajo in the central Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. The groom’s relative Ayu Anggreni Muchtar told local media, “Yes, the wedding was held this afternoon at the bride’s home on Galico Street!”