VANDAL CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER COLLAPSED TRANSMISSION TOWER IN DELTA STATE. (PHOTO).

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 VANDAL CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER COLLAPSED TRANSMISSION TOWER IN DELTA STATE A suspected vandal has been crushed to death under a collapsed vandalised  transmission tower along the 330kV Ughelli-Benin transmission line in Delta State. The incident was discovered during a line patrol carried out by the Delta Sub-Region, Lines Maintenance Department of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), following the tripping of the line on earth fault on the Ughelli - Benin 330kV Transmission line. A statement by the TCN indicates that the patrol team traced the fault to Tower 101, which had collapsed. The body of the suspected vandal was found crushed between the tower members. Tower 101 on the adjacent Ughelli - Sapele 330kV  transmission line had also been vandalized.
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LAGOSIANS CONSUME N3BILLION FOOD DAILY-AMBODE.{PHOTOS}.

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                         Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode today thursday said that investors willing to do business in the agric sector in the State can be rest assured of a ready market and returns on investment as the daily consumption of food items in the State is worth over N3billion daily.The Governor,who spoke at the maiden edition of the Lagos Food Security and Exhibition Summit with the theme ''Actualizing Sustainable Food Security in Lagos State: A New,Comprehensive Agenda;, said his administration remains committed in his efforts towards maximising its comparative advantage in the sector to achieve food security.He said Nigeria had no business resorting to importation to feed its citizens,adding that there was no alternative to achieving food security other than tilling the land and embrace best practices that will improve efficiency in the agricultural value chain.The Governor said, ''Our core policy thrust towards achieving food security is to maximize the comparative advantage of the State in agriculture and establish partnerships with other States of the Federation with comparative advantage in specific areas.We have also acquired agricultural land in other neighbouring States of Ogun  and Oyo as well as Abuja.Specifically,500 hectares of farm land has been acquired for rice cultivation in Eggua,Ogun State,84.7 hectares at Okinni in Oshogbo for oil palm processing,among others,'' the Governor said.He said the Lagos Food Security Summit and Exhibition was organized to bring together stakeholders in the Agricultural sector to proffer solutions to the challenges militating against the achievement of food security,noting that the success recorded in the last ''Traffic Summit'' that has eased the traffic situation in the metropolis can be replicated in the area of food security in the state.He therefore said that in the wake of the economic challenges facing the country there was no better time for the nation to review its approach and the redirection of its energies to food production.More photos below.

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