Okonjo-Iweala to Reps: ‘FG mobilizes N239.4bn to upgrade transmission in 2014’

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said the federal government mobilized about N239.445 billion ($1.5 billion) from multilateral sources to upgrade the transmission network this year and beyond.

Okonjo-Iweala disclosed this in her 102-page documented response to the 50 questions posed by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance. The document, according to the ministry, provides in extensive detail, including tables and graphs, answers to the committee’s questions.
A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Minister, Paul Nwabuikwu, highlighted government’s major achievements in power as at 2013 and the completion of a comprehensive power sector privatization.

Victoria Beckham puts an end to hopes of a Spice Girls reunion: Sometimes you’ve got to know when to leave the party

Viva, it would seem, really isn’t forever.
Victoria Beckham has quashed plans for a full Spice Girls reunion. Copyright [Instagram]
Victoria Beckham has finally put an end to speculation that the Spice Girls will reunite to celebrate their 20th Anniversary this year, admitting she ‘won’t ever do it again’.

The 39-year-old fashion designer made the revelation in an interview with Vanity Fair Italy and Spain that her days of being Posh spice are well and truly behind her.

£6,000 Of Viagra Stolen From Military Stocks

Among the £7m of defence kit stolen since 2007 is cutlery, karaoke machines, ammunition, bayonets, and the anti-impotence pills.

Nearly £6,000 of Viagra has been stolen from military reserves since 2007, according to Government figures.

The anti-impotence pills are among £7m of stolen stock, which also includes 100 bayonets, thousands of rounds of ammunition, televisions, a karaoke rig and an industrial washing machine.
The MoD was quick to point out that Viagra was also used for conditions such as low blood pressure and altitude sickness.
Also among the thefts is equipment from nuclear submarines, £7,000 of silver cutlery from Redford Cavalry and Infantry Barracks near Edinburgh and a £25,000 silver statue from the Household Cavalry barracks in Knightsbridge.

Reverne sister ‘unaware’ of pregnancy until she give birth

A nun in Italy gave birth to a baby but said she did not know she was pregnant (Picture: Christian Müller)

A nun who has given birth to a baby boy in Italy said she had no idea she was pregnant.
The 31-year-old was taken to hospital on Wednesday with abdominal pains, which she thought were stomach cramps, local media reported.

U.S. man send poisoned letter to Obama, two others

Everett Dutschke works on his mini-van in his driveway in Tupelo Mississippi on April 26, 2013.


A Mississippi man accused of sending poisoned letters to President Barack Obama and two other public officials, and pinning them on an Elvis impersonator, pleaded guilty in U.S. court and agreed to a 25-year jail sentence, the Justice Department announced on Friday.
James Everett Dutschke, 41, has been jailed since his arrest last April, when authorities accused him of sending ricin-tainted letters to Obama, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi and a local Lee County judge, Sadie Holland.

Boy, 8, writes amusing non-apology note to brother after tantrum

The amusing non-apology (Picture: Jenny Davidson / Facebook)

The award for the cutest note of the week goes to eight-year-old Zachary, for this amusing non-apology letter to his brother Ben.
It explains how he meant to actually hit a poor boy named Chris with a pair of flying scissors and also features an imaginative see-saw graph to show how much he actually loves Ben.

Police raid brothels converted from public toilets

AFP Hong Kong police raid brothels converted from public toilets

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong police have shut down brothels operating in converted public toilets in a shopping mall, making dozens of arrests in raids on the operation run by triad crime gangs, reports said Friday.

Prostitutes from mainland China were found in tiny "one-woman" brothels created from the toilets in a mostly vacant shopping mall in the outlying Yuen Long district, the South China Morning Post reported.
The cramped 150-square-foot (14 square metre) blocks on the second floor of the building doubled up as the prostitutes' working and living space.