IN an effort to encourage private sector participation in crude oil refining the Federal Government acting through the Department of Petroleum Resources has announced the immediate removal of the statutory refinery commitment deposit of 1 million US dollars.
By Emmanuel Aziken
ABUJA—Chief Chekwas Okorie, one of two factional Chairmen of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), yesterday claimed victory over his opponent, saying the last National Convention he conducted was now legally acceptable, going by a letter he wrote to the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC).
Chekwas faction of APGA and that [...]
HEALTHIER workplaces have been identified as a major factor in the promotion of better heart health in Nigeria, Africa and the entire world at large. This was the message on this year’s World Heart Day, as stakeholders joined forces to call on governments, employers and workers around the world to make workplaces healthier.
By Tony Edike
ENUGU—THE Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu, yesterday adjourned further hearing in the application by the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the 2007 election in Anambra state, Chief Andy Uba, in which he is seeking to actualize his tenure as the Governor of the state by virtue of [...]
THE verbal exchange between former Governor of Delta state, Chief James Ibori and former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, is far from over, as Ibori yesterday, lashed out on Ribadu, calling him a serial liar.
By Emeka Mamah
Kaduna — The abduction of the Secretary to the Kaduna State Government (SSG), Mr. Waje Yayok, a week ago, took a twist weekend with the alleged kidnap of his official driver by the same kidnappers even as Governor Mohammed Namadi Sambo has embarked on a trip to London.
The driver whose name [...]
THE Federal Government held a consultative meeting, yesterday, with major stakeholders in the oil and gas sector of the economy preparatory to the removal of petroleum subsidy later in the year.
The meeting, Vanguard learnt, the first in a series, was schedule between the Minister of Finance and oil marketers in the country.
By Peter Duru
MAKURDI — Royal fathers in Benue State have been challenged to address the despicable practice of early marriages especially among teenage girls, which has become a common feature in parts of the state.
This plea was made by the Director of Public Health (DPH) in Benue State Ministry of Health, Dr. [...]
By Yemie Adeoye & Luka Binniyat
As a fallout of the just concluded 2005 audit of the oil and gas sector by the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Nigeria will this year recover $553 million from oil firms who underpaid various oil taxes in 2005.NEITI said it would prosecute any firms that refuses [...]
Multichoice Nigeria Limited, yesterday explained why it increased subscription rate from N9,000 to N9,500.
By Bonaventure Melah
MANY people across the world saw Wednesday September 9, 2009 as a special day because it was the ninth day of the ninth month in the year 2009 otherwise written as 9/9/9.
But to others, especially some desperate politicians in Anambra State, 9/9/9 sent cold shivers down their spine at the news [...]
THE National President of Itsekiri National Youths Council (INYC), Mr. David Tonwe, has expressed deep satisfaction over the response of Itsekiri communities with arms to the present amnesty programme of the Federal Government, given the willingness of these communities to make available all the illegal weapons in their possessions for onward transmission to the appropriate authorities.
DEBATES over the supposed law that forbids hospitals from treating patients with bullet wounds without a police report re-surface each time a hospital rejects such patient. Many have lost their lives because they did not have a police report, which is not ordinarily easy to obtain.
The police have often denied that such a law [...]
As the world basks in the euphoria of the latest HIV vaccine, the Center for the Right to Health (CRH) kicked- off an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Shomolu Local Government area of Lagos aimed at creating, strengthening and supporting the adoption of healthy reproductive lifestyle and HIV prevention behaviour among the poor and Most At-Risk Populations (MARPs).
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