Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State, said yesterday that the downstream sector of the nation’s petroleum industry was characterised by epileptic and inadequate supply of products leading to adulteration and other sharp practices, resulting into hardship on Nigerians.
Owerri—The police command in Imo has opened a new station at Mbutu-Umuhu in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area.
Inaugurating the station yesterday, Police Commissioner Aloysius Okorie said that the new station is strategically located along the Aba-Owerri highway.
He explained that the station would provide security to commuters plying the highway and assured that enough manpower [...]
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, Dugbe District, Oyo State has explained the reasons behind the power outage being experienced by customers in some parts of the district.
The Delta State Government has commended the people of Aniocha North Local Government Area for making available hectares of land, along Asaba- Benin expressway for the youth’s empowerment through agriculture programme.
By Ifeanyi Okolie
ASABA—No fewer than 15 Nigerians and two Ghanaians were yesterday arraigned before a federal high court in Asaba, Delta state by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over illegal oil bunkering.
The 15 Nigerians docked for conspiracy and illegal oil bunkering include: Ebizugbe Kennedy, Kalu Emmanuel, Awagbe Peter, Alonte Kehinde, Moloko [...]
By Demola Akinyemi
Ilorin—The much-touted gubernatorial ambition of Senator Rukayat Gbemisola Saraki-Fowora in Kwara State in 2011 may have suffered a major setback as various sparkling colour posters emblazoned with inscriptions such as ‘’No way for a woman Governor, printed by ‘’Movement for Change,’ yesterday afternoon, littered the nooks and crannies of Ilorin, the state [...]
By Adekunle Adekoya, with agency reports
LAGOS—NITEL’s privatization took a new twist yesterday when China’s second biggest mobile operator, China Unicom, announced in a statement that one of its subsidiaries, China Unicom (Europe) Operations Ltd is interested in the ailing carrier, but as yet, there are no discussions on any “substantive and legally binding agreements.â€
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A former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Walter Carrington will today deliver a public lecture titled “Electoral Reform and Good Governance: Lessons for Nigeria†as part of activities marking the first year in office of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State.
By Victor Ahiuma-Young
LAGOS — WORKERS in the nation’s oil industry have called on the Federal Government and others concerned to stop making a comedy act of the health predicament and disclose the true position of the President’s health to Nigerians who elected him as President.
The umbrella body for senior staff in the petroleum [...]
By Inalegwu Shaibu
ABUJA—The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, yesterday, advocated for the establishment of independent bodies within the Police and other security agencies to address alleged wanton abuse of human rights by security operatives in the country.
Senator Mark, who said this at a lecture on security and human rights organised by [...]
By Chris Ochayi
ABUJA—Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Ufot Ekaette has announced the preparedness of the ministry to collaborate with the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, with a view to using the university’s facilities to train the ex-militants and youths in the region.
Chief Ekaette, who disclosed this measure while receiving the visiting University’s [...]
By Gbenga Akanmu
LAGOS — Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, during a plenary urged the Acting President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, to urgently address the power and petroleum challenges facing the country.
The call came when a lawmaker, Babatunde Adewale, under Matters of Urgent Public Importance called attention to a fire outbreak [...]
Lagos lawyer, Mr Festus Keyamo, yesterday, sued both the Federal Executive Council, FEC, and the President of the Senate before a Federal high court sitting in Abuja over their failure to remove President Umaru Musa Yara’Adua from office on account of his ill-health.
HUNDREDS of residents of Ejule in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State yesterday fled the town as heavy fighting broke out amongst some youths, which has left six persons dead and several others seriously injured.
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