In a bid to ascertain a credible election in 2011, the Speaker of the House of Representative, Mr Dimeji Bankole yesterday said the Federal Government should approve the N72billion in order to facilitate a speedy voters’ registration ahead of next year’s election.
AS the Dubai Police was set to extradite the former Delta State Governor, Chief James Ibori to UK for trial on money laundering and related offences, yesterday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said it would move its case file to Britain to aid his trial.
The scrutiny of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC continued yesterday with the anti-graft agency freezing three accounts belonging to the football house.
Nigeria Football Association yesterday removed its secretary general, Bolaji Ojo-Oba and other key officials. This according to observers, is the fall of the cleansing exercise embarked upon by the Aminu Maigari_led interim management of the NFA, which had seen principal officers like Sani Lulu, Amanze Uchegbulam and Taiwo Ogunjobi being shown the exit door.
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has restrained the Lagos Polo Club and its Secretary, Mr Somuyiwa Sonubi from suspending or expelling the former chairman of the club, Mr. Francis Ogboro, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
Nigerian athletes to the IAAF world junior championships in Moncton, Canada are expected back in the country Wednesday after winning three silver medals at the meet.
ABUJA – The Federal Government on Thursday launched the field procedures manual for the Geochemical Mapping of Nigeria, which is expected to help boost mineral exploration and agricultural activities in the country.
Officials of the United States Federal Aviation Administration , FAA), are already in the country to conduct a mock exercise on Nigeria’s aviation prior to the last lap of Category One status.
IN the wake of perceived threat to Nigeria place in crude oil production on the African continent from emerging African oil producing countries, the council chairman of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Nigerian Chapter has dismissed the challenge to the country’s continued dominance, noting that the development only serves to inspire greater effort in-country.
UGBORODO women in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, have warned the Federal Government, that they would wreak havoc on the Escravos Gas Plant project, should government fail to enter into dialogue with the leadership of the oil rich community on some issues they had raised.
SHELL Nigeria Gas Limited (SNG) has completed moves to comence the supply of gas to Hewang Packaging and Printing FZE in the Ogun_Guangdong Free Trade Zone, Igbesa, Ogun State.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has denied reports being circulated by industry unions that the Federal Government is planning to privatize the nation’s refineries, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and the National Gas Company (NGC).
Nigeria Agip and Natural Resources (NAER) and Allied Energy Plc have concluded plans to make additional investment of $1billion (about N150 billion) in the power sector to double the electricity generation capacity of Okpai, first Independent Power Plant (IPP) located in Delta State.
ABUJA – The Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, NAEC, has attained another significant milestone in its quest to develop a sustainable nuclear power programme in Nigeria as it has successfully produced a draft bill that would form the legal framework for the nuclear industry in the country.
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