Staff of MTN Nigeria last week embarked on series of community-based activities under the company’s annual staff volunteerism programme, tagged “21 Days of Y’ello Care”. The exercise, which is the 3rd edition is expected to take place in all its 21 operations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East simultaneously.

As the 3rd Round of the National Immunization Days ended last week In Lagos State, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor, Pharm. Toyin Hamzat declared that the statistics on Wild Polio Virus (WPV) in the country is not yet cheering.

MOBIL Producing Nigeria (MPN) a subsidiary of Exxonmobil and one of the major upstream operators in the Nigerian oil and gas industry has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Acergy, an oil serving firm for the revamping of three of its well-heads platforms offshore Nigeria in water depths of about 35 meters.
The contract which is valued at about 190 million dollars is said to also include an option exercisable by MPN for up to five further platforms

Doctors in an undisclosed hospital around the area are said to be battling to save the life of the victim, a 200 level student of the Lagos State University, Ojo, identified as Adejumoke Okunuga, whose condition was at yesterday said to be critical.

The purported suspension of former Governor Victor Attah by Akwa Ibom state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] on allegations of being reactionary and refractory has been condemned by some high profile politicians of Ibibio origin who have also threatened to leave the party should the situation, which they fear could degenerate into an ethnic war, continue.