Evah urges N-Delta leaders to emulate Jakande

Evah urges N-Delta leaders to emulate Jakande

Comrade Joseph Evah,   Co-ordinator of Ijaw Monitoring Group, has described the first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, as the last man standing in the engine room of Awolowo’s political machine that provided the highest manpower for Africa through free education.
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African Sun welcomes Obama to Ghana

African Sun welcomes Obama to Ghana

Pan-African hospitality group, African Sun Limited, is proud to announce that Barack Obama, the President of the United States of America, chose to stay at its Holiday Inn, Accra Airport property during his first African state visit to Ghana..

VISION 20-20-20: Committee lauds NTDC

VISION 20-20-20: Committee lauds NTDC

In an innovative bid to smoothly relaunch the Sheraton brand new positioning and evolved core values to Sheraton Abuja associates, General Manager of the Hotel, Mr.Morten Ebbesen hosted over 500 associates to a grand lunch at the Ladi Kwali conference Centre.

Court dismisses suit against NTDC, others

Court dismisses suit against NTDC, others

The Abuja High Court has  dismissed an application brought by one Yusuf Isa Orughu asking the court for an order to enforce and secure the enforcement of his fundamental rights. Justice Ugochukwu Anthony Ogakwu dismissed the application because the applicant failed to prove that his fundamental rights had been breached, contravened or infringed upon. Mr. […]

Amnesty and the Niger Delta

Amnesty and the Niger Delta

By Hessington Okolo According to the Black’s Law Dictionary sixth edition, Amnesty  means ‘a sovereign act of forgiveness for past acts, granted by a government to all persons ( or to certain class of persons) who have been guilty of crime or delict, generally political offenses- treason, sedition, rebellion, draft evasion, and often conditioned upon […]

Abuja Sheraton hosts associates, embraces core values

Abuja Sheraton hosts associates, embraces core values

In an innovative bid to smoothly re launch the Sheraton brand new positioning and evolved core values to Sheraton Abuja associates, General Manager of the Hotel, Mr.Morten Ebbesen hosted over 500 associates to a grand lunch at the Ladi Kwali conference Centre.

Lagos partners developer on 5,000 workers housing

Lagos partners developer on 5,000 workers housing

In its quest to make affordable housing available to its teeming workforce, the Lagos State government is set to collaborate with a private real estate developer to deliver 5,000 housing units for middle income workers in the state.

PMI,Shelter Afrique plan N3.6bn Bayelsa estate

PMI,Shelter Afrique plan N3.6bn Bayelsa estate

A primary mortgage institution (PMI),Trans Atlantic Mortgages Limited, has secured an agreement with Shelter Afrique to construct a N3.6 billion housing estate in Yenegoa, the Bayelsa State capital.

Sale of NPA properties, Reps to institute probe

Sale of NPA properties, Reps to institute probe

Following years of complains and petitions by the leadership of the Senior Staff Association of the Nigerian Ports Authority (SSANPA) over the sale of the authority’s properties, the House Committee on Marine Transport is set to institute a probe to ascertain the sale.

STOA laments poor port access road

STOA laments poor port access road

By Godfrey Bivbere Seaport Terminal  Operators Association of Nigeria (STOA) has lamented the poor port access road, noting that it is contributing to increase freighting goods from the nation’s ports in Lagos, even as it kicked against the introduction of the wharf landing fees (Wharf landing fee is a new levy introduced by the Lagos […]

IDL plans expansion into African markets

IDL plans expansion into African markets

Intercontinental Distillers Limited (IDL) has announced its plans to expand the distribution of its products across the African market in the next couple of years.

BATN supports appropriate regulation of tobacco industry

BATN supports appropriate regulation of tobacco industry

The British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) has expressed its support for appropriate regulation of tobacco industry. This, the company believes, will help reduce the impact of tobacco on public health in the country. The company made this known at the public hearing for the anti-tobacco bill in the Senate.

Moneywise publishes ‘Wealth Report’ on Lagos State

Moneywise publishes ‘Wealth Report’ on Lagos State

Moneywise, Nigeria’s premier personal finance company, is set to publish “The Lagos Wealth Report”.
The report, which will be published in September 2009, will be the first in the series of reports on how state governments in Nigeria utilise public funds to create wealth for their citizens.

Man hacks woman, daughter to death in Bayelsa community

Man hacks woman, daughter to death in Bayelsa community

The assailant who is believed to be a serial killer it was also learnt raped one of the victims after stabbing her to death.
Vanguard gathered that the tragic incident occurred at 5p.m in one of the sparsely populated new lay out area of the Etegwe suburb which presently could not be accessed by cars.