ABUJA -The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Department of Petroleum Resources branch, has called on the National Assembly to hasten the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill in order to improve transparency and accountability in the oil and gas sector.

As the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) warms up to begin an indefinite strike, Minister of Health, Dr. Babatunde Oshotimehin, has called on Nigerians, corporate organisations to join in the plea to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and all doctors in private practice not to embark on the proposed strike slated for Thursday.

“He tried to upset that white paper before the election, twice he failed. Now you contrast this with Atiku who was able to set aside the white paper that indicted him before the election and as a result, he was screened and cleared as candidate but this one he didn’t even get to that one.

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—A chairmanship contestant for Abakaliki Market Traders Association (AMTA), whose name could not be ascertained at press time, was yesterday reportedly shot, while the Abakpa main market was closed down and cordoned off by the police, following the leadership crisis that rocked the only market in Ebonyi state capital city. Vanguard learnt […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the detention of a tanker vessel, MT Makhambet, for trading on the nation’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), contrary to the provisions of the Coastal and Inland Shipping (Cabotage) Act, which restricts it to ships owned, built and crewed by Nigerians.