Cleric advises S-East Govs to check spate of crime wave
By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI— The Bishop, Diocese of Okigwe South, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. David Onuoha, has charged the Governors of the South East to pool their resources together and fight the rising incidents of kidnapping and armed robbery in the zone. Bishop Onuoha made the call in his sermon during the dedication of Saint […]
Picketing the House has become part of governance here – GARBA, Edo Speaker
IT is unlikely that the nation will stop talking of the April 2007 general elections in a hurry; if anything, the elections and its fallouts, some of which are still unravelling will continue to feature in discourses on the polity for some time to come.
Appointment: Uduaghan goes underground to avoid lobbyists
….Gets 5,000 text messages in 3 days By Emma Amaize WARRI – GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has gone underground, following an exhaustive lobby on him by some leaders of the state and politicians to appoint their candidates as commissioners. The governor last week dropped 11 commissioners, but since then, he has not rested, […]
NGO gives 7-yr-old rape victim scholarship
By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN-THE Women’s Health and Action Research Center (WHARC), a None Governmental Organization (NGO) in Edo State, has intervened in the harrowing experience of a seven-year-old rape victim, Amina Muhammed, with a scholarship scheme up to university level. The group also urged Nigerians to extend hands of love to victims of rape and […]
Crisis rocks Anambra PPA
By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA— A major leadership crisis is brewing in the Anambra State branch of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) as the South East zonal vice chairman of the party, Chief Austine Ndigwe, yesterday disowned the state leadership that was appointed recently. Addressing a news conference in Awka, Ndigwe, said the party was not […]
Fresh crisis hits Excravos gas project, as JTF withdraws personnel
By Emma Amaize WARRI – The Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta has withdrawn its security personnel attached to one of the contractors, Fenog Nigeria Limited, a Warri-based oil service company, handling the repairs of the Escravos-Warri gas pipeline, putting in serious jeopardy the country’s hope of actualizing its 6,000 megawatts of electricity target […]
FG mute over Tompolo’s call for amnesty deadline extension
By Emma Amaize WARRI-TWELVE days to the expiration of the October 4 deadline by the Federal Government for militants to accept amnesty and surrender arms, the government has kept mute on the call by militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, that it should extend the deadline for proper disarmament exercise to be carried out. Vanguard […]
5 troubled banks say debt recovery is ongoing
Five troubled banks whose managing directors and executive directors were sacked barely five weeks ago by the Central Bak of Nigeria (CBN) for alleged misuse of shareholders’ funds, have assured depositors and investors that their money was safe and protected and the debt recovery exercisewas ongoing.
GtBank introduces naira denominated mastercard
Guaranty Trust Bank has introduced the first MasterCard branded, Naira denominated debit cards in Nigeria.The Bank in a statement said, “This innovation, which is also an ATM card, is fortified with the Chip and Pin technology and linked directly to the customer’s account. It allows the cardholder withdraw cash from all Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) which bear the MasterCard logo or stickers and pay for goods and services at MasterCard Point of Sale (POS) terminals.
NAPIMS parleys joint venture operators
THE National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) has organised a highly interactive forum in order to provide an avenue for the multinationals to fashion ways of addressing issues that impede on the optimal operations of the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry.
Power: NERC to invoke sanctions over electrocution, disobedience to order
THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced that it might be compelled to invoke certain provisions of its enabling Act following its observations that most of the power distribution companies operate in flagrant disobedience of its orders, rules and regulations.
