Ekiti: Guber election free and fair, say witnesses
Ekiti State governor, Engr Segun Oni yesterday began his defence before the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ado Ekiti with all the witnesses called by him claiming that the April 25, 2009 governorship election re-run was free and fair.
Infrastructure is still a big challenge, Unilever MD
THE Managing Director of Unilever Plc, Thomas Boedinger has restated the need for improved infrastructure in order to foster a healthy environment for industrial growth and global competitiveness in the country.
Total Co-operative Society dragged before Lagos high court
TOTAL Co-operative Society has been dragged before a Lagos high court by one Mazi Obi Adindu of Festac Town, Lagos over alleged fraudulent breach of contract involving land acquisition.
No more hiding place for criminals …
•As govt empowers Police with patrol vans, APC By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government’s sustained onslaught on insecurity in the state seems to be getting a special boost from corporate organisations who have enthusiastically embraced its Public Private Partnership (PPP) policy in the area of crime prevention and control.
NNPC seeks World Bank’s endorsement for petroleum bill
ABUJA – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed plans to present the Petroleum Industry Bill to the World Bank, in a bid to get the global financial institution’s buy-in into the reforms.
Upstream oil workers petition N/A over PIB
ORGANISED labour in the nation’s upstream sector of the petroleum industry, has petitioned the National Assembly over the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) now before the lawmakers, recommending among others, that the proposed Integrated Joint Venture Companies (IJVs) should include host communities in the owner structures similar to the Eleme/Indorama Petrochemical ownership model and the Solid mineral act both of which have specific and defined provisions for community participation.
