Nigeria has introduced the ongoing reform in its oil and gas sector, including the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), to IMF scrutiny in an effort to secure its support and endorsement.

THE piece captioned as above, by Yushau A. Shuaibu, in the Economic Confidential of October 2009, was no doubt very riveting.

FOR effective and smooth operation in its efforts to give quality education to all Deltans, the Delta State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Asaba has last week commissioned 9 new primary Schools in Ughelli-South Council Area of Delta State.

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has decided to accept the promise by the Lagos State Government to pay the new Teachers Salary Scale (TSS) by next year because teachers have no other job as alternative.

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—The stretch between Orji and Akabo, along the busy Owerri-Okigwe federal highway, is increasingly becoming a nightmare to motorists and other road users. The state of the road, which is apparently compounded by the heavy downpour in the past few weeks, has seriously deteriorated. All types of vehicles are constantly stuck on […]

By Henry Umoru ABUJA —  IN what looks like a melo drama, barely 24 hours after 23 aspirants rejected the nomination of the immediate past governor of Central Bank (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo, as the candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2010 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, six of them yesterday swallowed […]

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—The Bishop of Okigwe South, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. David Onuoha, has urged the Federal Government to “do everything possible to ensure that the nation’s education sector is efficient and run uninterrupted academic calendar”. Rev. Onuoha, who made the appeal in a chat with Vanguard, was also of the view that nothing […]

By  Uduma Kalu LAGOS—Embattled Eze-Igbo Lagos Chief Nwabueze Ohazulike, has said that the Igbo institution in the country has come to stay. He also described the attempt to ban his office by the Lagos state government and the South East Traditional Rulers as mere distraction from the real issues facing the Igbo people. The South […]

ABUJA—The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has described the emergence of artificial fuel queues in Abuja and its environs as totally unacceptable. In a statement by the Group General Manager Public Affairs Division, Dr Levi Ajuonuma blamed the situation on the intentional slowdown in product bridging by independent and major marketers as well […]

By Adedoyin Ojosipe Jos — The National Association of Plateau State Students (NAPPS) has appealed to striking primary and secondary school teachers in the state to emulate the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by calling off their strike of almost five months, while negotiations continue. President of the association, Comrade Emmanuel Gompit who made […]