SUBEB commissions new primary schools in Ughelli
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.
Akala, Adefaye, others pay tributes to Ajayi
TRIBUTES poured in torrents yesterday to kick-start the burial arrangement for the former Managing Editor, Sketch Press Limited, Mr. Peter Ajayi who died recently.
Audit report: Britain tasks FG on transparency in oil sector
By Chinyere Amalu ABUJA—The British High Commissioner, Bob Dewar has called on Nigerian Government to take advantage of the findings of the second audit report launched by Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) to address accountability and transparency issues in oil sectors. The recent launch of the second audit undertaken by the Nigeria Extractive Industries […]
Kidnapping now capital offence in Ebonyi
By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—Governor Martin Elech of Ebonyi state, yesterday signed into law, a bill that stipulates death penalty for anybody that is convicted by a competent court of law for hostage taking and kidnapping of human being. Signing the bill, titled ‘Ebonyi State Internal Security Enforcement and Related Matters Law, 2009,’ into law at […]
PIB capable of transforming Nigeria’s economy — IMF
ABUJA — The International Monetary Fund has described the Petroleum Industry Bill as a professional legislation that is capable of transforming the Nigeria economy for the better. Speaking during a fact-finding visit to the Minister of Petroleum Resources and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to understand the Petroleum Industry Bill currently before the National […]
Otegbeye: A debt of gratitude
MY generation and the younger generation may not be aware that we owe a debt of historical gratitude to Jeremiah Olatunji Otegbeye who passed away on Friday October 9, 2009.
