NIGER Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has appealed for waivers from banks to enable contractors deliver on their jobs.

EFFORTS of the embattled former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Chief Bode George, and five others, to secure bail from an Ikeja High court that jailed them over the NPA contracts scam, hit the rocks yesterday as the same court refused their request.

I came to this press conference out of respect for the media, but to be honest I feel like crawling into a hole. It’s a crushing disappointment, because we came to Nigeria with the intention of going all the way. We definitely weren’t expecting to be going home so soon.

Akwa Ibom State government has stated its readiness to partner with groups with sound initiative on how to promote good governance in the state.

The Police in Lagos yesterday said they were investigating the death of a 65-year-old man who allegedly slumped and died while having sex with his wife.

The House of Representatives Committee on States and Local Governments has declared the Chairman of Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, Mr. Mathew Olory, as the best all round chairman in the South-South zone of the country.

THREE hundred and twenty four Muslim pilgrims from Edo state, yesterday, departed Benin City for Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj.

Former Minister of Transport and arrow head of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Dr. Abiye Sekibo, and two other bigwigs of the party have dumped the party for Action Congress (AC).

THE Director General, National Automotive Council (NAC), Engr. Aminu Jalal said at the weekend that the 2017 set mandate of getting out the first made in Nigeria car is not feasible, just as he disclosed that the Federal Government was considering the reversal of tariff for imported manufactured automobile components from 10 per cent to 40 percent.

Intercontinental Bank, last week, commissioned Intercontinental Post Graduate Hostel which it donated to Adekunle Ajasin University in Akungba Akoko, Ondo State.

For the first time in the history of its existence, and in line with its consistent impressive performance since its privatization, the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (nahcoaviance) has announced a profit after tax figure of N1.077b for the third quarter ended 30 September, 2009.

People scared of flying can now press a button on their iPhone to help them deal with their panic, as Virgin Atlantic Airways has launched an application (app) for its Flying Without Fear course which boasts a success rate of over 98 percent.

The federal government has set up a special monitoring on the 2009 Hajj Muslim airlift to Saudi Arabia to stave off any hitch in the process.

MASTERS energy, an indigenous operator in the downstream sector has announced the arrival of its maiden vessel, Victory 1, laden with about 50000Metric tonnes of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) also called diesel.

Mrs Nkechi Obi is the Managing Director, Techno Oil Limited, a significant player in the downstream sector of the oil industry. In this interview with Vanguard’s Yemie Adeoye she speaks on infrastructural challenges and prospects of full deregulation in the downstream sub_sector of the petroleum industry.