N’Delta Summit holds in Bayelsa
AS part of diversifying the economy of the Niger Delta states, a Niger Delta Agriculture Summit is to hold in the first quarter of next year in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
Rep empowers constituents with N10m facilities
TO create jobs and reduce poverty in his constituency, the Enugu North/Enugu South federal constituency Rep, Prince Ofor Chukwuegbo, has distributed machines and equipment worth over N10m.
2009: Economy in Rags, A Nation in the Doldrums
President Umaru Yar‘Adua ordered a military operation in the area to apprehend some militants suspected to have murdered 12 members of Joint Task Force, including a Lt. Colonelon April 13. Yar‘Adua had ordered that the killers of the military personnel must be found dead or alive.
Record fuel queues as Xmas gift to Nigerians
In defiance of the “no-jerry can†order imposed in filling stations, fuel pump attendants brazenly flout this order, filling hundreds of the containers to some street boys working for them. Right Across the street, instead of selling a litre for say, N70 as at Thursday, it was sold for N400 per litre to desperate buyers.
NDLEA impounds drugs worth over N100m in Kano
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has impounded drugs worth over N100million in Kano within the last 3 weeks, and hounded into custody 17 suspected peddlers.
133 die in auto accidents – FRSC
The FRSC has said 133 Nigerians died in 33 auto accidents which occurred across the country between Dec.18 and Dec.24.
