Etisalat hits 1m subscriber
Etisalat Nigeria, has announced that it has hit the one million subscriber mark. The company, said it has achieved this feat in less than one year of its operations in Nigeria’s highly competitive telecommunications market.
Group to hold workshop on impact of pipeline damage
The workshop is billed to be chaired by Senator Folasade Bent, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, while Director General of the National Oil Spill Detection and Remediation Agency (NOSDRA), Dr. Bamidele Ajakaiye, would present a lead paper.
Kanu assures Portsmouth
Nwankwo Kanu has assured Portsmouth supporters that he will not be leaving Fratton Park at the end of his contract as he is close to agreeing a new deal.
Rivers assures residents on flood control
We have identified forty two drainage problem areas in Port Harcourt . We have asked for drainage design on ten because the forty two will take more years. They will start work on five first,†he said.
I have no interest in NUJ election —Elechi
By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi state has denied having special interest or candidate of choice in the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Ebonyi state chapter election, slated for July 8, 2009. There has been tension among journalists in the state, as some aspirants had gone to town, boasting that they were the […]
Oshiomhole appeals to EDHA on confirmation of SUBEB nominees
Comrade Oshiomhole lamented that the N4.4 billion due to the state government was now lying in the vaults of the Central Bank of Nigeria attracting no interest, adding that the fund was now of no use to the government and could not be deployed for the planned renovation and equipment necessary to improve the public school system for the thousands of primary school pupils and junior secondary school students.
Fire razes NTA Owerri
By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Mysterious fire, yesterday destroyed the studio and transmitters of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 12, Owerri, Imo state. Vanguard gathered that the fire started from the studios of the television station. According to an eye witness account, men of the Imo State Fire Service promptly responded to the distress call, but […]
Itsekiri leaders ask FG to rebuild Gbaramatu communities
According to the statement, the leaders further called for greater local autonomy for the component ethnicities, fiscal federalism that ensures greater percentage of funds at least 50 per cent to oil producing states/homelands and enforcement of law and order for peace to reign in the region.
Vigilante group arrests six suspected kidnappers in Aba
By Anayo Okoli Aba—MEMBERS of the Abia state vigilante group, said they have arrested six suspected kidnappers in parts of Aba, the commercial city of Abia state, in the last one week. Three of the suspects were said to have been arrested in their hideout in a village in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Council, […]
Why I declined invitation from Ambassador to Holland—Edo gov
“If you take time to check the Benin Airport schedule, most of the trips the governor has made within the country are of paramount importance. Such trips either have to do with the economy of the state or its security. As usual, state governors attend series of meetings and he cannot be exempted.
Labour lambasts FG over non-release of N70b textile revival fund
TEXTILE, Garment and Tailor ing Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (TGTSSAN), has decried the failure and inability of the Federal Government to effect the three release of the much talked about N70 billion Textile industrial revival fund years after the federal government promised the fund, saying it shows unwillingness of government to revive the industry.
