Reps indict 3 crude oil lifters of tax defaults
The House of Representatives has accused the NNPC of manipulating the prices of part of the 45,000 barrels of crude oil per day allocated it for its three refineries. The Reps said the NNPC sold part of the unrefined crude to some foreign companies yet to be identified at a discount, thus making the country to lose not less than N280 billion ($1.87 billion) between 2004 and 2007.
High rate of kidnapping worries Orji
By Anayo Okoli Umuahia—ABIA state Governor, Chief Theodore Orji has expressed concern over the lingering state of insecurity in the state, saying that adequate measures have been put in place to deal with those perpetrating violent crimes, particularly kidnapping in the state.
NWB of C revokes wrestlers’ licence, vows to stop Ultimate Commander
LIKE a bolt out from the blues, the Nigeria Wrestling Board of Control, NWB of C, yesterday, threatened the African Heavyweight title fight between Ultimate Commander and Canadian Joe Legend when it revoked all national titles of wrestlers.
UNICEF re-appoints Kanu
The United Nations Education Fund (UNICEF) will today re- appoint Nigeria football star Nwankwo Kano as UNICEF Nigeria’s Goodwill Ambassador.
Man, 30, drowns in River Niger
By Isiaka Oyibo LOKOJA — A man in his mid-30s, yesterday, got drowned in River Niger while trying to fetch water with a bucket from the river at Ganaja area of Lokoja.
I’m an instrument for re-branding Nigeria — Ultimate Commander
WITHOUT flexing his muscles, he looks as harmless as a lamb. His fine face could easily give him out as one of the pin-up guys or better still, one of the Nollywood guys. But beneath these lies an incredible power that has seen him torture men bigger and taller in the rings.
Group wants Ndokwa native on NDDC board
While expressing confidence in Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan as a detribalized Deltan, he lamented that the Ndokwa nation has never been given the opportunity to produce a commissioner for the NDDC.
Olofinjana, Uche ‘killed’ Eagles midfield – Okpalla
Former Green Eagles defender, Sylvanus Okpalla, has picked out two players, Seyi Olofinjana and Kalu Uche as the weak links in the Super Eagles World Cup qualifier at the Abuja National Stadium last Sunday.
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Low capacity utilisation threatens industrial development — Employers
By Victor Ahiuma-Young FOR employers in the food and beverage sector of the nation’s economy, the gradual and steady waning capacity utilisation and employment generation in the sector and indeed, the entire manufacturing sector in the country, is something that the government must urgently address frontally if the country’s dream of joining top 20 economies […]
Lucozade Boost gets new Ad slogan, awards too
GlaxoSmithKline  Consumer (GSK) PLC has launched a new campaign slogan tagged: ‘Energizing the Nation’ for Lucozade Boost, even as Indulge organisation, a fitness cum healthy lifestyle advocate and organiser of the Indulge Wellness Awards has adjudged the product most healthy sport drink in the country.
Mimiko sets to disburse N1b to SMEs
The new Administration of Governor Olusegun Mimiko is set to disburse the sum of N1 Billion to small scale industries and cooperative societies in the State.
