SECRETARY to the Delta State Government, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, will on Saturday at Sapele, be the special guest at a youths forum of all the five ethnic nationalities in the state where a review of the state of the nation in general and an evaluation of the performance of the Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, in particular, will be discussed.

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THE Federal Government has disclosed that the ailing power sector gulped a whooping N78.969 billion in 2009 in an effort to realise the failed 6000 Megawatts of power targeted at the end of last year

ABUJA— The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, has asked international financial organizations not to discriminate against the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) when it fully transforms into the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) as recommended by the Petroleum Industry Bill.

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has vowed to ensure that child bearing mothers in Lagos would no longer die during birth in any of the State’s hospitals.

IN an effort to boost maritime training in Nigeria and enable more professional indigenous participation in the sector, The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) company limited has supplied the Maritime Authority of Nigeria (MAN), with a Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boat (PSCRB) equipment, a major requirement for accreditation of the institute.

ABUJA – The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has approved the immediate purchase and deployment of ultra modern vessel tracking device to enable the ‘NNPC ‘War Room’ maintain an unimpeded tracking of ships and ocean liners conveying petroleum products to Nigeria.

PRIDED as an internationally acclaimed laboratory operating ultra modern medical pathological laboratories in Nigeria, offering a wide range of medical tests that guarantee accurate diagnosis and improved monitoring/treatment of medical conditions, PathCare Nigeria, has a vision to be the benchmark for laboratory testing in the country.

STAKEHOLDERS in the gas sub-sector have disagreed with the Federal Government over the pre-qualification of 13 investors to accelerate the development of gas production facilities in the country contrary to prequalification of 15 companies as core investors in Nigeria’s Gas Master Plan.

FOLLOWING the furore that has trailed the sales of three of its onshore oilfields and the subsequent rumour making the rounds that it is probably wounding up its operations in Nigeria, the Shell Petroleum Development Company has reaffirmed its commitment to the country noting that it disposed the said assets in order to support local participation in the oil and gas industry.

The Director General of the Debt Management Office has said that Nigeria plans to sell N867.5bn ($5.74bn) worth of bonds, about a fifth of planned expenditure this year, to fund the budget deficit.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Lamido Sanusi, has said that the apex bank will avoid any “shotgun” sale of rescued lenders and may take the rest of the year to complete deals with prospective international buyers.

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to stop gas flaring at the nation’s 187 oil flow stations through the vehicle of the accelerated Gas Development Projects.

The government of Akwa State have made a vigorous case for the relocation of the proposed Lekki Greenfield Refinery to its planned free trade and industrial zone at Ibaka area of Akwa Ibom state.

”It matters not who the voter, what does matter is who counts the votes”-Russian Dictator Joseph Stalin.
”As far as we know there is one state in Africa that never had one king for all.

By Peter Duru MAKURDI—First lady of Benue State, Mrs. Yemisi Suswam has raised the alarm over the rising cases of HIV/AIDS infection in the state, describing the development as worrisome. Mrs. Suswam regretted that the people have failed to come to terms with the fact that the disease was real hence many have falling cheap […]