Notorious arm’s dealer in police net
The Police at the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Adeniji-Adele, Lagos recorded a breakthrough last Monday when it intercepted a truck loaded with large cache of ammunition. Three suspected notorious illegal arms dealers were also arrested with the truck at Shaki-Oke-Ogun border in Oyo State while they were trying to smuggle the truck into the country. At the end of the operation, 97,250 rounds of 12 mm live cartridges and a barretta pistol were recovered from the truck.
NDDC: Edo nominee rebuffs opposing senators
By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA— Mr. Donald Omorodion who was nominated to represent Edo State on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has rebuffed the petition of two of the three senators from the state opposing his nomination. The nominee in his response to the petition against him presented to the Senate Committee […]
210 deceased civil servants’ children get scholarship in Delta
Delta State Bursary and Scholarship Board has given at least 210 children of deceased civil servants in the state scholarship for 2008/2009 academic session.
IPMAN gets c’ttee to check members excesses
By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Irked by adverse reports from Nigerians, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has set up Product Allocation Committee charged with the responsibility of monitoring and checking the excesses of its members. The National Vice President of IPMAN, Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo, made this known while speaking after the election of 18 […]
OTC names recipients of 2010 distinguished achievement Awards
RICHARDSON, Texas, USA – The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) will present its 2010 Distinguished Achievement Awards on 4 May to Hugh Elkins for important advances in subsea drilling technology, and to the Independence Hub for the coordinated solution to accessing ultra-deepwater reserves. The two awards will be presented at the annual OTC Awards Luncheon at […]
Kerosine scarcity hits Aba
Aba—Residents of Aba in Abia State have appealed to the NNPC management to make kerosene available at its mega-service stations in the state. A cross-section of the people, who spoke with newsmen in Aba, yesterday said that the measure would alleviate the suffering of a greater majority of the people, who depend on kerosene for […]
Ex-NAFDAC Director dies mysteriously
FORMER Director of National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Delta State, Dr. Mercy Okoh, was reportedly found dead at Asaba Niger Bridge Head in mysterious circumstances.
Declare Yar’Adua incapacitated, Nnamani, Ribadu, El-Rufai tell FEC
By Emmanuel Aziken ABUJA—The Senator Ken Nnamani-led Good Governance Group, 3G, has charged the Executive Council of the Federation, EXCOF, to declare President Umaru Yar‘Adua incapacitated in accordance with Section 144 of the Constitution should he fail to show up at today’s meeting. The group in a statement yesterday deposed that the presidency is an […]
Yar’Adua : Amechi hails Akunyili
By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—ELDER statesman and first Republic Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amechi is full of praises for the Information and Communications Minister, Professor Dora Akunyili for the steps she had taken so far to get the nation moving forward, especially on the issue of the health of President Umaru Yar’ Adua. “I am happy that […]
Yar’Adua needs to fully recuperate before resuming duties — Saraki
Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, Governor Bukola Saraki of Kwara State has said the fact that President Umaru Yar ‘Adua has been discharged from a Saudi hospital does not translate to his automatic resumption of work, stressing that he needs to fully recuperate.
Acting President : Okogwu asks FEC to gazette empowerment of Jonathan
By Emeka Mamah KADUNA — A business mogul and an in-law to the former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, Chief Sunny Okogwu has asked the Federal Executive Council, FEC, to gazette the empowerment of Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as the Acting President of the country. Okogwu said in an interview with newsmen at his […]
Desist from playing politics with Yar’Adua’s health — Speaker
By Taye Obateru Jos — Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Istifanus Mwansat has advised those playing politics with the health of President Umaru Yar’Adua to have a re-think and desist from toying with the well-being of the nation for their selfish interests. Reacting to the situation of things in an interview, […]
Two killed in Niger communal clash
By Wole Mosadomi Minna — Two people have been reported killed while several others were seriously injured after a communal clash between two villages, Emegi and Kuchita, in Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State over ownersip of a fish pond. Dangerous weapons like dane guns, cutlasses, daggers and charms were freely used during the […]
Sanusi asks FG to deregulate oil sector, okays N500bn for electricity
GOVERNOR of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has urged the Federal Government to carry through its planned deregulation of the downstream oil sector to forestall further inflationary pressure on the economy.
Youths vow to blow up oil installations over NDDC road project
YOUTHS from oil rich Orhionmwon local government council of Edo State have vowed to blow up oil installations in the area, if the N3.3 billion Oben/Umoghun-Nokhua/Orogho road contract which was awarded two years ago by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was not completed.
PDP condemns plot to bomb Edo Assembly complex
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State has condemn the failed attempt to bomb the State House of Assembly complex, just as it denied any involvement of its members in the plot.
