Shell JV contributes $36bn revenue to FG in 5 years
MANAGEMENT of the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, a joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, said it contributed $36 billion, about N5.4 trillion, to government coffers between 2005 and 2009.
NDDC appeals for co-operation
STAKEHOLDERS in the Niger Delta region have been enjoined to rally round the new Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to enable it make meaningful impact in the region.
A bond for Niger Bridge II
AFTER years of playing sick politics with the Second Niger Bridge, the Federal Government seems to have decided to get serious with it. The new Minister of Works, Senator Sanusi Daggash, has spent quite some time touring the dilapidated federal roads in the South East zone and giving ultimatums for the contractors handling the repairs to expedite action.
Our chances bleak against Eagles, Greek defender
Greece defender Vassilis Torosidis is playing down the prospect of his country’s revival at the World Cup following the 2-0 loss to South Korea.
The rumble in the House
UNLESS sanity prevails, come Tuesday June 22, 2010, we might be treated to another round of attempts to change the leadership of the House of Representatives when the Green Chamber returns from its annual recess.
Two voices, one nation
WHOSE report shall we believe? This was a profound question asked by Sunday Oguntola, a journalist, in his article published in The Nation newspapers recently.
INC sues for inter-ethnic harmony
PRESIDENT of the Ijaw National Congress, INC, Dr. A. Obianime, has charged ethnic groups in Nigeria to live in harmony with one another so as to enthrone sustainable peace in the country.
Education policy makers undergo training in research techniques
Top officials of state Ministries of Education, Educational Resource Centres and State Universal Basic Education Boards who are in charge of policy making have been exposed to a training in modern research techniques where they were told of the need to base decisions and implementation of policies and programmes on research findings.
Okogie asks FG to implement Uwais’ report
The Lagos State government has agreed to compensate victims of the pipeline fire in Ijegun, a Lagos suburb, which claimed lives and property, two years ago.
Imo govt disowns campaign posters
Imo State government has dissociated itself from the campaign posters and fliers going across the country, especially the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, in which the photograph of Governor Ikedi Ohakim is placed together with that of the former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida.
Oyo: Strike paralyses activities in public schools
ACADEMIC work was Wednesday paralysed in all public schools in Ibadan metropolis as teachers in the state complied with the directive of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Oyo State chapter to observe strike every Wednesday.
