Following numerous natural disasters that took place across the nation in recent times, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole has called on state governments and their legislative Houses to pass enabling laws empowering emergency relief agencies to function during time of disaster at the state level.

An indigenous oil firm, Afren Plc, says it has acquired Energy Equity Resources Oil and Gas’s residual licence interest in OML 115, offshore south east Nigeria

A fresh 170-count charge has been filed against former governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Adamu. As a result, he was re-arraigned along with 11 other accused persons before Justice David Okorowa of the Federal High Court, Lafia, yesterday.

THE stage is set for another political battle between Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s Action Congress, AC, and Chief Tony Anenih’s Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State,

A Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja has ruled that former Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Prof. Bridget Omotunde Sokan and three directors facing trial on a 63-count charge, bordering on fraudulent inducement, criminal conspiracy and subversion of due processes in the award of contract among others, have a case to answer and should be ready to face trial

The American public brazed itself for a case that had all the trappings of an Hollywood movie. But while the trial was being staged in the courts, American Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Williams Burns was locked in negotiations with the Russian Ambassador in Washington, Sergei Kislyak which were to render the court process a farce.

Bayelsa State Police command yesterday blamed the inability of its men to effectively combat the menace of sea piracy in the creeks of the state on dearth of serviceable speed boats and pleaded with the chairmen of the eight local government councils in the state to assist it with logistics to enable it prevent and fight crime more effectively.

INDICATIONS emerged yesterday that workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, would go ahead with Monday’s planned nationwide strike over non payment of monetization of the negotiated arrears, non payment of balance of 150 per cent salary increase and regularization of the employment of over 10,000 casual/contract workers in PHCN.

Protests forced the House of Representatives yesterday to stand down a N13 billion budget proposal for “Special Projects” of which N6.1billion was earmarked by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, for the registration of all SIM cards in Nigeria.

Former United States of America envoy to Nigeria, Ambassador Walter Carrington yesterday said his country was backing President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration because he had shown that he was sincere and committed to conducting credible elections in 2011 as well as improving on the fortunes of Nigerians.