Group hails Akpabio, welcomes Jonathan
Ahead of a two-day working visit by President Goodluck Jonathan to Akwa Ibom State, a socio-political pressure group, Greater Ibom Mandate Group, GIMG, has lauded Governor Godswill Akpabio, for spreading infrastructure development across the three senatorial districts of the state.
2011: ACF scribe resigns over support for Jonathan
Secre-tary, Political Committee of Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed, has been forced to resign his position following his insistence that President Goodluck Jonathan should contest the 2011 election.
MMIA gets new lounge
Barring any further obstacle in the way of the providers, a new executive private lounge is expected to spring up at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, as one had already taken off at the Lagos airport for relaxation of passengers and non-passengers alike
NNPC denies N45bn debt to govt.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has denied ever owing the three tiers of the government N450 billion as being orchestrated by the government
ECOWAS donates N15m relief materials to Jos crisis victims
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has donated relief materials worth about N15 million to some
victims of the ethno-religious violence that rocked the Plateau State capital earlier this year.
‘Local content law ‘ll improve GDP’
Minister of Petroleum, Mrs Allison Maduekwe, has said that signing into law of the Local Content Law, the establishment of the Local Content Development Board and Cabotage Law for the petroleum and maritime industry would contribute positively to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) should Nigerians take advantage of the opportunities.
Borno excited over oil exploration – Gov Sheriff
Governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno State said yesterday that the people of the state are celebrating the resumption of oil exploration in the area
N14m graft: Chime’s in-law alleges persecution by hubby’s family
A widow and sister-in-law to Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, Mrs. Ngozi Mgbeke, yesterday, raised an alarm
over alleged plot by members of her late husband’s family to destroy her and her two-year-old baby
PHCN workers issue 14-day strike notice
THE two unions in the nation’s electricity industry, National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, and its Senior
Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, SSAEAC, have handed down a 14-day to the Federal Government and the management of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, to pay their members monetisation arrears, balance of the negotiated 150% salary increase and regularise the employment of over 10,000 casual/contract workers in PHCN to avoid a shut down of the industry.
Osun NUJ urges security agencies to rescue kidnapped journalists
Barely four days after the kidnap of four journalists, the Osun State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has called on all security agencies in the country to ensure the speedy rescue of the journalists who were kidnapped last Sunday
Auto crash: 23 victims get mass burial
TWENTY-three remains of the victims of a fatal auto crash that occurred on Ibadan-Ife road were given mass burial yesterday in Ibadan
