MULTINATIONAL oil and gas companies operating in Egi community, Rivers state have been told to live up to their corporate social responsibility to the area or be ready for a showdown with the community.

IN an effort to improve the living conditions of people in its host communities, Exxonmobil affiliate companies in Nigeria has stated that it invested about $280 million over the last decade on strategic and sustainable community investments in healthcare, education and capacity building initiatives to help support the government’s objectives of diversifying Nigeria’s economic base even as it urges sound government polices for the growth of the oil and gas sector.

THE Seme border Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service recorded a total of 372 seizures valued at over N541million in 2009 just as it realised over N109 million as duty from rice import through the command.

An aspirant in the forthcoming chapter elections of the Western zone of the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders, NAGAFF, Mr Segun Musa has assured mebers of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Ikeja chapter of better life if voted as chairman.

THE Federal Government is targeting an additional 700 vessels annually into its newly introduced hybrid registry from 2011, following the migration from closed registry by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to hybrid registry.