Refineries: PIB, panacea to private sector investment, Lukman
AS stakeholders and operators in the downstream sub-sector of the petroleum industry continue to find a lasting solution to the myriads of problem bedeviling the sector, the federal Government has asserted the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) currently before the National Assembly is the only panacea to private sector investment to boost the country’s refining capacity.
Anambra : Ngige asks Obi to account for N350bn
By Dennis Agbo AWKA—ANAMBRA State Action Congress, AC, candidate for February 6 governorship election, and former Governor of the state, Dr. Chris Ngige has asked his successor and incumbent, Governor Peter Obi to render account of over N350 billion. Ngige alleged that the money was the cumulative allocations to both the state and 21 local […]
10 killed in fresh Jos violence
SECURITY has been beefed up in Jos, the Plateau State capital, following an outbreak of fresh violence in parts of the city which left about 15 people dead, yesterday. Many were reported injured while about four houses were torched in the skirmish which again took ethno-religious dimension reopening hostilities of the 28 November, 2008 crisis.
Anambra : Court summons INEC
*Over alleged substitution of candidate’s name By Ise-Oluwa Ige ABUJA—A Federal high court sitting in Abuja, last Friday, summoned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for allegedly substituting the nominated gubernatorial candidate of the National Democratic Party, NDP, Prince Donatus Okonkwo without complying with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2006. The summons followed a […]
APGA demands probe of electoral materials hijack
By Tony Edike ENUGU—THE All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has called on the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ogbonnaya Onovo to conduct a through investigation into the alleged hijack of electoral materials meant for the conduct of the February 6 governorship election in Anambra State. It said that the arrest of some persons with a […]
Mark, Bankole urge Anambra politicians to adhere to rules
By Kenneth Ehigiator LAGOS—Senate President, Chief David Mark and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, yesterday, warned political gladiators for the February 6 Anambra State’s gubernatorial election to play by the rules, stressing that the election would be a test case for 2011. The duo spoke in separate interviews with newsmen at […]
