ABIOLA, ABACHA & THE BIG BRIBE: Al-Mustapha indicts Ige, Adesanya
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, who is standing trial for alleged murder of late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, wife of Chief M.KO Abiola, yesterday at a Lagos High Court, made further startling revelations in continuation of his assertions that some South West leaders were given money by the General Abdulsalami Abubakar administration to appease them on the death of Chief Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election.
FUPR council suspends registrar indefinitely
WARRI-THE Governing Council of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, FUPRE, Ugbomro, Effurun, near Warri, Delta state, has directed the institution’s registrar, Dr (Mrs) L.O. Onwuka to proceed on immediate suspension pending the conclusion of investigation
NOSDRA buys vessel to combat oil spill
DIRECTOR General of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, Mr Peter Idabor said the agency has bought a 19 pollcat oil spill response vessel to tackle the challenges of oil spillage in Niger Delta.
Nigerite remodels Unilag’s Architecture Studio
Messrs Nigerite Limited, a one one-stop building components solution provider has remodeled the Masters in Environmental Design, MED, Studio at the Department of Architecture, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba. The project was executed at the cost of N35 million.
A sparkling performance from Chevy
Never before has a small car impressed me like the new Chevrolet Spark which was introduced into the Nigerian market recently by NMI Motors, a member of the CFAO Automobile Group. Though I had sighted the new Chevrolet Spark at various times at the NMI showroom on Oshodi-Apapa expressway Lagos but never picked much interest on the muscular looking small hatchback.
Koko bubbles as foreign investors visit
WARRI- THERE was excitement in Koko, headquarters of Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, popularly remembered for the toxic waste saga, following the arrival, Monday, of foreign investors from Saudi Arabia and India to inspect the sites for the construction of $16 billion petrochemical and fertilizer plants in the community.
