WORKERS in the nation’s Petroleum industry, have advised the Federal Government and others clamouring for total deregulation of the downstream sector of the nation’s oil industry, not to test the will of Nigerians including the organized labour in the sector.

Super Eagles striker Osaze Odemwingie has assured Nigerians that Saturday’s 2 p.m. kick-off time will not affect their performance against Guinea.

The Super Falcons’ technical crew has called up three new players to replace some of those who failed to report to camp for their Oct. 22 game.

The Federal Government says it will launch a job creation scheme that enables young people with knowledge and capacity to employ other young people.

The nation’s limp power sector may just be on its way to life if the body language of the present administration is anything to go by. What with the recent announcement that by the Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji of the attainment of about 4,005 megawatts of electricity, so far the highest quantum of electric power ever generated in the history of the country.

Apparently overwhelmed by the unending traffic gridlock on Ikotun-Ejigbo–Ago Palace way-Cele Express Road, residents of the area have appealed to Governor Babatunde Fashola to find a lasting solution to the menace by constructing new roads and rehabilitating the bad ones.

RAJAN SWAROOP, the soft-spoken chief executive officer of Airtel Nigeria, a leading telecommunications operator exudes confidence about the fortunes of his network. Though the network itself is 10 years old, its current business managers, Bharti Airtel is just 15 months in Nigeria. He spoke to Vanguard Hi-Tech

A combined unit of armed mobile policemen and soldiers, yesterday, foiled an arm robbery attack at Union Bank Auchi, Edo State.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday denied writing President Goodluck Jonathan to remove the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and heads of four other key agencies in the country.

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, summoned the National Publicity Secretary of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, to appear before it tomorrow, to show cause why he should not be committed to jail over alleged contempt of court.

THE Federal Government, yesterday, relieved heads of three aviation agencies of their positions.
Among the head of the agencies sacked is the Rector, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria, Captain Adebayo Araba, who was appointed as rector in 2007.

On his return to the national team for the first time since March, coach Samson Siasia has given Osaze Odemwingie the license to kill when Guinea come calling this weekend.

Bishop Frank Owali of the World Overseer of Hebron-Harvest International Ministry, with headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, has raised alarm over alleged hostile treatment and harassment of Nigerians by the authorities of Thailand.

The Federal Government has set another two years for the eradication of the obstinate polio virus from the country. This happened when Microsoft chief and Chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates, led his team to pay a courtesy visit to President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday, September 29, 2011.

The remaining 10 slots for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations will be decided this weekend after the final round of matches of the qualifying series.