NIGERIAN Association of Petroleum Explorationists, NAPE, a body of geosciences professionals, has said its 29th National Annual International Conference and Exhibition, NAICE, will now hold in Lagos, instead of Abuja, the nation’s capital as originally planned.

Worried by the spate of road traffic crashes across the country; involving convoy drivers of Governors and other public officers, the Federal Road Safety Corps has concluded plans for a nationwide training programme for Governors’ convoy drivers in collaboration with the Governors’ forum.

The new Kia Rio has been awarded the maximum five stars for accident safety from leading European road safety organization, EuroNCAP.

With a maternal rate of 1,000 per 100, 000 live births, a group known as Women’s Health and Action Research Centre, WHARC has called for urgent attention to issues concerning a women and girl- child, blaming the high rate of maternal mortality in the country on failure of government to ensure a functional Primary Health Care system.

THE African Petroleum Producers Association, APPA, has revealed that it is working out a production sharing formula for its member countries, which it expects would be adopted by multi-national oil and gas explorers and other operators within the countries.