VETERANS of the Nigerian Civil War, under the auspices of Civil War Veterans, have described the death of the former Biafran warlord, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu as a colossal loss to the nation.

ACTION Congress of Nigeria, ACN, candidate for Ika Federal Constituency in last April’s elections, Dr. Isioma Okobah, weekend, in Agbor, Ika Local Government Area of Delta State, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to shelve the planned removal of fuel subsidy to avoid worsening the poverty and hardship in the country.

In its bid to boost agriculture, FirstBank of Nigeria Plc, weekend in Osogbo, Osun State, granted N1 billion agri-culture credit facility to the Osun State government for disbursement to the state’s cooperative farmers and eligible individual farmers under the Commercial …

A WARRI-based pipeline construction engineer, Mr. Misan Fenegbitse, has said that the insistence on the Horizontal Directional Drilling, HDD, by the Pan Ocean Oil Corporation of Nigeria for the Amukpe-Escravos Pipeline Project, AEPP, would alienate the people of the communities hosting the project from participating it.

SIEMENS Energy, a major player in the energy sector of Nigeria has powered the Les Mées solar farm in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in the southern province of France.

The Iyalode Efunroye Tinubu Family in conjunction with Ewe Agbigbo Community, Idi-Oro, Agege Motor Road, Mushin, Lagos have denied any encroachment on Birch Freeman High School land/premises.

Arik Air is to begin scheduled flights from its hub in Lagos to the Angolan capital, Luanda, becoming the first and only Nigerian carrier to operate scheduled flights between the two cities.

Anambra State House of Assembly Committee on Housing has blamed the failure of the state government to provide houses for the citizenry over the years on poor housing policy.

PRESIDENT of Neimeth Pharmaceuticals, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, has called on Abia State Government to ensure it played politics of inclusion by recognizing and engaging Abia’s brightest and best.

Nigeria and an Indonesian consortium on Monday signed a $960 million investment deal involving the mining, oil and rubber sectors in two southern states, a government statement said.

MOBIL Producing Nigeria, MPN, operator of the NNPC/MPN Joint Venture, has, at the on-going Conference of Nigerian Association of Petroleum Exploratio-nists, NAPE, emerged 2010 best technologist of the year.

The assistant to Lars Lagerback during last year’s World Cup, Roland Andersson, has been shortlisted by the Nigeria Football Federation for the vacant technical director post.

Augustine Eguavoen has moved to explain his shock decision to resign as coach of Nigeria’s under 23 football team, the Dream Team V.

Members of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) living in Europe have condemned the sacking of non- indigenes civil servants in Abia State by Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji, saying that it was a mockery of the unity of South East zones of the Igbo community.

EBONYI State chapter of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Monday, called on the National Assembly to mete out severe punishment on members found guilty of certificate forgery, aside from the verdict of the court on the matter.