PATHS 2 mourns Yakowa, condoles family
United Kingdom’s Partnership for Transforming Health Systems Phase 2 Programme, PATHS2, has expressed sadness over the death of Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State in a military helicopter crash in Bayelsa State Saturday, last week.
Ferry travel offers escape from notorious Lagos traffic
It may not seem like an especially tough choice: spend six hours a day in choking road traffic getting to and from work, or take a ferry, skip the gridlock and cut the commute to 40 minutes, roundtrip?
Pipeline fire in Ijeododo causes panic, as firefighters battle to access site
LAGOS— A pipeline explosion on Monday night occurred at Ijeododo in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, following the activities of suspected pipeline vandals.
FG ‘ll not increase petrol price in New Year, NLC assures Nigerians
Lagos—President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Abdulwahed Omar, Tuesday assured Nigerians that the Federal Government would not increase the price of petrol in the New Year.
NASS probes NNPC’s N48bn excess expenditure, uncovers secret cash reserve
ABUJA—THE National Assembly was Tuesday told that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, realized N2.36trillion between January and September, 2012, while its total expenditure for the same period stood at N2.84trillion.
Dana compensation: Ground victims lament neglect
Ground survivors and families of ground victims of the Dana airplane that crashed on July 3rd this year said the airline’s insurers had refused to include them in claims settlement. The ground survivors said that some families of the deceased members on board have benefited from the interim compensation of $30,000 per victim’s family, while none of the families of ground victims have received one cent.
