At least four foreign based players arrived the Super Eagles Bolton White Apartment camp as at 6pm Friday, as the team defied the heavy downpour in the nation’s capital for its first training session with stars from Europe on Monday evening.

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)’s Local Content initiative has recorded another major success. The first set of carbon steel pipes manufactured in Nigeria for SPDC’s Trans Niger Pipeline is now ready for use. “This is a perfect example of promoting the use of locally manufactured goods and Nigerian service companies in production operations, projects and well engineering,” said Igo Weli, General Manager, Nigerian Content Development, SPDC. “And it supports the Federal Government’s drive to increase Nigerian participation in the oil and gas industry.”

The Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, said it shared a total sum of N520.917 billion from the federation account among the three tiers of government in the month of July.

WARRI—DESPITE the promise of Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, to take up the controversial sale of Oil Mining Leases, OMLs, in the state with President Goodluck Jonathan, youth leaders of the affected Urhobo, Isoko and Ndokwa ethnic nationalities, weekend, vowed to go ahead with their planned shutdown of the oil installations.

IN realization of the drive to rid Nigeria of fake and counterfeited technology products, Hewlet Packard (HP) has deployed a number of measures to ensure that its customers receive only authentic HP printing supplies.