Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has said that his government will restore chaplaincy to all public schools, with effect from this month.

The people of Ihiala Local Government Area in Anambra State will on January 2, 2012, honour the Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji, and Governor Peter Obi for their remarkable contributions to the development of the area and the empowerment of her people.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan and his cabinet members yesterday rose from an emergency session of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, saying that government would not reverse the increase in pump price of petrol from N65 to over N141 per litre.

Gunmen have attacked a police station in Jigawa state, killing a teenage girl and wounding an officer in the first such incident since a state of emergency was declared.

Five school principals in Delta State have been demoted to classroom teachers for alleged illegal collection of levies from students.

The continued delay in the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, has become an embarrassment to Nigeria, and poses a lot of credibility problem for the government, the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, NAPE, has said.

The Senate Committee on Environment has expressed satisfaction with the prompt and effective way that the Shell Group responded on the Bonga oil spill, which occurred on December 20.

A Jos Upper Area Court on Wednesday sentenced a 30-year old conductor, Loneji Adamu, to three months imprisonment for stealing two vehicle batteries valued at N50,000.

The year could not have ended on a sadder note for the Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company, SNEPCo, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch Shell Group in Nigeria, when oil leaks were discovered in the process of loading a crude vessel on December 20.

Home-based Super Eagles players deserve support and encouragement to be able to compete with their foreign-based counterparts, two ex-internationals said in Abuja on Wednesday.

Theo Walcott believes Arsenal have emerged stronger following the departures of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri during the summer transfer window.

Hundreds of protesters shut down petrol stations in the northern Wednesday and a mob threatened to burn a newspaper office amid volatile demonstrations over soaring fuel prices.

Nigeria’s main labour unions on Wednesday threatened to launch indefinite strikes next week if the government does not backtrack on a controversial measure that has doubled petrol prices.

An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court on Wednesday sentenced two men to one month imprisonment each for being in possession of a stolen water tank.

A liter of fuel now sells about N250 in some parts of Cross River State just as some motorists including bus/taxi drivers have packed their vehicles as a result of scarcity of fuel and high prize in some stations that have the product.