ENUGU—Managing Director of Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd, NDPHC, Mr. James Olotu, has assured of the commitment of all stakeholders in the power sector to meet up with the June 2013 deadline set by the Federal Government to complete ongoing National Independent Power Projects, NIPPs, in different parts of the country.

Two officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,NSCDC, were allegedly killed in the early hours of yesterday, in Ikorodu area of Lagos, during a shoot-out with a police team.

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has called on employers in both public and private sector of the economy to start remitting one percent of their annual payroll as training contribution to the Fund as stipulated by the law.

Top executives of quoted companies on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, have blamed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, Financial Reporting Council of Nigerian, FRCN and other primary regulators for the delay in the submission of their financial statements.

The opening ceremony of Africa Youth Athletics Championships will, as usual, be the first spectacle fans will behold when the continental show kicks off at the Warri Township Stadium today. This will be at 2 pm.

As part of its efforts to conduct the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it is set for a hitch-free exam as 166 coordinators for Computer-Based Test (CBT) and Paper Pencil Test (PPT) scheduled for April 27 across the nation held a meeting ahead of the examination.

THE novel Isabella Testimony By Esther Adekoya begins on an interesting note, in a hospital ward with the scene of a woman in pains, and about to give birth. We are let into the back and forth of conversation between the attending nurse and Isabella’s husband, Michael. The conversation is written in an easy prose which makes it quite believable.

ABIA State governor, Chief Theodore Orji, declared yesterday, that ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had no internal problem.

He also denied that PDP governors boycotted the one year anniversary celebration organised by the Bamanga Tukur led executive of the party.

The 34 Brigade Garrison, Nigerian Army, Obinze, has warned that it will henceforth not take kindly to any person or group spotting military insignia within its area of jurisdiction.

CHIEF Oluwole Awolowo, publisher of the Tribune titles, is dead, aged 70 years old.
A statement by the Managing Director/ Editor -in- Chief of African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) Plc, Mr Edward Dickson said, Thursday: “We announce the final home call of the Publisher/ Vice Chairman of the African Newspapers of Nigeria (ANN) Pls, Publishers of the Tribune titles, Chief Awolowo.

No fewer than 12 public primary school teachers drawn from Bariga and Shomolu communities in Lagos State were empowered last Saturday with three months free computer appreciation scholarship programme by LUCINMA.

Robin van Persie has been a revelation at Manchester United this season and now the Dutch international forward says he would like to finish his career at the Red Devils.

A new version of the events surrounding the killing of Osama bin Laden was unveiled Wednesday sharply contradicting earlier claims by a Navy SEAL who said he pulled the trigger.

Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere has described the death of Oluwole Awolowo as a big pain and loss to followers of the sage, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo,

NSUKKA — Pandemonium broke out at Nguru village in Nsukka, Enugu State, on Tuesday when a man shot his uncle dead at a masquerade festival.