NLNG, NIMASA face-off: TUC seeks Jonathan’s intervention
TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC,has implored President Goodluck Jonathan to caution Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd, NLNG, over its alleged refusal to pay the statutory levies of 3 percent gross freight on international inbound and outbound cargoes carried by NLNG vessels engaged in cabotage trade to Nigerian Maritime and Administration Safety Agency’s (NIMASA).
IG gets 7-day ultimatum over brutalised lawyer
AN Oyo State High Court has given seven days to the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar; Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Sola Olanrewaju, and others at Kajorepo Police Station, to file their processes over a case of assault instituted against them by a lawyer, Mr. Olaniyan Demilade.
CVFF to be disbursed in July, FG assures
The Federal Government has assured that the disbursement of Cabotage Vessel Financing Funds (CVFF) will commence before the end of July.
‘Oshiomhole too busy to mind Metuh’
Senior Special Assistant to Governor Adams Oshiomhole on Media, Mr. John Mayaki, yesterday, said that the governor was too busy addressing the needs of the good people of Edo State and delivering on his electoral promises and, therefore, has no time to reply Chief Olisah Metuh, National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Sports medicine seminar underway
A three day National Sports Medicine Course will be held at the National Institute of Sports Auditorium, National Stadium, Abuja between 14 and 16 May, 2013.
Anambra Assembly gives state auditor-general 14 days ultimatun to submit LG audited accounts
ONITSHA — Anambra State House of Assembly has given the state auditor-general for local governments 14 days ultimatum to furnish it with the audited accounts for 2011 and 2012.
Boston police chief not warned about Tsarnaevs
Boston’s top cop said Thursday his department was not briefed on a Russian intelligence warning about alleged bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev ahead of last month’s devastating marathon blasts.
Onyedimma says Jossy Lad’s death big shock
The Chairwoman of the Nigerian Women League (NWL), Mrs Dilichukwu Onyedimma, on Thursday described the death of Joseph Ladipo, former Super Falcons Coach as a “big shock’’
Boko Haram amnesty committee meets Kabiru Sokoto, other detained sect members at Kuje Prisons
The Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Thursday, met with members of the Boko Haram sect, including the alleged mastermind of the Christmas day bombing in Madalla, Niger State, Kabiru Sokoto.
Delta commissioner goes spiritual over flood
Sapele—To prevent a repeat of the 2012 flood disaster in the state, with current increase in rainfall, Delta State Commissioner for Environment, Chief Frank Omare, Thursday, ordered staff of the ministry and members of the sanitation department of Sapele Local Government Area to extend their working days to Sundays.
Three charged in Delta over alleged theft of mosquito nets
UGHELLI—Three persons, including a staff of Patani Local Government Area of Delta State, have been charged to court over their alleged involvement in the theft and illegal sale of insecticide mosquito nets meant for the just concluded Roll Back Malaria, RBM, programme in the state.
