FCMB Gov’s Cup: End of the road for Nigerians
The tale of woes at the First City Monument Bank-sponsored Governor’s Cup Futures I, reached its height yesterday following the ouster of the three Nigerians left in the men’s singles draw.
Landowners call for sharing formula on petroleum fund
Association of Families of Oil and Gas Producing Communities, ASFOGAPCOM, in Niger-Delta, has called on the National Assembly to put in place, an appropriate sharing formula to determine what percentage of the 10 per cent Petroleum Host Communities, PHC, fund that will go to oil and gas land owners in the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.
Rivers factional PDP threatens Agric Commissioner with criminal charges
THE Felix Obuah faction of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has said that it would institute criminal charges against the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Emmanuel Chinda, over alleged stashing of millions of naira in his residence.
CVFF: Six indigenous firms seek N21.28bn for vessel acquisition
AS applicants to the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) await presidential approval for the disbursement, a total of the N21.288billion has been requested by six indigenous shipping firms to acquire various sizes and model of vessel.
Somali most notorious pirate leader arrested
MOVES by European authorities to arrest Somalia pirate ring leader, Mohamed Abdi Hassan, have yielded result as the man behind most the vessel hijacks and kidnapping of crew members.
Still on the shame of our pensions
IT is barely two months now since we wrote the article, “Pension: Waiting for the Dead man’s Shoes”. The reaction to that work has been absolutely overwhelming; hence we are impelled to return so soon to the issue, as an up-date to our readers. In our type of situation, salient points cannot escape being repeated.
