Cable car project on the verge of completion – Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, said the state government had commenced the construction of the route for the cable car project to complement the transportation system in the state, saying, “the project is on the verge of completion.”
NLC petitions IG over alleged brutalisation of teachers in Rivers
NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar, protesting alleged recent tear-gassing and brutalisation in Port Harcourt of newly-recruited teachers in Rivers State who had gathered at the instance of the State’s Universal Basic Education Board to receive their letters of posting.
World Bank to fund Nigeria’s power
THE World Bank Group is to undertake its biggest financing programmein the Nigeria’s power sector, never seen anywhere else in the world.
Delta Central by-election: Utuama canvasses votes for Aguariavwodo
DEPUTY governor of Delta State, Prof. Amos Utuama, SAN, yesterday, said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was the only party that could deliver the Urhobo nation politically, urging the people to vote enmasse for the party in the October 12 senatorial bye-election.
Assets confiscation: UK court orders retrial of Ibori’s case
A United Kingdom court yesterday ordered a retrial of assets confiscation case against former Governor James Ibori of Delta State to enable the prosecution gather enough evidence.
ABCON supports CBN anti-money laundering measures
Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) said it fully supports recent measures of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to check money laundering, and other malpractice in the foreign exchange market.
Pharmacies without new emblems to be sanctioned
WOrried by indiscriminate setting up of medicine stores across the country, the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, has threatened to sanction pharmacy outlets that fail to procure and mount the new neon sign bearing the Community Pharmacy Rx emblem as from October 1, 2013.
NATIONAL CONFAB: We don’t have ‘no-go’ areas – Okurounmu
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that the proposed National Conference will firm up the country’s unity and not threaten its corporate existence.
Maximising petroleum resources for Nigerians benefits
NIGERIA’S petroleum industry have come a long way from its over 57 years of commercial oil production, but perhaps the most significant period, in terms of local input and benefits to Nigerians have been since the advent of President Jonathan’s administration.
Govt now more responsive with ICT —Sambo
The 2013 Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization, CTO forum, kicked off yesterday in Abuja with Vice President Namadi Sambo admitting that ICT had made government more responsive and alert to its responsibilities.
2 docked for burglary
Two men, Musa Haruna, 27, and Sheriff Olorunfemi, 27, were yesterday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, for allegedly burgling an office and stealing valuables worth N1.3 million.
