NUJ boss, Muhammed Garbar, emerges FAJ President
PRESIDENT of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Mr. Muhammed Garba, has emerged President of Federation of African Journalists, FAJ, at the 3rd Congress of FAJ in Casablanca, Morocco.
Enugu woos Swiss firms on coal exploration
Enugu—Enugu State government has expressed its readiness to collaborate with Swiss investors interested in reviving the coal industry in the state.
Software Nigeria can’t wait for anyone (1)
Yesterday, we were told it will take us 2,000 years to locally refine crude oil into petroleum and develop a bomb – but we did that within few months during the Nigerian civil war and came out with “Ogbunigwe,” a bomb with much dynamism and superiority than other inventions!
Oil spill: Fishermen demand N4.32bn compensation from SNEPCO
The Artisan Fishermen of Nigeria, ARFAN, Niger Delta Region, has demanded N4.32 billion compensation from Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Co. (SNEPCo) for five states impacted by oil spill in the Region. The Association’s Secretary and Niger Delta Coordinator, Elder Inyang Ekong, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket, Akwa Ibom..
RBDAs and flood control
WHEN prodded on the issue of flood control in the light of RBDAs Act Chapter R9 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 which requires RBDAs to control floods in their areas of operations, Lucas acknowledged that flood control is part of their mandate.
N40 billion appropriated to RBDAs
A FORMER Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Said Aba-Ruma, had at the 2009 public hearing on three water related bills at the National Assembly, regretted that the RBDAs were ineffective.
