It is 12 noon this sunny afternoon in Umuahia, capital city of Abia State. The tricycle (popularly called keke) in which I am riding has suddenly screeched to a halt.

A group of political stakeholders in Edo North senatorial district, has dismissed, as inconsequential, a purported vote of no confidence passed on President Goodluck Jonathan’s Chief of Staff, Chief Mike Oghiadomhe, by some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members in the area and a publication to that effect.

Former governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke, yesterday, hinted that President Paul Biya of Cameroon, frustrated every effort made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to resolve the dispute over the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula.

Foremost Ford dealer, Coscharis Motors has put smiles on the faces of orphans at the Arrow of God Orphanage Home, Ajah, Lagos, by donating 50 bags of rice and undisclosed amount of money to mark the Ford Global Week of Caring in Nigeria.

After months of planning, President Gooduck Jonathan, yesterday, formally handed over the unbundled Power Holdings Company of Nigeria, PHCN, to private organisations that bought it, with a pledge that they would take over the companies without any liabilities.

AS Lagos State Government continues the massive reconstruction of drainage channels across the state, aimed at reducing incidents of flooding, residents of Agbado-Oke-odo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, have appealed to Governor Babatunde Fashola, to save them from impending danger being posed by a damaged link bridge in the community.

It used to be the norm in the banking industry until 2007, when the Central Bank of Nigeria and Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) used the Purchase and Assumption model for the resolution of problem in banks that lost their operating licence due to inability to meet the N25 billion new minimum capital base. Before then, whenever the CBN revoked the licence of a bank, depositors suffer.

The NNPC/Chevron Joint venture, has commissioned more community projects valued at over N140 million in some communities constituting the Egbema-Gbaramatu Community Development Foundation (EGCDF).

To ensure that a durable and quality road was delivered to the people, the Joint Committee of the National Assembly, on Niger Delta Affairs, has advised the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to shift the December 2014 completion dateline for the East-West Road project to December, 2015.

The Nigerian Army said it has stepped up its crusade against illegal oil bunkering activities in the Niger Delta.

As Nigeria rolls out the red carpet today to celebrate 53 years of independence, no other sector can boast of putting the west African state in the limelight as sports has done since she attained independence from Britain on October 1, 1960.

NIGERIA after Independence was on the right path of economic growth and development. It had visionary leaders who were interested in the welfare of the people.

AS the drums roll out to mark Nigeria’s 53rd Independence Day anniversary, millions of Nigerians are heaving a sigh of relief and giving thanks for surmounting the travails of the past year, even as they look forward with greater expectation to another year of life as citizens of Africa’s most populous nation.

THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has disbursed over N109 billion to 20 companies in support of the ongoing power reform in the country. The CBN Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, disclosed this in Abuja at a Special Forum on ‘Financing the Power Sector Reforms for Economic Development’.

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