Shell’s Nembe city road nears completion
After waiting for over four decades to get their community linked to the rest of the country by road, the people of the coast city of Nembe in Nembe local government area of Bayelsa State a week ago, had cause to celebrate when the state Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral John Jonah made history as the first public office holder to visit the ancient kingdom in a four wheel vehicle.
Indorama’s $1.2bn fertilizer project on course
The Managing Director of Indorama Eleme Petrochemical Limited Mr Manish Mundra has said that the companies US$1.2 billion dollars Fertilizer Project is on course.
Fillip for girl child education in Bauchi
WHen the Girl Child Education Project, GEP was introduced in Bauchi State, residents and stakeholders in the state breathed a sigh of relief because they felt that a solution has been found to the problem of out of school girls.
Edo NMA issues 21-day ultimatum to state govt
Edo State chapter of Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yesterday issued a 21-day ultimatum to the state government, alleging poor condition of service and paucity of doctors in the state government hospitals, or they would down tools.
Uvwie monarch declares support for Orubebe’s political ambition
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Hon. Godsday Peter Orubebe (CON), weekend, received a boost to his political career as the Ovie of Uvwie, His Royal Majesty, Emmanuel E. Sideso (Jp) (Con) Abi I, Ovie Of Uvwie Kingdom, declared support for his political ambition in Delta State.
NSE slams N17m fines on 5 stockbroking firms in 2013
In line with its resolve of returning sanity to the equity market, the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, said it fined five stockbroking firms the sum of N17 million in 2013 for contravening various rules and regulation guiding operation in the market.
Technology can check corruption faster than EFCC— Oyedokun, RIMA president
Well, RIMA Foundation is an acronym for Records and Information Awareness Foundation. It was set up to help develop the information management industry in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.
The limits of criticism and national interest
THERE is more to the exposure of the CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as a false whistle blower on the supposedly untidy accounting books of the nation’s petroleum sector than a section of the Nigerian Press wants us to believe. Ordinarily, the sensational letter from the CBN Governor to the President raising worrying issues indicating the diversion of earnings from the lucrative crude oil sales by the NNPC is a classical scoop that no newspaper will fail to publish under banner headlines. In this case both the message and the messenger combine to lend credence to the typical Nigerian hear-say and the added spice of a leaked letter could only have proved irresistible to even the most conservative of editors.
Chinese firm to invest N160bn on oil in Niger
The Niger State Government said yesterday that a Chinese firm had agreed to invest N160 billion in oil exploration activities in the state.
A matter of trust
NIGERIANS believe the worst about their leaders. No, that’s not how I meant to say that. Or rather let me state it in another way. Nigerians believe nothing by their rulers. They hear them quite all right. They listen to the many words that are spewed at them by paid publicists; words too many to make any sense. But they believe nothing they hear.
