Amaechi urges N’Assembly to engage in ‘parliamentary activism’
Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, yesterday, called on the National Assembly to engage in what he termed political and parliamentary activism to save the country’s democracy
Want designer baby? Genetically-modified babies now possible
DESIGNER shoes, bags,wrist watches, clothes, perfumes etc, and now what? The world is really on the fast lane. Researchers are now making it possible for couples to go for made-to-order designer babies, thanks to rapid advances in the knowledge of the genetic blueprint for human beings (human genome), the Holy Grail of genetics research.
FG says terrorism stalls oil exploration in North
GROUP Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, yesterday, told the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) that the insurgency in the North had negatively affected oil exploration in the region.
Customs asks agents to update cargo declaration
THE Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS) has called on Customs agents to update their cargo declaration in order to perfect the Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) system.
Delta: Finishing strong
‘The truth is that if you know where we are coming from, in terms of the politics of the state, then you will know what this means to us,” the Delta State commissioner for information, Mr. Chike Ogeah remarked recently in response to the recent flow of awards to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan.
Retired officers want policemen removed from pension scheme
Retired police officers in Imo State have called for the removal of the Nigeria Police from the contributory pension scheme.
Sacked Justice Olotu drags Jonathan, NJC, CJN to court
ABUJA— Suspended judge of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Justice Gladys Olotu, has dragged the National Judicial Council, NJC, to court.
Wrong legal framework, bane of oil industry – Experts
WRONG legal framework and policies have been identified as the major problem militating against the oil sector in the country. This was the position of a professor of petroleum law and one time company secretary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, Professor Yinka Omoregbe
BoI laments govts’ bottlenecks over mortgaged property as collateral
Bank of Industry, BoI, has raised the alarm over the difficulty in obtaining Governors’ consent for mortgaged property to be used as collateral for loan facilities
One killed, 3 injured as Ikorodu cults clash afresh
A renewed cult clash has claimed the life of one person and injured three others in Igbogbo area of Ikorodu, Lagos
Customs Arrest: Freight forwarders commend CG, call for more action
Freight forwarders have commended the Comptroller General of Customs, Dikko Abdullahi, for his impromptu visit to Tin-can Inland Command which resulted in the arrest of two Customs officers on Monday.
