The shame of Murtala Nyako
SOMETIME in September 2006, I was in the Aso Drive, Abuja residence of Prof. Jibril Aminu, the Senator representing Adamawa Central in the Senate, conducting an interview for his biography. It was a sunny Friday morning. The interview was disrupted by the arrival of an important guest.
Oil spill: Bayelsa elders allege invasion of community by armed Agip contractors
Yenagoa—Aggrieved elders and youths of the coastal town of Okoroba in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have sent a protest letter to President Goodluck Jonathan and the state governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, over alleged invasion of their community by contractors hired by Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, to clean-up the massive oil spillage in the area.
Ours is purely an intellectual business – Fidelis Ndeh-Che
Dr. Fidelis Ndeh-Che is the Managing Partner at Quanteq Technology Services Limited, an information technology (IT) consulting and systems integration firm with headquarters in Abuja.
Aiteo to build 100,000bpd refinery, increase upstream activities
Indigenous oil company, Aiteo has the technical know how to play in the upstream and is set to fully diversify into the upstream sector of the Nigerian petroleum industry and is also planning to develop a 100,000 barrels per day Greenfield refinery, which is expected to come on stream by 2017.
Minister rules out sabotage in Kaduna airport fire
The Supervising Minster of Aviation, Dr. Samuel Ortom has ruled out sabotage as the likely cause of the fire incident at the control tower of the Kaduna airport. Dr. Ortom made this disclosure after undertaking an inspection tour of the airport and the debris of the control tower.
VP Sambo’s brother dies in car crash
VICE President Namadi Sambo, yesterday, lost his younger brother, Capt. Yusuf Sabo Sambo, in a car accident along the airport road in Abuja.
Confab: I did not abandon my duties —Delegate
ABUJA— A member of the National Conference currently ongoing in Abuja, Mrs Bola Ogunrinade, has dismissed reports that she abandoned her duties at the parley without permission. Ogunrinade, whose clarification was contained in a statement issued, weekend, said she took permission from chairman of the conference, Justice Idris Kutigi, before travelling out of Abuja to […]
Rep to Jonathan: Dismantle democratic structures in 3 North-East states now
BUJA — DEPUTYChairman, House Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation, Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to dismantle all democratic structures in the three states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe in the North Eastern part of Nigeria where there is currently a state of emergency.
Eko Atlanta offers free medicare to Alimosho residents
In a bid to improve the health standards of Nigerians, a group of Nigerians under the auspices of Eko Atlanta Club based in Georgia weekend offered free medical services to residents of Alimosho and its environ.
Shareholders condemn banks’ contributions to AMCON fund
Shareholders of banks have condemned banks’ contribution to the sinking fund operated by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).
