THIS may sound far-fetched but all considered, possible. In time to come, the poor, hungry and less-privileged segment of the society who are not criminally-minded, particularly those residing within the metropolitan city of Onitsha, Anambra State may volunteer to serve various jail terms in the Onitsha prison yard.

Houston (Texas)—To enhance and grow indigenous capacity, the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, PETAN, said it had entered into agreements with the Nigerian Content Development Board, NCDMB, and the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, to train fresh graduate engineers.

By CLARA NWACHUKWU & SEBASTINE OBASI Houston (Texas)—The Group Managing Director, GMD, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, has promised that domestic gas supply will increase by 250 million standard cubic feet, SCF, before year end. If it happens, the constant agitation by Nigerians on account of lack of access to gas for […]

DIRECTOR-General of Otive Igbuzor Organisation, Mr. Tive Danedo, yesterday, said the All Progressives Congress, APC, structure in Delta State was built on faulty foundation and cannot win elections in the state.

SENATOR Smart Adeyemi has said the ongoing World Economic Forum on Africa, WEFA, would address the growing insurgency in Nigeria.

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, has called on the Mid-West Forum of the association to respect the outcome of the meeting held on July 11, 2012 with Egbe-Omofin, wherein the South-West agreed to concede the NBA presidency to them (Mid-West) in 2020.

Efforts aggregated by several stakeholders in Africa to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through broadband access has started yielding expected results as the latest statistics released by the International Telecommunication Union , ITU, on Monday indicated that global mobile-broadband penetration will reach 32 per cent by end 2014 in developing economies.

THE Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Mr. Chidoka Osita, yesterday took a swipe at the Judiciary on the handling of importation of illegal arms by the owner of Amigo Super market in Abuja, expressing dissatisfaction at the manner the case was handled.

IF one of the recommendations of the Committee on National Security sails through, President Good luck Jonathan will be stripped of powers to appoint the Inspector- General of Police, IGP.

THE Committee on Devolution of Power will on Monday take a decision on the controversial issues of resource control and derivation among others.

THE two factions of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Ogun State are engaged in a battle of wits for ascendancy.

Ebonyi State House of Assembly yesterday ordered an investigation into the collapse of the centenary tower still under construction.

NO fewer than 100 school children yesterday took to the streets in Abakaliki to protest the abduction of over 200 girls at Government Girls Secondary, Chibok, Borno State.

DESIGNS in Air-conditioner took a twist with Samsung Electronics delivering the world’s first triangle Air-conditioner in Nigeria recently

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has clarified why industries and homes in the country are still having acute power shortage more than six months after government handed over to new investors in the power sector.