BEDC petitions Uduaghan over threat to workers’ lives
THE Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, has petitioned Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State over what it described as threat to the lives of its staff in Sapele by an operative of Sapele vigilante over the management of a transformer.
Be united, Olubolade counsels PDP members
Former Minister of Police Affairs, Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade, has urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to be united and field acceptable candidates for it to perform well in the 2015 general elections.
Godogodo’s gang member arrested in Ogun
ABEOKUTA — Barely one year after a South-West robbery czar, Abiodun Ogunjobi (aka Godogodo) was arrested, another powerful member of his gang has been arrested by Police in Ogun State.
Nigeria missing from global coal output
Despite the enormous deposits of coal in the country, Nigeria is not yet reckoned with in the global coal production and consumption, as the Statistical Review of World Energy 2014, made no mention of the country’s coal potential.
2016 Olympics: Navy, NOC join forces on ‘One-Service-One-Medal’ project
The Nigerian Navy has expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) in grooming the country’s athletes through sponsorship of training to ensure optimum performance during the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
Rep faults ‘militarisation’ of elections
HOUSE of Representatives Minority Whip, Mr. Samson Osagie, has condemned what he called the militarisation of elections in the country by President Goodluck Jonathan-led Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, government, noting that the practice will not only lead to voters’ apathy, but that same lacks constitutional and legal backing.
EFCC recovers N5bn oil subsidy fund
ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has so far recovered about N5 billion from persons and organisations indicted in the fuel subsidy scam.
Anambra NMA wants doctors out of Ebola control c’ttee
Anambra State chapter of Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has advised chief medical directors and medical directors in the state to withdraw their membership of the committee set up on Ebola virus control, if the Government failed to rescind last weekend’s sack of resident doctors.
Chibok: Rivers PDP slams Northern elders over deadline
THE Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the October deadline handed the Federal Government to secure the release of abducted Chibok girls as a clear indication of a grand plot by the northern leaders to threaten the nation’s democracy.
Democracy dividends: Abia youths resort to prayers
The National Youth Wing of the Abia State Town Unions Association, ASTUA, has concluded plans to commit to God in prayers efforts of leaders of the state to deliver democracy dividends to the people.
WHO flays trade and travel bans, as ebola spreads
THE World Health Organization, WHO, yesterday, rejected ebola-related travel and trade bans, as the virus that has killed more than 1,100 people continued to spread across West Africa. It said in a statement thaxt the risk of getting infected with ebola during travel was “low.”
