Ina bid to stem the rising rate of inferno in Lagos metropolis, the Lagos state government has boosted its fire service with state-of-the-art equipment worth several million dollars.

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has warned of its resolve to de-register petroleum retail outlets that fail to meet up with standard requirements in 2015 just as it would be strict on enforcing regulatory standards on the sales and storage of petroleum products.

Nigerian independents oil companies account for the nation’s gas reserve portfolio of 46 trillion cubic feet, TCF, the Director, Department of Petroleum Resources, Mr. George Osahon said.

OSOGBO—Osun State governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola yesterday opened defence of the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore, challenging his August 9 re-election before the state Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo.

Super Falcons Coach, Edwin Okon has stated categorically that the “group of death” his side are drawn in will bring out the best in the team.

APPARENTLY worried by the high cost of housing delivery in Nigeria, the Federal Government has begun to woo key players and stakeholders in the public and private sectors of the economy with concessions and waivers that would enable them provide affordable housing to millions of homeless Nigerians.

Bonny Gas Transport Limited and Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, NLNG have taken steps before the Court in New York to protect their vessel, LNG FINIMA, and other assets from arrest or attachment by competing claimants seeking payment for the same parcel of fuel delivered to the vessel, after insolvency of the OW Bunker company contracted with left the physical supplier unpaid.

DEspite the order given by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Suleiman Abba, charging all commissioners of police across the country to ensure strict compliance with the ban on police roadblocks, Vanguard, gathered Weekend, that in recent times, illegal checkpoints have been resurfacing across major roads in the Lagos suburbs and metropolis, usually during the evening periods, from 6.00pm to as late as 11.00pm.

BENIN—The National Industrial Court sitting in Enugu has resolved the lingering suit between the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, Edo State and the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools of Nigeria, ASUSS, over which of the two has the right to check-off dues/levies from teachers in primary/secondary schools in the state

Former Eagles captain Sunday Oliseh believes the glory days of the country’s national team will not return unless they “get their house in order”.

The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, for the construction of a 1,000 megawatts (MW) power plant in Katsina State with Strancton Limited.

FEW months ago, when many Lagos residents and users of the everr-busy Oshodi-Apapa expressway thought solace had come their way over the perennial traffic gridlock witnessed daily on the road, their optimisms have been dashed following the worsened situation of the log-jam, which is not unconnected to the untidy job done by Julius Berger Plc, on the Berger-yard axis of the road.

The Federal Government has inaugurated the Head office of the National Power Sector Apprenticeship Scheme, NAPSAS, in Abuja. The scheme was designed to train artisans to bridge the technical gap of workforce in the power sector.

The stage is set for the presidential aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress,APC, who are upbeat about clinching the party’s ticket in an exercise that is poised to define how far the party would go in the 2015 presidential elections.

Nigeria crude export is expected to rise by 45,000 barrels per day in the next couple of days, as Oando Energy Resources, OER,a subsidiary of Oando Plc, said it has completed the construction of its 51 kilometer Umugini pipeline.