Power: FG reiterates commitment to tackling technical challenges
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.
Oil drops $2 to five-year low on oversupply
Brent crude oil fell more than $2 a barrel yesterday to a new five-year low on predictions that oversupply would keep building until next year after Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, decided not to cut output.
Human Trafficking: NIS rescues 33 females in Jigawa
The Controller of the Nigeria Immigration Service in Jigawa State, Alhaji Isah Idris Jere has said that over 33 female victims of human trafficking were rescued this year along Gidan Boka Plantation Road in Babura Local Government Area on their way to Europe for prostitution.
FG releases detained Russian plane after France confirms ownership
Managing Director, The Infrastructure Bank Plc, Mr. Adekunle Oyinloye, has said that the bank had raised N50 billion as first tranche of the proposed N167 billion for the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan dual carriageway.
Mixed reactions trail Lagos infrastructure asset management agency
The signing of the bill establishing an agency for the management and maintenance of infrastructure assets of Lagos State, by the Governor Babatunde Fashola, last week has continued to elicit reactions from residents in the state.
How I won Bayelsa West PDP senatorial primary—Lokpobiri
Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has represented the Bayelsa West senatorial district since 2007 and is presently the chairman of the Senate committee on Water Resources. In his first term between 2007 and 2011 he was the chairman of the Senate Committee on Sports. He is presently engaged in a battle to renew his ticket as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP nominee for the constituency.
