HOST communities to Jones Creek Oil Mining Lease, OML 42, in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, have vowed to occupy and shut operations in the oil field if issues in dispute with Nestoil, a major contractor to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, operators of the oil field were not promptly resolved.

Leadway Assurance Limited has received the “Above Basic Compliance” for its corporate leadership, sustainability programmes and corporate social responsibility, CSR efforts at the maiden Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC Corporate Citizens Awards in Abuja. The “Above Basic Compliance” category winners are the Leadway Assurance Limited and Nigerian Breweries Plc while the “Basic Compliance” award was won by the Yobe Investment & Securities Limited.

Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, has been presented with an award by UNICEF in recognition of the state’s fruitful partnership in promoting the rights of children and women.

Uneasy calm now pervades Imo State Judiciary, following the inability of the state government to pay salaries of workers in the last three months.

WORKERS of Anambra State judiciary, yesterday, called off the strike it began on Monday, making litigants in the state heave a sigh of relief.

Consequently, the resumed strike embarked upon by the judicial staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, in Anambra State on Monday, has been suspended after a day