SUV crushes mother, three children, one other in Bayelsa
Five persons, including a woman and her three children, were reportedly killed in an accident along Bayelsa State stretch of the newly-dualised East-West Road.
FG pledges to protect local auto firms
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has assured the local vehicle industries that the new administration will always take a responsible decision that will promote and protect the local industries. He gave the assurance when the Management of PAN Nigeria Limited paid him visit in his office, at the Presidential Villa Abuja .
VW manufacturing in Nigeria, good omen — NAC
Taking a critical look at the assembly line, Mr. Mamudu stated “this is a genuine SKD assembly line and it will give our technicians the experience to assemble cars in the plant, and even develop further. According to him, for Volkswagen AG to give the go-ahead for the models to be assembled in the Nigerian plant, they knew that the right skill and technical know-how is available at the plant.
Truck kills 2, injures scores in Abuja
An articulated vehicle, last Thursday, crushed two men at the Kubwa axis of the express road linking Zuba in Abuja, injuring scores of road side hawkers.
Nigeria loses N10.5b annually to environmental challenges
Nigeria loses about N10.5 billion annually to environmental challenges such as deforestation, drought and desertification, the Director General, National Agency for the Great Green Wall Program, Goni Ahmed has said.
NNPC failed to remit N2.5trn crude oil sales proceeds — NRGI
ABUJA — An international governance watchdog, the Natural Resource Governance Institute, NRGI, yesterday, accused the NNPC of failing to remit $12.3 billion (about N2.46 trillion) into the Federation Account, being proceeds of sales of one of Nigeria’s crude oil grade over the last 10 years.
Victim demands N500m from bank over bullion van accident
THE victim of a July 13 bullion van accident, Mrs. Onome Akporode, is demanding N500 million from the management of a bank (name withheld) for its culpability in the crash.
Ambode retires 15 perm secs, appoints 19 others
Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday retired 15 Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service. Nineteen others were also appointed.
When will Arole Oodua return?
Among Yoruba people of South West Nigeria, even those in diaspora, kings don’t die, they join their ancestors.
2016: I see a Buhari revolution in Edo — Imasuagbon
Kenneth Imasuagbon who hails from Ewohimi, Edo Central, is a lawyer, educationist, administrator and politician. In this interview, Imasuagbon who recently dumped the the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC, bares his mind on a lot of issues ranging from how he stepped down for Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Edo politics and the 2016 governorship elections in the state among others.
Why we want Orbih back as Edo PDP chairman —UGBOME
BENIN CITY— FORMER Vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Mr Paschal Ugbome, has said that majority of members of the party have resolved to return Chief Dan Orbih as chairman of the party in the forthcoming congresses of the state due to the confidence they have in him to return the party back to the Government House come 2016.
