No plans to ban Okada in Lagos — Ambode
The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has assured commercial motorcycle operators, popularly called Okada riders, across the state that his administration would not place any further restriction or ban them from their routes of operation.
Police re-arrest 110 escapee prisoners, 30 others in Ekiti
Ado-Ekiti—No fewer than 110 escapees from Ekiti State Prison have been arrested by the state police command.
3 docked over robbery
Three persons have been charged before an Ikeja magistrate’s court in Lagos for allegedly robbing one Segun Akinbode of his cash, while armed with gun and other dangerous weapons.
FAAN not indebted to PHCN, says spokesman
LAGOS—The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, yesterday, said that it was not indebted to the Ikeja Distribution Company, IKEDC, for power supply to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
Experts see improvement in industry, trade
By Omoh Gabriel, Business Editor The Federal Government’s policies on industry, trade and investment activities are yielding modest results, according to industry stakeholders GIVEN the slowdown in economic growth globally as a result of the 2008 financial melt down from which various governments across the world are beginning to retool and realign their economic policies, towards […]
Enugu PDP Crisis: Nnaji files fresh suit against Ugwuanyi, others
THE chairmanship tussle in Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State has assumed another dimension as Mr. Raymond Nnaji, who claims to be the factional chairman in the state, has filed a motion in court seeking to stop the party from presenting governorship candidate, Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and other candidates, who emerged from the primaries, from contesting in the forthcoming elections.
My vision for Oyo FA, by Oloyede
An aspirant to the Oyo State Football Association Chairmanship position, Mr Babatunde Oloyede has unfolded his plans, if elected.
ICM faults NDIMRC’s call for Ijaw headship of NNPC
RADICAL Itsekiri pressure group, Itsekiri Consolidated Movement, ICM, has flayed the call by Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change, NDIMRC, that “Ijaw must head Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, now,” noting that such a petition directed to the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, speaks of unbridled greed by Ijaws of Niger Delta, capable of negatively affecting the “chances of President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election.”
FirstBank seizes Seawolf’s rigs over N25bn debt
Sequel to our exclusive story earlier this month about abandoned oil rigs at the outer Marina in Lagos, Vanguard learnt that the rigs may have been seized by FirstBank of Nigeria Plc for alleged debts of about N25 billion owed by Seawolf Oil Services Limited, owners of the rigs.
Solomon urges support for Ambode
LAGOS—The Senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Senator Ganiyu Solomon, has called on Lagosians to cast their votes for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, saying that it was imperative to sustain the posterity and massive development “put in place in the past 15 years by the APC government in Lagos.”
Forensic Audit: Alison-Madueke declares NNPC’s accounting most transparent
Despite various allegations of financial impropriety levelled against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on a continuous basis, the Federal Government has defended the Corporation, saying it is the most transparent organisation in terms of its processes and accounting. Speaking in an interview in Abuja, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, said the NNPC is today more transparent than it has ever been over the last 25 years.
