African rhinos to be flown to Australia to escape poachers
A retired South African sales executive who emigrated to Australia 30 years ago is hatching a daring plan to airlift 80 rhinos to his adopted country in a bid to save the species from poachers.
Petrol price increase inevitable —Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji. Lai Mohammed said yesterday in Lagos that the recent decision by the federal government to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS (petrol) was inevitable.
N1.9bn subsidy: Oil Marketers challenge prosecution without AGF’s fiat
Trial of an oil marketer, Walter Wagbatsoma and two others over an alleged N1.9bn fuel subsidy case took a new dimension before an Ikeja High Court as the defendants asked it to quash the charges proffered against them on the ground that the prosecution counsel, Mr Rotimi Jacobs, SAN, had no Fiat of the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, to prosecute the case.
Governors living large, drawing N35m for each trip — Kalu
A former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzo Kalu has accused current set of Nigerian governors of squandering their states’ funds on personal luxury, saying it was the main reason they cannot pay workers salaries in their respective states.
Fuel price hike: TMG calls for mass action against FG
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), weekend, called on Nigerians to resist in totality the recent hike in price of petrol by the Federal Government, describing it as insensitive to the plights of the masses.
CRUDE EXPORTS: Nigeria faces lowest output since 1970
U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil has suspended exports from Nigeria’s top crude stream, adding to economic strains from unrest and violence that have cut production to its lowest in decades.
