I paid N1.3m for my wife’s release — Ogude
Amkar Perm midfielder Fegor Ogude has disclosed that he beat down the price asked by abductors and paid only 1.3 million naira as ransom for the release of his wife from kidnappers.
Newspaper vendor slumps, dies at Ughelli hotel
UGHELLI—THERE was confusion, yesterday, at a popular hotel (names withheld) in Ughelli, following the death of a newspaper vendor, who slumped and died at the hotel premises.
Maximum sanctions await HMOs that betray public trust — AKINGBADE
Acting Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Mr. Femi Akingbade has said that the scheme, under his watch, will not hesitate to apply maximum sanction against those who betray the trust of the government, the NHIS and the enrolees, as a result of dereliction of duty, mismanagement of funds and sundry sharp practices.
Firm signs agreement for 100,000bpd private refinery
A Nigerian firm, Epic Refinery Group, has signed a consulting agreement with a foreign firm, Chiron Refineries, for the construction of a 100,000 barrel refinery in Bayelsa State that is expected to provide employment for many Nigerians.
Missing 2016 budget ‘April fool’ – Dogara
As outrage continued to trail the reportedly missing 2016 Budget presented to the joint session of the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, by President Muhammadu Buhari, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has described the reports as “an incredible and award winning April fool stunt.’
Be magnanimous in victory, Siasia tells Dickson
The candidate of Progressive Democratic Movement, PDM, in the just concluded Bayelsa State governorship election, Moses Siasia, Tuesday, congratulated the winner of the poll, Governor Seriake Dickson, calling on him to be magnanimous in victory and in his developmental approach.
