AKWA Ibom State governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel, has announced the dissolution of Ukanafun and Itu local government administrations with immediate effect, following the lingering crisis in the leadership of the two councils.

The Ijaw Monitoring Group has described the former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Timi Alaibe, as a blessing to the Niger Delta.

There are indications that many oil and gas companies have increased investment in exploration and production, despite the current lull in the international market. Baker Hughes disclosed in its latest report that the international rig count for May 2017 was 957, up 1 from the 956 counted in April 2017, and up 2 from the 955 counted in May 2016.

The goalkeeper trainer of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Alloy Agu has begged football loving Nigerians to forgive goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi who has been roundly blamed for the goals Nigeria conceded against South Africa.

If a minimum of one per cent of a country’s population donates one per cent blood, the country can meet its basic requirement in blood; Nigeria is unable to meet this minimum requirement

The Minister for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu has granted Lekoil Limited consent to complete the transfer of the original 17.14 percent participating interest that the company acquired in Oil Prospective License, OPL 310, in February 2013, to Mayfair Assets and Trust, a subsidiary of Lekoil.

Chief Perekeme Kpodoh, former Security Adviser to Bayelsa State Government and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, commended the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson for the construction and completion of road projects and health infrastructure, saying that the health projects are saving the lives of people in Bayelsa State.

Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Prof Benjamin Ozumba has praised Vanguard Newspaper for its objectivity and accurate report of events, saying that it has helped in training mass communication students of the university.

THE Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, and the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, yesterday, called on the Federal Government’s Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) to tackle other constraints fuelling the cost of doing business in the country.

GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State yesterday called on youth corps members deployed to the state to shun negative attitudes and corrupt tendencies during and after their one year compulsory service to the nation.