By Victor Ahiuma-Young LAGOS — TRADE union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has expressed concern over the increasing deterioration of facilities in the nation’s public hospitals leading to poor services rendered by health workers, saying reports across the country indicate rising death rate. TUC in a statement by its President-General and Secretary, Comrade Peter Esele and […]

By Luka Binniyat ABUJA—The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Steel, Mallam Aminu Shehu Shagari has condemned the reported negotiation between the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Michael Aondoakaa and Mr. Lakshmi Mittal, world leading steel magnet, over his desire to acquire Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) 14 months after the […]

THE Coordinator of Ijaw Monitoring Group, Comrade Joseph Evah, has described the wives of Mr. Henry Okah and Dokubo Asari Dokubo as a blessing to the Niger Delta struggle. He made the remark when the leader of of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta (MEND), Mr. Henry Okah, and his lawyer, Mr. Wilson Ajuwa, […]

By George Onah Port Harcourt—Alarmed by the disbursement and alleged misuse of over one billion naira to the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP), by various organisations across the world as well as the federal and Rivers State governments, the organisation has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the […]

LAGOS—OANDO PLC, weekend announced its unaudited results of N77.5 billion in turnover for the first quarter ended March 31,2009, this represents a 12 per cent increase from N69.4 billion when compared to the result of the same period in 2008. According to a statement issued by the company’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Meka Olowola, […]