PFIPC probe: Reps to quiz Accountant-General over N1.32bn budget today
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Shamseldeen Ogunjimi, is expected to appear before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee on Monday over the controversial budgetary allocation to the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), an agency the federal government has described as non-existent.
‘6,000MW not realisable’
NIGERIANS have been told to brace up for the unexpected as the much orchestrated generation of 6,000MW of electricity by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) at the end of the year is no longer realisable.
Experts want more ports facilities outside Lagos
EXPERTS in global distributive trade, yesterday, urged President Umaru Yar’Adua to open up more port facilities around the country to rapidly boost the national economy.
Riot as truck kills 6 women in Warri
SIX market women were killed in the early hours of yesterday at Effurun, Delta State, by a trailer suspected to be laden with stolen crude oil, while a mob partly razed the Ebrumede Police Station in a spur-of-the-moment reaction to the unpleasant incident.
Pray for Yar’Adua’s health, Oshiomhole urges Nigerians
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, called on Nigerians to fervently pray for the quick recovery of President Umaru Yar’Adua to enable him fulfill his vision of a great Nigeria.
Community in Edo laments ‘unjust’ demolition of homes
THE people of Ebo community in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State are lamen-ting what they described as unjust demolition of their houses by agents of the state government.
