THE management of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has denied news report, accusing its officials of extorting money from trailer drivers bringing in foodstuff into the state from the Northern part of the country which prompted the drivers to embark on strike recently.

THE uncertainty pervading the nation’s oil industry over last week’s killing of two workers of Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday heightened as the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, said it would back any action taken by its sister union, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, over the death of the workers.

By  Tony Edike ENUGU—THE National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC,  in Enugu yesterday sealed off shops of five companies suspected to be exhibiting adulterated products at the on-going 21st Enugu International Trade Fair. Officials of NAFDAC apparently acting on a tip-off, swooped on the exhibitors at the Permanent Trade Fair complex along […]

By  Eric Ugbor ABA—Determined to check epileptic power supply and make life comfortable for both lecturers and students in Abia State Polytechnic, Aba,  the state government has approved the supply of a new electric  transformer for the institution. The Rector, Elder Allwell Onukaogu made the disclosure while commissioning a 350kva power generating set purchased by […]

The telecom regulatory authority, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, yesterday said that it has issued license to Messrs Mobitel Ltd, for the utilization of frequencies in the 2.3 GHz Spectrum Band, having emerged successful at the licensing bid concluded by the Commission on May 8, 2009 by paying the specified fees of N1.368 Billion Naira.