Nigeria’s oil output wobbles after 10yrs of increase in rigs
lOutput drops 20.8% in five mature assets — Report lNigeria’s influence within OPEC+ declines lWe are committed to optimising output — Renaissance, Eni lBad omen requiring urgent steps — Experts By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editor There are indications that increased deployment of oil rigs in Nigeria has not translated into corresponding rise in crude oil production. […]
Protesters stall alleged plot to sack Anambra Speaker
By Vincent Ujumadu  AWKA—THERE was a near pandemonium on the premises of the Anambra State House of Assembly yesterday, when hundreds of placard–carrying demonstrators from Ayamelum Local Government Area of the state, stormed the House to abort what they alleged was an attempt to remove the Speaker of the House, Chief Anayo Nebe.  The Speaker, […]
Era of rigging over, says Jonathan
BARELY 24 hours after he fired Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Maurice Iwu, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, vowed that never again shall Nigeria witness elections that would be characterized by fraud.
BYC vows to participate in election processes
THE Benin Youth Council, BYC, a socio-cultural organization in Edo State, has vowed to participate in the process of selection and election of persons into the Senate and House of Representatives in the seven Local Government Councils that made up Edo South senatorial district in the 2011 general elections.
Quarry investors charge Elechi on multiple levies
 By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—INVESTORS in quarry business in Ebonyi State have asked Governor Martin Elechi to halt, without further delay, the multiple taxes and levies they are being subjected to by the agencies of the state government.  The aggrieved investors made up mostly of buyers of chippings for construction works within and outside the state, […]
Senatorial aspirant extols Oshiomole’s govt
The Deputy National President, Nigerian labour Congress, Comrade Onikolease Irabor, has described the leadership of Governor Adams Oshiomole in Edo State as one of the greatest things that has happened in the state since it was created.
