BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT : MILITANTS under the aegis of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta say they have blown up two oil facilities belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Rivers state. A statement signed by spokesman of the militant body, Jomo Gbomo said the facilities were in Adamakiri and Kula. […]

THE Legal Relief Group, an Abuja based organization, says Rep Ndudi Elumelu, Senator Nicholas Ugbane, Dr. Aliyu Abdulahi and others standing trial for allegedly breaching the Public Procurement Act by disbursing Rural Electrification Agency’s funds (N5.2 billion) to contractors for projects in the amended 2008 budget did not commit any fraud. The group said it […]

BY VINCENT UJUMADU AWKA-THE  Nigerian Guild of Editors, at the weekend, in Awka, hailed Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State for his developmental strides, noting that his performance would come handy when the time comes for the people to take a decision on which direction things would go in the state. President of the Guild […]

GOVERNMENT has been implored to encourage the private sector with better infrastructure and an enabling environment so that it can achieve set developmental goals. Chairman of Tastee Fried Chicken, TFC, Mrs. Olayinka Damola Adedayo, gave this charge at the formal opening ceremony of TFC Mega Place, Festac Town, Lagos. She applauded government for its supportive […]

*Polls characterised by violence BY DAPO AKINREFON & GBENGA OKE PEOPLE’S Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday defeated the Alliance for Democracy, AD, in a keenly contested bye-election in Ibeju Lekki Federal Constituency in Lagos by a total votes of 8805 for PDP and 6867 for AD, despite the Conference of Political Parties, CPP, support for the […]