Kebbe Council assists 150 households displaced by banditry
By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto SOKOTO — Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State has distributed food items and cash assistance to 150 households displaced by bandit attacks across several communities. The intervention, supervised by the council chairman, Hon. Musa Garba Kuchi, was carried out on Monday at the palace of the District Head of Kebbe, […]
Rep Shagari condemns negotiations with Mittal over Ajaokuta Steel
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 […]
Evah lauds Okah, Dokubo-Asari’s wives
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, […]
MOSOP asks EFCC to probe past leadership
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 […]
Oando turnover hits N77.5bn
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, […]
NASS wades into 892 ex-NIFOR staff’s pension crisis
By James Ezema Ray of hope has come for 892 former employees of Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) in Benin City, Edo State who were disengaged 15 years ago without payment of their pensions, gratuities or other benefits as the National Assembly has begun to look into their plights following a petition sent […]
