THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) at the weekend uncovered a massive fraud in the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) amounting to an estimated $900 million.
As President Unaru Yar'Adua's military agreement with the United Kindom on Niger Delta continues to attract criticisms from various interest groups within and outside the country, the British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. James Tansley, said at the weekend
A FEW days before the Federal Government decided to jettison its controversial Niger Delta Summit, the National President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, expressed his opposition to the idea of a summit, saying it was no
MOTORISTS and other commuters using the Bayelsa stretch of the East-West road were weekend subjected to harrowing experience in the hands of hoodlums who took advantage of a blockade caused by two petrol tankers which fell on the road to
Over 7,000 civil servants working in the 17 local government areas of Yobe state have not been collecting their monthly salaries since February this year because they have not been captured by the biometric machines introduced by the state government
In a recent interview with the Concern magazine, former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Action Congress gubernatorial candidate for Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, laid bare his mind on his experiences with former president, Olusegun Obasanjo.
Against the backdrop of attempts by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to involve private school teachers in the ongoing nationwide teachers' strike, the proprietress of Babylove Nursery and Primary School, Lugbe in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mrs. Tina
Environment Minister, Halima Alao has said the country is yet to benefit from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), despite signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the Millennium Development Development (MDGs).
The Chagoury family, best known for its business relationship with the late dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, is now the favoured contractors to the Lagos State government, THISDAY can report today.
One of the shareholders of Brass LNG Limited, Total, hopes that the project in can contribute to stability in the country by bringing economic benefits, to the area, an official of the oil company has said.
Outstanding claims by petroleum marketers and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, amounting to N45bn as subsidy for the import of petrol and kerosene for the months of January to May 2008 have been paid by the Federal Government.
Director General and Chief Executive of Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Prof. Longmas Sambo Wap-muk has said for local government administration to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people at the grassroot level, it must be adequately funded to achieve
Men of the Nigeria Army and militias operating along the Niger Delta yesterday were locked in a pitch battle that left at least three soldiers and four civilians dead and several others wounded.
The Federal Government has concluded arrangement to follow the Asia's example in creating massive youth employment in the country, even as it blamed the escalating militant activities in the Niger Delta on idleness.
Rector of the Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, Engr Edward Fyada and all the principal officers of the institution, including the registrar and the bursar, have been sacked by the state government.
HOW realistic is the October take-off date for 48 hours clearance at our ports? Do you foresee obstacles?Fourty-eight hours goods clearance at the ports is a very good concept as it would facilitate trade activities in Nigeria.
