See Buhari’s Three Achievements in Seven Months
The Centre for Democracy and Development had claimed recently that President Muhammadu Buhari had only achieved one out of his 222 tracked electoral promises, representing 0.5 per cent of the promises. The CDD had based its report on critical sectors…
Mass Job Lose: Ngige Begs Oil Companies
Following alleged plan by major oil companies to lay off workers due to the dwindling price of crude in the International market, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has called on the operators in the sector to…
Ugwuanyi Reactivates Enugu Water Corporation, Says State Workers Won’t Be Sack
At a time when many state governments as reducing their workforce due to poor revenue, Enugu State Governor, Hon. Â Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has assured workers in the state that their jobs are intact. He maintained that his administration would not sack…
Military Warns N-Delta Militants Over Planned Sabotage
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has vowed to crush individuals or group planning acts of sabotage in the Niger Delta region of the country. A statement signed by the Military spokesman, Rabe Abubakar, the military authorities observed that “the attention of…
29bn Fraud: Court Admits Exhibits Against Nyako, Others
The trial of a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, his son, Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako, Abubakar Aliyu and Zulkifikk Abba, who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 37-count charge bordering on criminal…
How 11 Persons Survived Lagos-bound Bristow Helicopter Incident
Eleven persons on Wednesday escaped death after a Bristow 5B BJQ Helicopter en-route Lagos from an off- shore location in Port Harcourt ditched into the Atlantic Ocean. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the helicopter was carrying nine…
Libel: Court Orders Blogger Seun Oloketuyi’s Arrest
Justice Jude Kanyoh Dagat of a Lagos Federal High Court, on Thursday, ordered that a warrant of arrest be issued against an online publisher, Segun Oloketuyi, for failure to appear before the court to answer a libel suit instituted against…
Unapproved Drainage System: How Enugu Shoprite Mgt Enraged Ugwuanyi
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has bemoaned poor drainage system at the state’s branch of Shoprite, a multi-billion Naira expatriate shopping mall. The governor at a visit to the mall discovered a substandard work done by the firm in its bid to…
Business Failure Rate in South East Alarming – ECCIMA President
New president of the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, ECCIMA, Rev. Surveyor Ugochukwu Chime has expressed worry over the rate business owners are closing shops in the South-East zone of Nigeria. Chime, who spoke on the occasion…
Power Generation To Increase By 2000mw– Fashola
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has expressed optimism that given the various plans under taken by the present administration in the sector, power generation would increase with additional 2000MW by the last quarter of 2016. He…
Another Oil Pipeline Bombed by Niger Delta Militants
There was an explosion at a major pipeline in the Niger Delta region during the week. This attack came a few days after an attack on oil and gas pipelines in the Gbaramatu kingdom Delta state. The latest attack occurred…
