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By LAJA THOMAS ELEVEN days to the end of the first year of his second tenure, Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has presented his scorecard to the state’s indigenes resident in Lagos. It was an interactive session with executives and members of different town unions, women groups, youth associations and other critical stakeholders in [...]
Umuahia — Abia State government has said it carried along traders being relocated to new places. The government explained that the traders were in the picture right from the relocation the markets. Special Adviser to Governor Theodore Orji on Project Monitoring, Sir Pat Mgbemena, who disclosed this, said the pockets of protests from some disgruntled [...]
It was disgusting to the ears when the news broke on May 3, 2012, that a certain Adamu Abubakar who was arrested on March 19, 2012 at Darazo Market in Bauchi State while trying to spend a fake N500 note with an orange seller in the market was on May 2, 2012 sentenced by Justice [...]
Nollywood actress Uche Jumbo who was reported to have secretly married in New York some days ago has refuted the reports. Several websites reported earlier this week that the actress married her ‘handsome Knight in shining armour’ at a secret wedding although the reports failed to give the exact date of the said wedding. Some [...]
The entire city of Aba in Abia State, is currently in darkness following an explosion that rocked the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) facility, on Industry Road. A feeder, according to a PHCN staff, exploded on Monday, injuring a staff on duty. According to eyewitness accounts, the exploded feeder gushed out hot oil, which [...]
Governor Godswill Akpabio Since December 2009, when it began commercial operation, Ibom Power Plant has been generating average of 60megawatts of electricity, below its capacity of 190megawatts (mw) because the transmission lines from Eket to Uyo, as well as from Uyo to Itu can only evacuate 60mw.Ejiofor Alikewrites Worried over the epileptic power supply to [...]
One dude who was expected to attend the classy wedding ceremony between star actor Chidi Mokeme and his US based wife,is no doubt his 13-year old son. Many were however surprised,that the teenager,a product of a love affair between Chidi and media practioner,Adia Ukoyen,was absent at the wedding. Many had raised eyebrows,however,in hush tones mainly [...]
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has scheduled the building of a Trauma Centre at a teaching hospital. Exxon Mobil Corporation To Build Trauma Unit It has been reported that Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) is planning to build a Trauma Centre at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. AKWA ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio, said that, “I [...]
Market analysts and industry regulators have described Nigeria’s economic growth rate as exceptional. In spite of Nigeria’s huge infrastructure deficit, high level of corruption, mismanagement of resources and at a time of slow growth across developing economies, Nigeria has defied all indices underpinning theories of growth. Speaking at the 2012 Nigeria Refining Summit organised for [...]
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has described as fulfilling, the battle for the abolition of on-shore-off-shore-oil dichotomy as more funds accrue from the Federation Account to the affected states for meaningful development. Senator Anyim, who spoke during the gathering of Class 88 from Nigerian Law School, Lagos, in Uyo, [...]
Since December 2009, when it began commercial operation, Ibom Power Plant has been generating average of 60megawatts of electricity, below its capacity of 190megawatts (mw) because the transmission lines from Eket to Uyo, as well as from Uyo to Itu can only evacuate 60mw. Worried over the epileptic power supply to Akwa Ibom State by [...]
BY Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa – Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, has signed the revised 2012 budget of N238 billion into law. At a brief ceremony at Government House, Yenagoa, Dickson, said the new budget will make way for massive construction work in the various sectors of the state. Dickson had withdrawn an earlier budget [...]
By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa—A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, yesterday, granted bail to 13 senior civil servants charged to court by the Bayelsa State Government in connection with the bloated wage bill of the state. The suspects, made up of staff of the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB and the State [...]
<!–enpproperty 2012-05-16 16:22:08.0Nigeria inflation rises, driven by non-foodNigeria, food, inflation1811063183Africa2@usa/enpproperty–> A girl holds a slate with alphabets and numbers along a path in the Koluama village in Nigeria’s Bayelsa state May 15, 2012. [Photo/Agencies] LAGOS – Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 12.9 percent in April, year on year, driven largely by non-food items and a [...]
The World News (WN) Network, has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to user privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for wn.com, as well as e-mail newsletters. 1. Personal Information Collection and Use We do not collect personally identifiable information about you, except when you provide [...]
The World News (WN) Network, has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to user privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for wn.com, as well as e-mail newsletters. 1. Personal Information Collection and Use We do not collect personally identifiable information about you, except when you provide [...]
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (logo) By Ejiofor Alike Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) Joint Venture has commenced repair of Nembe Creek Trunkline (NCTL) in Bayelsa State, after shutting it down on May 2 because of incessant crude theft activities. The SPDC’s pipeline repair team had on May 13 disconnected two six-inch [...]
Benin City — Crisis erupted yesterday in Benin City, the Edo State capital, among supporters of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) who are equally members of Edo State Drivers’ Welfare Scheme which resulted in the death of one of the supporters allegedly beaten to death with several others injured. The crisis was said to [...]
As the nation’s agricultural insur NAIC meets with agric desk officers of banks NAIC has been in the business of agricultural insurance for a very long time and we think it is wise we fraternise with our stakeholders in the banking industry to synergise and forge a good working relationship to further boost our business [...]
Governor, Adams Oshiomhole From Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City Crisis erupted yesterday in Benin City, the Edo State capital, among supporters of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) who are equally members of Edo State Drivers’ Welfare Scheme which resulted in the death of one of the supporters allegedly beaten to death with several others [...]
Ebrima Cham, the head of a 10-man delegation from Gambia, on Friday, commended the federal government over the implementation of the Fadama programme. Speaking on the Fadama programme – a project aimed at addressing poverty at the grassroots – Cham said that his team was impressed with the positive impact of the programme on [...]
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan Victor Efeizomor writes that the just-concluded 2nd edition of the South-south Economic Summit in Asaba , Delta State, recently, under the auspices of the BRACED Commission is capable of launching the geo-political zone into socio -economic and political fortunes, if only the far-reaching decisions are not turned into mere rhetoric The need [...]
ABUJA — Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic party (PDP) won a governorship election in the northern state of Adamawa, despite fierce criticism over the party’s handling of an insurgency in the north. Biden: I’m ‘absolutely comfortable’ with gay marriage ‘Unprecedented’ test success on new fuel source Obama drops gloves vs Romney in campaign launch AP Woman, child [...]
The House of Representatives is set to commence investigations into the functionality of security equipment installed across the nation’s airports. The resolution of the lower chamber by its committee on Aviation to investigate the effectiveness and otherwise of all security gadgets in all of the nation’s airports, followed a motion on disruption of scanning machines [...]
SINGAPORE, May 17, 2012 – Government officials from Delta State, Nigeria, travelled to Singapore on May 7 to learn about the country’s successful experiences in industrial development, special economic zones, ports, and competitive clusters. The Governor of Delta State, Dr Uduaghan, and high-level commissioners comprised the 19-person delegation. The Competitive Industries Practice of the World [...]
The French company said it was alerted to the leak 3 April and shut down the Obite gas plant while a safety perimeter was being enforced around the leak at the Ibeto-16 well, Dow Jones reported. The company said in a statement Sunday that the operation to stop the gas leak known as snubbing that [...]
BY FESTUS AHON UGHELLI – youths of Idheze, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, have given a seven-day ultimatum to Nigeria Agip Oil Company, NAOC, to vacate their land or incur the wrath of the community. The youths, weekend, shut the company’s Isoko South ‘C’ location, which supplies oil and gas to Irri flow [...]
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for Abraka in Delta State, CSP Steve Chigbufue, and four other policemen were killed yesterday by suspected armed robbers at Igbodo in Ika North local government area of the state. The police, however, shot dead five members of the gang in a counter-attack. Mr Charles Muka, the police public relations [...]
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Vanguard Abuja — Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Profesor Attahiru Jega, has invited Edo State Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, the governorship candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria, and that of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, General Charles Airhiavbere, in the July 12 governorship election, to a meeting in Abuja, tomorrow. Also invited for [...]
BY SIMON EBEGBULEM,CHARLES KUMOLU GBENGA OKE LAGOS — Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to publicly denounce the godfathers of Edo politics, who are relying on the presidency to rig the forthcoming governorship election in the state. He also said he believed that President Jonathan had committed himself to [...]
Edo guber: Parties pass vote of no confidence on INEC From TONY OSAUZO, Benin Thursday, May 17, 2012 Discordant tunes yesterday trailed the preparations for the conduct of the July 14 governorship election in Edo State with the participating political parties passing a vote of no confidence on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Representatives [...]
By GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE BENIN—A journalist with Radio Nigeria, Benin, Edo State, Mr. Sashua Edeghagba, was, yesterday, shot dead by suspected armed robbers. Sources told Vanguard that the journalist met his untimely death in Dawson Street in Benin metropolis where he had gone to repair his car. According to the source, Edeghagba was said to have [...]
By GABRIEL ENOGHOLASE BENIN — MEMBERS of Edo State chapter of National Council of Women’s Societies, NCWS, yesterday marched through some major streets in Benin, Edo State, decrying recent killings in the state in particular and the nation in general. The women were also at the Edo State House of Assembly and Government House, where [...]
Robbers’ Stray Bullet Kills FRCN Reporter Published on May 16, 2012 by pmnews · 1 Comment Edo state chapter of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) was again thrown into mourning on Tuesday as a journalist with Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, (Bronze FM) Sashua Edeghagba was shot dead by gunmen suspected to be armed robbers. [...]
