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THE Federal Government has been charged not to renege on its commitment to rapidly develop the Niger Delta, especially now that the struggle has shifted from armed violence to ideological agitation.
RESIDENTS of Aluu Community in Rivers State have called on the Rivers State Government to intervene in the deplorable condition of UNIPORT/ Aluu Road.
The Joint Task Force (JTF) has been called upon to invade the Mechanic Village , close to the military barracks in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, where suspected illegal arms trade is flourishing.
Chairman of the Port Harcourt Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Atuonye Amachree, has described the strike by the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) as ill-timed.
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has warned motorcycle riders, popularly called 'Okada' in the state to abide by the laws of the land particularly on the use of helmet or be prepared to face the wrath of the law.
GOVERNOR Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has urged Christians pilgrims from the state to shun cheating and anti- social behaviors during their trip to Jerusalem for the annual holy pilgrimage.
Continental Reinsurance Plc has employed the service of an astute Actuary as its Chief Risk Officer (CRO).
Director-General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Mallam Abubakar Mohammed has visited the camp of ex-militant leader, Young Shall Grow, Azuzama, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, (LGA) and promised to commence training for 150 women there.
The human development arm of the insurance industry in Nigeria, the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) says the 2009 edition of its annual education seminar is to hold in Abuja between December 2nd and 3rd.
Universal Insurance Nigeria Plc which prides itself as one of the surviving old generation insurance companies in the country says it will continue to weather the storm in its drive to satisfying all its stakeholders especially the insuring public.
Members of the Orlu Market Amalgamated Traders Association (OMATA) at the Imo International Market, Umuna in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State have once again raised alarm on the non-completion of construction activities and provision of infrastructure at the complex even three years after the take of commercial activities.
Speaker, Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Werinipre Seibarugu has challenged critics who have been accessing the two year old administration of Governor Timipre Sylva-led administration to make informed judgment, rather than making comments that are capable of heating up the polity.
Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state says he is not happy to perform the swearing in of a local government caretaker committee in the state again.
Chevron Nigeria Plc has recorded a significant improvement in its financials, posting a 317 per cent increase in its bottom line for the third quarter financial performance.
MASTERS energy, an indigenous operator in the downstream sector has announced the arrival of its maiden vessel, Victory 1, laden with about 50000Metric tonnes of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) also called diesel.
VT Leasing Limited has expressed its readiness to list on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) within the next two years.
THE Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, (NLNG) Company has appointed Mr Basheer Koko as the new Deputy Managing Director, haven taken over from his predecessor Engineer Faithful Abbi Abbiye Suku recently. Koko, had long made a mark in the banking and advertising sectors began to parade their whiz kids, making a youthful executive of multimillion dollar business fashionable.
MOBIL Producing Nigeria (MPN), operator of its joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is pleased to confirm that it has reached agreement with the federal government of Nigeria on the long term renewal of the NNPC-MPN joint venture leases.
UMBRELLA body for senior staff Associations in the country, the Trade Union Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), has given some essential tips perceived to be paramount for a successful deregulation of the nation's downstream sector of the petroleum industry.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Rivers State Government have pledged to work together to restore production activities at the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC operated Obigbo Gas Plant in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State.
THE Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) operated Joint Venture produced a total of 512 million standard cubic feet of gas (MMscf/d) in Western Niger Delta on November 18, 2009 representing the highest volume achieved in the last two years.
THE Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) has completed 100% mapping of all the types and distribution of Nigerian solid minerals, and foreign mining firms have been besieging the NGSA to purchase the new information.
Plans are underway to put up a solar energy training facility in Nigeria where people can be trained. This is a welcome development because barely one month to the December target date for the attainment of 6,000mw electricity promised the nation by the Federal Government, it has become obvious that it cannot be met as the nation has less than 3,000mw now.
ABIA State Government, weekend raised hope that the NNPC depot at Osisioma, near Aba would soon be reopened.
THE recent demolition of a property worth over N100 million belonging to a renowned auto dealer, Mr. Arthur Orakpo by officials of the Enugu State Government for allegedly encroaching on the buffer zone of the Asata River Bank, has attracted angry reaction from an activist in the state, Dr John Agu.
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