Archives for February, 2016 - Page 2
Standard Bank 2016 Investor Conference: Stakeholders pinpoint path to Nigeria’s economic potential and growth
…Atedo Peterside, others canvass support for growth amid Nigeria’s current economic position
By Our Correspondent
The focus of the 2016 Standard Bank West Africa Investors’ Conference which held at the Expo Centre, Eko Hotel and suites in Lagos from 23 – 25 February, 2016 was on the opportunities presented by Nigeria’s current economic position. The opportunity ...
MSME FUNDS: Okowa Disburses N .1Billion To 100 Cooperative Societies
…..Charges beneficiaries to Make judicious Use Of Loan
By Our Correspondent
DESPITE the downturn in the economy, the Delta State government has disbursed a total of N101 million naira loans to 1000 persons in 101 cooperative groups under the Central Bank of Nigeria Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development fund.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State.
Handing ...
Introducing ‘P+ Measurement Services’, Nigeria’s First Indigenous Media Measurement Company
By Our Correspondent
P+ Measurement Services, Nigeria's first indigenous media measurement agency has focused on delivering detailed Media Measurement, Evaluation and Analysis across the full spread media channels.
As the first Nigerian Media Measurement agency to become a member of AMEC (International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communications) the body that governs media measurement globally, P+ ...
SAPELE, OKPE COMMUNITY CHAIRMAN DONATES WHEEL CHAIRS TO PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED
By Our Correspondent
Determined to create a sense of belongings among those with
disabilities, the Chairman of Sapele – Okpe Community, Hon. Moses
Ogodo has in his usual magnanimity, donated wheel chairs to the
physically challenged persons while empowering 20 “less privileged
widows” each with N5,000.00 (Five Thousand naira) cash monthly,
including the blind persons which he has already placed on ...
Okowa Pledges Support To Obi Akaeze I … Lauds Successful Emergence Of Obi Of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom
By Our Correspondent
DELTA State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has lauded the successful emergence of HRM Agbogidi Chukwuka Noah Akaeze I as the Obi of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the new King of Obulu-Uku Kingdom, His Majesty, Agbogidi Chukwuka Noah Akaeze.
Speaking when the monarch ...
EMERHOR COMMENDS TINUBU’S POLITICAL SAGACITY, SAYS “SUN NEWSPAPER MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD” WELL DESERVED
By Our Correspondent
Leader of Delta State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and 2015 governorship candidate, Olorogun Otega Emerhor has described the National Leader of APC, His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed TINUBU as one of the greatest 21st century democrats who helped in no small measure to stabilize constitutional democracy in Nigeria.
Asiwaju Bola ...
Don’t Cancel 260M Dollar Contracts For ExxonMobil’s Usan Field, Group Tells Kachikwu
By Our Correspondent
THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement For Radical Change (NDIMRC) has urged the Federal Government to ignore the call by some Stakeholders in the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry to cancel the 260M Dollar Contracts for the ExxonMobil's Usan Field.
Some Stakeholders, under the aegis of Nigerian Content Front (NCF), had requested the Minister of ...
CEPEJ condemns attack on Shell’s Forcados Terminal by militants.
By Our Correspondent
A Niger Delta Non-Government Organization, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), has condemned in strong terms the attack on Forcados Terminal, a facility of Shell Petroleum Development Company by a shadowy militant group, resulting in the spilling of about 35,000 barrels of crude.
The NGO described the dastard act as uncalled for given ...
FG urged to strengthen ICPC to tackle corruption in civil service
By Our Correspondent
A Niger Delta based Non-Governmental Organization, Center for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ), has joined other Nigerians and groups to condemn in strong term the discovery of projects allegedly sneaked into the Federal Government’s 2016 Appropriation Bill by unscrupulous civil servants.
President Mohammadu Buhari
To this end, the Center has advised the government to ...
Okowa Extends Olive Branch to Political Opponents … Dedicates Victory to God
By Francis sadhere
The Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa yesterday held out the olive branch to his political opponents, calling on them to join hands with him to move the state forward.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State.
The governor stated this during the interdenominational Thanksgiving Victory Service held at Word of Life Bible Church, Warri, ...
SPDC intensifies oil recovery of Forcados spill
By Our Correspondent
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) at the weekend intensified recovery of oil from the February 14, 2016 spill at the Forcados Terminal export pipeline.
Supported by industry group Clean Nigeria Associates (CNA) and other oil companies, SPDC has deployed specialised equipment to contain the spill.
SPDC has also mobilised clean-up teams ...
NSCDC DARES BUNKERS, AS ADULTERATED NNPC CRUDE OIL TANKERS,Drums Recovered in Edo
By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, seems to be winning the war against pipelines vandalism, crude oil theft and illegal bunkers across board as no fewer than two NNPC inscribed tankers , drums of adulterated crude oil and several materials were recovered recently along Benin Auchi express Road during one of its ...
KLEPTOCRACY IN NIGERIA: The Real Politics of Corruption
By Alex Osondu Atawa-Akpodiete*
Periodically, some interesting words get into our lexicon and we start wondering about its entomology. Kleptocracy is one of such words. Kleptocracy is simply government of thieves or essentially a nation being ruled by thieves. Officially, it is a derivative “from Greek: κλέπτης - kleptēs, 'thief' … and “is a term applied ...
GROUP ALLEGES SCARCITY OF JAMB REG. CARD NATIONWIDE
By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City
A group, under the Aggies of Concerned and Affected Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, UTME, 2016, Candidates in Edo State, has staged a protest against the body over what they alleged as purported scarcity of online registration cards Nation wide.
The peaceful protest which was held in the state capital ...
H/COURT SACKS OTARU FROM PALACE, ORDERED TO VACATE WITHIN 31-DAY
By Eben Enasco Kingsley, Benin City
A Benin High Court has ordered Alhaji Aliru Momoh Ikelebe III,the
Otaru of Auchi to vacate the premises he currently occupies as his
palace in the last two decades in 31 days, as he is an illegal
occupant.
Alhaji Aliru Momoh Ikelebe III,theOtaru of Auchi.
The property according to the court, which also ordered ...