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Archive | April 13, 2012
MEND Attacks and Blows Up Agip Flow Station
At 0210 hours on Friday, April 13, 2012, fighters of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) attacked and destroyed one wellhead and one manifold on trunk lines belonging to Agip Oil Company, a member of the…
PENGASSAN, NUPENG Threaten 3-day Warning Strike
The PENGASSAN and NUPENG have threatened to embark on a three-day industrial action if the issues between the unions and the Federal Government were not resolved.
The unions made the threat in Abuja on Thursday when they met with the…
Collapse of Egbin power station: Power generation drops below 2,000 megawatts
Power generation in the country has dropped below 2,000 megawatts due to system collapse at Egbin Power Station.
An official of the Ministry of Power, who pleaded anonymity,on Friday in Lagos , said that power supply had worsened in many…
2012 Budget: Jonathan signs N4.7 trillion into law
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday morning signed the N4.697 trillion 2012 Appropriation Bill into law.
The President had on December 13, 2011 presented a budget Proposal with a total expenditure of N4.749 trillion based on a benchmark oil price of…
Akon vs Wizkid partnership: EME confirmed deal
Empire Mates Entertainment has signed a major deal with Akon’s Konvict Music to release and produce Wizkid’s album worldwide. It was announced yesterday by EME that paperwork has been signed and that there is now a confirmed joint partnership between…
Fuji maestro, Obesere escapes death in car accident
Fate stepped in on Easter Sunday to rescue self-styled Paramount King of Music, Abass Akande Obesere, from crossing the threshold between life and death after surviving a horrendous car accident in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. Obesere was reported to be…
Ondo gov election: Doubts over PDP’s participation in poll
Chairman of a faction within the Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Akin Olowookere, on Thursday said the party might not field any candidate for the October 20 governorship election if its lingering crisis was not resolved.
Olowookere, who raised…
We will bring you down in 3 months time, Boko haram dares Jonathan
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened that the group will “devour” President Goodluck Jonathan “in three months”.
According to Reuters, the sect’s head said in a video posted on YouTube on Thursday that the President goofed by boasting to…
UNI Abuja: FG likely to transfer suspended faculties students to other varsities
he Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, on Thursday announced that students of the suspended faculties of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Engineering of the University of Abuja, might be transferred to other institutions.
Rufai said the Federal Government would take…
