Day: June 5, 2015

JTF Intercepts Stolen Oil In Bayelsa

An oil vessel carrying about 1,500 metric tons of illegally refined automotive gas oil was seized by men of the Joint Task Force in Bayelsa State. Addressing newsmen in Yenagoa on Friday, spokesperson of the JTF, Lt Col Ado Isa, disclosed that the vessel, registered as MV Europort, was seized at Foropa waterways in Bayelsa.…

Fuel Scarcity To End Next Week

This piece of news will excite many Nigerians who have been subjected to untold hardship by the lingering shortage in the supply of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, commonly called petrol. On Friday, after a meeting in Abuja between the Federal Government and major oil marketers in the country, it was agreed that an end will…

Wike Appoints Kobani Rivers SSG

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has appointed his former colleague in the immediate past administration’s cabinet, Kenneth Kobani as Secretary to the Rivers State Government. Kobani was the Minister of State for Trade and Investment in former President Goodluck Jonathan’s government, while Wike was the Minister of State for Education. The new SSG was also…

Fashola Boils As Ambode Sacks Sister, Loyalists

The resignation of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode from the Lagos State Civil Service at an early age in 2012 as the Accountant General of Lagos State became a subject for debate during his campaign before the April 11 governorship election, but being an ‘anointed’ candidate of some powerful personalities in the state, he emerged the governor…

Police Assure Crime Victims Of Justice

**Arraigns 129 Cult Suspects In Benin The Nigeria Police on Thursday commenced the arraignment of more than 100 persons suspected to belong to various cult groups in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Our correspondent learnt that a total of 129 persons were precisely taken to the Chief Magistrate, Special Grade ‘F’ Court in Benin…