1 Juillet, 2009

Regional Transmission Manager of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Port Harcourt, Mr. Luis. E. Eromosele, has identified corruption as one of the major factors that have made it impossible for PHCN to provide the nation with uninterrupted and regular power supply.

The national beach soccer team, otherwise known as 'Supersand Eagles' mauled their counterparts from Mauritius 13-0 in their first match of the African Beach Soccer Championship in Durban, South Africa yesterday.

Despite Suffering a Federation Cup Q final defeat to Enyimba, Shooting Stars Chief Coach Franklin Howard says the team has come to stay, stressing that Tuesday's result confirms the fact that 3SC can hold its own against the big boys of Nigerian football.

The recent rally in the Nigerian capital market, entered its second day, as the value of listed equities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) rose Tuesday, by N139.63 billion.

Nigeria's Super Eagles have dropped to the 34th spot in the July edition of the FIFA world rankings that have Confederations Cup winners, Brazil returning to the top on Wednesday, for the first time since August 2007, by jumping four places and knocking European champions Spain down to second spot.

MEMBERS of the Academic Staff Union of Nwafor Orizu College of Education have begun a seven-day warning strike to press home their demand for the payment of the Consolidated Tertiary Institutions' Salary Structure (CONTISS) and liquidation of arrears of leave allowance for the years, 2001, 2002 and 2006.

THE Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service has queried the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority over the unpaid pensions, allowances, benefits and gratuity of some retirees of the authority.

The National Poverty eradication programme NAPEP and the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, have agreed to work more closely for the good of the poor and overall development of the country.

HIGH profile textile technocrats, economists, bankers, administrators and practitioners from within and outside the country will converge this month in Lagos to explore a fresh path to the revival of Nigeria's Textile Industry.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Maurice Iwu, admitted yesterday that the 2007 election was disrupted by the battle between then president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.