Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy.
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
No fewer than 3,000 fishermen operating in fishing settlements on the Atlantic coastline in Bayelsa State have suspended fishing activities following an oil spill from Brass Oil Export Terminal. The Chairman of Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), Mrs Elizabeth Egbe, made this known when she spoke with newsmen in Yenogoa last Thursday. Egbe told […]
However, Some com munity leaders of Brass in Bayelsa State have commended the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) for its quick response to clean the oil spillage that affected their area. One of the leaders, Mr Israel Igoli, told newsmen in Yenagoa, that the officials of the oil firm promptly responded to the report concerning […]
The Federal Government has continued to receive commendations from members of the public after it handed licence to the private sector to distribute and sell electricity in the country on October 1, 2013. The latest of such commendations came from the Maritime Media Practitioners of Nigeria (MANPON) in Port Harcourt, recently. In a statement signed […]
The Conoil filling station opposite NNPC Towers along Herbert Macaulay Way, Abuja, went into flames last Thursday as a tanker discharged the 33,000 litres of petrol it delivered. The Tide reports that the fire started at about 3 p.m., forcing offices around the petrol station to close. Some of the station attendants told newsmen that […]
Communities af fected by the recent oil spillage that occurred in Bayelsa State have threatened to ground the facilities of Agip Brass Terminal, if it refuses to immediately address the plights of the affected people. The Secretary of Okpoama Vangard, Mr Tarinyo Akono , said this while addressing the people recently in Bayelsa State. He […]
Management of the NNPC said last Thursday in Abuja that the corporate headquarters of the corporation was not affected by any inferno neither was it bombed by any insurgent group. The Tide reports that there was a fire outbreak at the Conoil filling station opposite the NNPC towers last Thursday afternoon leading to speculation that […]
The Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr Sam Amadi, said the commission had not approved any increase in electricity tariff or charges by electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs). Amadi made the disclosure at a media briefing on the alleged plan to increase the tariffs in Abuja last Wednesday. “We want to make it clear that […]
Residents in Ije-Ododo in Ojo Local Government Area in Lagos State have been assured of steady power supply after six months of power outage.in the community. Mr Gbenga Asha, the Senior Manager, Distribution, Ikotun Business Unit of PHCN, gave the assurance in an interview with newsmen in Lagos recently The Tide reports that the community […]
The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) on Thursday initiated a finance scheme which would enable contractors and vendors to access 1 billion U.S.-dollar credit from five banks. The Managing Director of NLNG, Mr Babs Omotowo, made this known in Port Harcourt when he signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the scheme with representatives of […]
Some lawmakers in Lagos State have lauded the Federal Government’s plan to privatise the four refineries belonging to Nigeria. They gave the kudos in separate interviews with the newsmen in Lagos. The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, had on Nov. 18 announced that the four refineries would be privatised by the first quarter […]
