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BREAKING NEWS!
(Dec. 11, 2011.
05.33pm Nigerian Time)
NNPC PRODUCT LINES VANDALISED
A key pipeline carrying crude to the NNPC
refineries in Warri and Kaduna was vandalised this
morning, according to oil industry sources, at the
Egua flow point. Also, another pipeline at the Effurun
round about on the approach to Warri caught fire
today. The pipelines in that area hold lines
belonging to the Nigeria Gas Company, Shell and NNPC. It is not clear which of the three
was affected but fire service men are already at the
scene. The Egua vandalism is coming days after
militants said they would resume hostilities with
the government. |
Presidential spokesman
Abati |
President Goodluck Jonathan...
wants political reform
Opinion
PRESIDENT JONATHAN’S POLITICAL AGENDA
By OBED AWOWEDE
In the last few weeks since presidential spokesman Dr.
Reuben Abati announced the president’s desire for a
constitutional amendment guaranteeing just one term
for the president, his deputy, governors and their
deputies as part of a constitutional reform process,
there has been an uproar of sorts, coming from all
corners: Labour, civil society organizations and of
course, politicians. Opposition parties have seen in .
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PLANNED ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE:
GIVE US METERS
FIRST . . . . . citizen writes NERC Chair
It has been announced by your commission that electricity tariffs
would increase on the average from N8:50 to N10:00 per Kilowatt hour
effective July 1, 2011. We do agree that this may be an economic
pricing, all essential factors well considered as at today. The
tariff hike is to protect the interest of the electric power
supplier, presently PHCN, by ensuring that it gets adequate returns
from its services. That is good to make the industry viable and
attract foreign and local investors. However, this protection . . .
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