HOUSTON (AP) – A British man has been sentenced to probation for helping a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary steer massive bribes to Nigerian officials to win more than $6 billion in construction contracts. Wojciech Chodan (VOY’chehk choh-DAN’) was sentenced Wednesday in Houston federal court to one year of unsupervised probation and fined $20,000. In a [...]
Entertainment of Wednesday, 22 February 2012 Source: Eugene Osafo-Nkansah/Peacefmonline.com Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (1) « Prev Next » Even though Hiplife duo Wutah (Fire) made up of Daniel Morris (Wutah Kobby) and Frank Osei (Wutah Virus) have gone their separate ways [...]
Beauty, Brains And Talent Published on February 22, 2012 by pmnews · 2 Comments Stella Damasus I looked at the clock on the wall. It was already 5pm and I still had one more homework to finish with my 9-year-old daughter. My phone rang a few times and as I saw the name of the [...]
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is in Senegal to observe and help mediate a solution to this weekend’s contentious election, is meeting opposition candidates on Wednesday. The retired leader, who has helped mediate conflicts elsewhere in Africa, told reporters upon his arrival Tuesday that Senegal “is [...]
‘Everybody say, yeah, yeah,” was the catch phrase of the night. It’s a line that the late Fela Kuti used often during his concerts to raise excitement in the venue. On Valentine’s Day, Music Hall Center for Performing Arts celebrated the life of the late, controversial Nigerian musician and political activist with an opening night [...]
KANO, Nigeria (AP) – Witnesses say they heard an explosion in Nigeria’s second-largest city, where a radical sect killed at least 185 people last month. Resident Ali Garba told The Associated Press an exchange of gunfire followed the explosion in the northern city of Kano Wednesday morning. He said the attack occurred during curfew hours. [...]
How Akpabio’s anger transformed Akwa Ibom, by SSG By TOPE ADEBOBOYEWednesday February 22, 2012 More Stories on This Section “Governor Godswill Akpabio is an angry man. He’s been angry since he became governor of this state. And from Day One, he’s approached the development of this state with anger. That is why Akwa Ibom is [...]
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHIAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo arrived in Senegal on Tuesday to try to mediate a solution to the country’s political impasse less than a week before a contentious presidential election takes place. In the hour before his arrival, police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators as they [...]
By JON GAMBRELLAssociated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – Nigeria could produce as much as 4 million barrels of oil a day, but production remains held back by chronic problems with the nation’s government and the rampant theft of crude from pipelines, a top official with Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Tuesday. The speech Tuesday by [...]
British man gets probation in KBR bribery scheme
HOUSTON (AP) – A British man has been sentenced to probation for helping a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary steer massive bribes to Nigerian officials to win more than $6 billion in construction contracts. Wojciech Chodan (VOY’chehk choh-DAN’) was sentenced Wednesday in Houston federal court to one year of unsupervised probation and fined $20,000. In a [...]
Wutah Demands $60000 From Glo…. Threatens Court Action!
Entertainment of Wednesday, 22 February 2012 Source: Eugene Osafo-Nkansah/Peacefmonline.com Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (1) « Prev Next » Even though Hiplife duo Wutah (Fire) made up of Daniel Morris (Wutah Kobby) and Frank Osei (Wutah Virus) have gone their separate ways [...]
Beauty, Brains And Talent Published on February 22, 2012 by pmnews · 2 Comments Stella Damasus I looked at the clock on the wall. It was already 5pm and I still had one more homework to finish with my 9-year-old daughter. My phone rang a few times and as I saw the name of the [...]
Man, 62 Nabbed For Using Son For Ritual
A 62-year-old farmer, Amaechi (other names withheld) in Ndemili, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State has been arrested by Police in Delta State for allegedly attempting to use his son for ritual sacrifice. The suspect was said to have put his young son in a tied race bag in readiness for taking him [...]
A housewife, Caroline (other names removed) has been banished for allegedly committing an adultery with a motorcycle spare parts dealer in Obiaruku, Ukwani Local Government area of Delta State. The spare parts dealer, simply identified as Uchenna, hails from Ossisa, Ndokwa East Local Government area of the state. He was said to have lured Caroline [...]
JTF parades 13 suspected bunkerers, 2 kidnappers in Delta
By FESTUS AHON UGHELLI—THE Joint Military Taskforce, JTF, in the Niger Delta, weekend, paraded 13 suspected oil bunkerers, pipeline vandals and two suspected kidnappers at the Army barracks, Effurun, Delta State. JTF also confiscated nine wooden boats carrying one big steel tank, 101 GeePee tanks of various sizes, eight steel drums, 12 hoses and 11 [...]
Anglican Bishops CONFAB at Oleh
The Archbishop of Bendel Ecclesiastical Province for the Aglican Communion His Grace Most Rev. Dr. F. J. Imaekhai has announced that the next meeting of the province will take place at St. Pauls Cathedral Oleh Isoko Local Government Area on the 6th and 7th of February, 2012. In his address recently titled “Stewards of the [...]
