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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J E fforts by the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority, OGFZA, to fulfill its core mandate and play a key role in the Federal Government’s drive for foreign direct investments, FDI, received a major boost, weekend, when the Bayelsa State Government announced that it has handed over to OGFZA state lands measuring 35,000 hectares for the development of the Brass Oil and Gas City. The land for the location of factories and offices is a key attraction to FDI in the free zones. The Surveyor-General of the state,  Gede Moses, said a portion of the 35,000-hectare land had been surveyed and ready for deployment. Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, on his part, said OGFZA was free to deploy the land resources the way it deems fit to accelerate the development of free zones in the state. Dickson sas responding to a request for support from the Managing Director of OGFZA, Mr Okon Umana, who was at Government House, Yenegoa on a courtesy call on the state governor....

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State on Sunday expressed optimism that it would win all future elections in the state. Some chieftains of the party in the state said at a zonal meeting in Awgu for Enugu West that the party would continue to control the state in spite of recent political realignments in the state. The Deputy Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Chief Donatus Uzogbado, said that the party was not envisaging any challenge from any of the opposition parties in the state. Uzogbado said that the faithful needed not fret over recent events where some members defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), adding that PDP was “still on ground”. “The APC challenge is no challenge to us. In fact, the 2019 elections is going to be the easiest for our party in the state,” he said. Also, the Chairman of Aninri Local Government Area, Mr Chidi Ekwe, said that the unprecedented peace and unity in the party would be the tonic for its succes...

http://ift.tt/2p7HwBn Arsenal FC: Alexis Sanchez shone and then succumbed to injury as Arsenal won 4-1 at Stoke City on Saturday to close in on the Premier League top four. Sanchez teed up Mesut Ozil for Arsenal’s second goal and scored their third — his 50th Premier League goal — after Peter Crouch had brought Stoke back into the game with a controversial handball goal. Arsene Wenger’s side are now a point behind Liverpool, who occupy the fourth and final Champions League spot, and three points below third-place Manchester City, who beat Leicester City 2-1. “When you go to places like Stoke, you need at some stage to suffer and stick together, and that’s what we did,” Wenger told the BBC. “The physios told me Alexis Sanchez wanted to come off. I don’t know what it was, but he’s a fighter and found the resources to score an excellent goal after.” Liverpool have played the same number of games as Arsenal and look the team the most susceptible to be overtaken by Wenger’s men, who n...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Festus Ahon A SABA —THE Ika Village Square, a socio-cultural group of Ika people, has said it will hold an economic summit in June as part of efforts at showcasing the potential of the Ika nation. Briefing newsmen in Asaba, chairman of the organising committee, Mr. Eugene Uzum, said the summit with the theme, Harnessing the Economic Potentials of Ika Nation Through Strategic Partnership , will   have exhibition, economic and business orientation sessions. Noting that the summit would be private sector driven, Uzum said it would also examine new dimensions with which Ika nation could partner the private sector. He said  Ika nation, consists of Ika South and Ika North-East Local Government Areas in Delta State and four other local government areas in Edo State. According to him, Ika nation is blessed with mineral resources like kaolin,  coal,  bitumen, potash, crude oil,  granite and fertile land for agriculture. He added that t...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J I jaw Youth Council, IYC, has condemned the House of Representatives for rejecting a motion by Hon. Goodluck Opiah calling on the House to direct multinational oil companies to relocate their administrative headquarters to the Niger Delta. Spokesman for the body, Mr Daniel Dasimaka said the action of the green chambers had capacity to rupture the peace in the region. Dasimaka, in a statement,  hailed lawmakers who stormed out of the House against the decision, saying Vice President Yemi Osibanjo should give effect to his order to multinationals on behalf of the federal government recently that they should relocate their administrative headquarters to the region. The post IYC berates Reps decision against IOCs’ relocation to N Delta appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2qNpSSz