Nigeria declared an air pollution emergency in a major southern city on Tuesday and closed an asphalt plant there after residents complained about the fumes from its furnaces, in a country plagued by corruption and poor governance. Residents staged a protest in Port Harcourt, a harbor city in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, waving their hands in the air to show the soot stains from touching cars.
Category: Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Indices will get better in 2017 financial year – Puchercos, CEO of Lafarge Africa
M ichel Puchercos, is the Managing Director, Lafarge Africa Plc, one of the largest cement groups in Africa, a member of the French global cement giant, LafargeHolcim Group, with a huge presence in Nigeria. With decades of experience in cement industry across the world through South Korea, Kenya and Uganda, Tanzania, and France, Puchercos’ career span extensive operational and strategic experience both at Junior and Senior levels with small and medium organizations, cooperatives and multinationals organisations.
Stop harassing Mrs. Jonathan, N-Delta youths warn EFCC, police
By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT: Coalition of Civil Rights Organizations has warned Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Nigerian Police Force to stop the harassment on the former Nigerian first lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. The youths of Ijaw Nation Worldwide who protested yesterday in Port Harcourt described ongoing probe of Mrs. Jonathan as political witch-hunt.
Wike, Ayade pledge support to Nigerian Army, commend gallantry
G overnor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday pledged his government’s support to the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army towards strengthening the security architecture of the state and its environs, even as Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade, commended the Army for reclaiming all areas previously captured by Boko Haram insurgents in the North East. Governor Wike also advised officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army 6 Division against the politicisation of crime, noting that security was vital to the actualisation of all developmental programmes.