A media partner of Sanctity Of Truth
NIGERIA’S MOST AUTHORITATIVE NEWSPAPER IN POLITICS AND BUSINESS
Monday, March 2, 2015
/newtelegraph
Vol. 2 No. 376
@newtelegraph1 www.newtelegraphonline.com
12 pages of international new york times
Oil firms begin job cuts
O
il companies have begun downsizing in a process that
will see them sacrificing many of their non-technical staff, New Telegraph gathered at the weekend. The International Oil
Companies (IOCs) such as Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Total and EniSPA and their local counterparts have over 10, 000 non-tech-
nical staff in their services that may be affected in the restructuring of their operations. It was learnt that the di-
}23
26 days to go...
l10,000 non-technical staff to be sacked Adeola Yusuf
N150
rective to cut staff strength was given to the IOCs by their parent companies abroad as a measure to CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
Nigeria votes
2015
ria Nige
es vot
15 20}14 & 15
Campaign: Cash crunch hits Jonathan, Buhari
lPresident embargoes spending of N21bn fund raiser proceeds }5 lAPC governors refuse to bankroll electioneering Quick Read Editorial
Need for National Sports Hall of Fame }19
Fuel marketers jack up pump price }8 Court asked to sack Amaechi for heading APC campaign }6 Leadership change at Shell Nigeria L-R: Managing Director, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Osagie Okunbor; his predecessor, Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu and Shell’s Vice-President, Nigeria and Gabon, Mr. Markus Droll, at a ceremony to mark the change of leadership in company in Port Harcourt... at the weekend.
APC, PDP bicker over fresh vote delay plot Onyekachi Eze and Temitope Ogunbanke
T
he All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) yesterday engaged in a fresh war of attrition over a new plot to delay the rescheduled general elections. The APC accused Presi-
dent Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP of perfecting a fresh strategy to push for another postponement of the 2015 general elections. This, the opposition
party stated, was to enable the PDP perfect its rigging plan ahead of the general elections. But the ruling party faulted the APC's allega-
tion, saying the opposition party is suffering from hallucination. The Independent National Electoral CommisCONTINUED ON PAGE 5
Two shot dead, 15 injured in Ibadan rally }9 Travel Advisory
Your guide to local and international flights }4