Keshi says Nigerians will smile on Saturday
Soccer crazy Nigerians have been told to relax as the Super Eagles are poised to powder their faces with sunshine in Calabar on Saturday. Coach Stephen Keshi said at a media parley yesterday morning...
View ArticleFlight scare as Aero takes Oduamadi to Port Harcourt
As Eagles shape up for Malawi showdown Nigeria’s build-up to this Saturday’s crucial Brazil 2014 World Cup was hit by a major scare yesterday afternoon as an Aero flight conveying Super Eagles strike...
View ArticleLabour union urges FG to stop petroleum pipeline vandalism
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has called on the Federal Government to effectively monitor petroleum products pipelines in order to stop the incessant...
View ArticleNIMN bars unregistered marketers from operation
It may no longer be business as usual for individuals practicing marketing without registering with the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN), as the institute has vowed to wield the big...
View ArticleElectricity tariffs: Activists, Journalists, Lawyers, others petition UN
Acoalition of human rights activists, labour, journalists and lawyers have moved against the recent increase in electricity tariffs and have consequently petitioned the United Nations, UN Special...
View ArticleComedy, comedians and Nigeria’s rebirth
A COMEDY within the context of usage is any literary work, including, but not limited to a drama, play, motion picture, television, radio, oratorical dexterity, verbal phosphorescence and...
View ArticleNigeria not yet a united nation state
THE BRITISH amalgamated diverse ethnic groups and christened the union Nigeria. So, a revered northern monarch called the union the mistake of 1914, and Chief Awolowo referred to Nigeria as a mere...
View ArticleThe strides in anti-polio war
Last weekend, there were reports that Nigeria’s war against polio has been delivering expected results. This report was authenticated by the United Nations Children Education Fund, UNICEF....
View ArticleKidnap suspect killed as Police foil attempt in Aba
A combined team of police from Umuahia and Aba Area Command Anti-robbery Squad Unit in Aba, Saturday foiled the kidnap attempt made of Kelvin Origa, 25. Nigerian Pilot gathered that a member of the...
View ArticleArmy restates commitment to nation’s security
Nigerian Army Authorities has said that it will do all it can to tackle security challenges in the country. In a chat with newsmen, Brig. Gen. Pat Akem, the brigade commander, 4 mechanised brigade,...
View ArticleALGON commends FCT minister over project execution
Association of Local Government on Nigeria, ALGON, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Chapter, has expressed satisfaction over what they described as giant strides recorded in infrastructural...
View ArticleOgbemudia warns against release of stowaway teenager
Heir apparent to the Brigadier- General Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia political dynasty, Mr. Sam Ogbemudia Jr. has said that rehabilitation of the teenage stowaway Ricky Daniel Ohikhena should be pursued...
View ArticleFrustrate our projects, risk blacklisting, NDDC warns banks
Acting Managing Director NDDC, Dr. Christy Atako has warned that the Banks Partnering the Commission faced the risk of being blacklisted if they frustrate the efforts of contractors at speedy...
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Lagos pays N943m pension to retirees
Lagos State Government has presented Retirement Bond Certificates worth N943,146,034.49 (Nine Hundred and Forty-Three Million, One Hundred and Forty-Six Thousand, Thirty-Four Naira, Forty-Nine...
View ArticlePDP crisis part of democratic culture – Olubolade
Police Affairs Minister, Navy Capt Caleb Olubolade, has noted that the crisis rocking the People’s Democratic Party, PDP at the national level was an indication that the party is not against...
View ArticleCertificate forgery: Publisher risks 21-yr jail term
Barely a week after the publisher of the Kaduna-based Desert Herald newspaper, Mallam Tukur Mamu was nabbed and charged by the Police with criminal extortion, the controversial publisher now risks 21...
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Jonathan, Suswam condemn extremists
President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned recent utterances by highly placed Nigerians which he said are capable of tearing the country apart, even as Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State called...
View ArticleSaraki is a liability to Kwarans – APC chieftain
All Progressive Congress, APC, Kwara State chapter yesterday described former Governor Bukola Saraki as a liability to the people of the statem, noting that it would not allow him entrance into the...
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Registrar’s suspension: Lawyer urges court to set aside ruling
Human right lawyer, Nkeruwem Akpan, has approached Court of Appeal seeking extension of time to challenge decision of the Court that led to the suspension of Mrs. Oluwatoyin Yahaya as Chief...
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Court may jail Baraje, Jaja, others
For allegedly refusing to stop parading themselves as interim national officers of the New Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a federal high court sitting in Abuja may send Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje,...
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