By Babajide Komolafe LAGOS —The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, imposed fresh condition for owning a bank account saying that from January 8, 2013, the National Identity Number, NIN, would be criteria for owning and operating a bank account in the country. To this effect, from September 1 this year, CBN in conjunction with […]
BY VINCENT UJUMADU, Awka THE Provost of College of Medicine of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus was Friday kidnapped at his home town, Ogidi in Anambra State. The Provost, who is also a Senior Consultant on Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi was abducted while he was returning from […]
By Philips Adefioye Former Super Eagles defender, Bright Omokaro says Stephen Keshi’s decision to build the new Super Eagles around home based professionals is a right step in the right direction ahead of the World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers. Omokaro told Saturday Vanguard sports in an exclusive interview that Keshi’s last two international friendly […]
The Action Congress of Nigeria has denied the Peoples Democratic Party’s accusation that the party is behind the protests by the students of the University of Lagos against the Federal Government’s decision to change the institution’s name to Moshood Abiola University. In a statement in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai […]
June 1, 2012 by Simon Utebor 15 Comments Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, says Nigeria has drastically reduced the number of infiltrators into the country. He said no fewer than 15,000 illegal immigrants had been refused entry into the country in the last four months. Moro stated these during the inauguration of the first […]
NO fewer than 45 persons have been arraigned for post-presidential election violence that swept across some northern states. Kaduna State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Jonathan Adamu, said on Thursday the 45 persons were among the 380 arrested by the police in connection with the crisis. He added that the police were still investigating […]
NO fewer than 45 persons have been arraigned for post-presidential election violence that swept across some northern states. Kaduna State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Jonathan Adamu, said on Thursday the 45 persons were among the 380 arrested by the police in connection with the crisis. He added that the police were still investigating […]
The United States Government has donated a set of body scanner to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for use at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terence McCulley, handed over the scanner to the Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Alhaji Ahmadu Giade, on Thursday at the MMIA. Some […]
THE renaming of the University of Lagos after the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, had continued to attract the condemnation of more Nigerians on Thursday. Former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu; Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi; a member of the National Assembly, Gbenga Ashafa; Mohammed, son of the […]
South-West governors on Thursday met behind closed doors with President Goodluck Jonathan on the state of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and other infrastructure in the area. The meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja was attended by governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun); Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti); Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) and Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo). Only Lagos […]
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