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20% of students to gain admission as 1.4m sit for UTME exams, today!

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Saturday, June 18th, 2011

A total of 1, 493, 603 candidates who registered for the 2011 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, will be sitting for the examination across the country today. However, Vanguard gathered that due to acute shortage of spaces, only about 20 per cent of qualified candidates will be offered admission, into the about 117 universities in the […]

International man-hunt for Boko Haram sponsors

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Top Stories Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Security agencies in the country are forging an alliance with security agencies in selected Western and Middle-East countries to unravel the wave of bombing in the country, it was learnt yesterday. The collaborative effort is directed towards unveiling the source of the ammunitions and the persons behind the bombings. The disclosure of the international collaboration […]

Bombings: Muslim group calls for 2 days fasting, prayers

Posted by admin Latest Politics Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Abuja – The Muslim Media Watch Group (MMWG), has called on the Federal Government to declare Friday, June 23 and Sunday, June 25 as work-free days for special prayers and fasting. The call was contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja and signed by Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Co-ordinator of the group. The […]

Embassy awaits report of investigation on Nigerian killed in Germany

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics Friday, June 17th, 2011

Berlin—The Nigerian embassy in Germany is awaiting the outcome of the German authorities’ investigation on the killing of a Nigerian, Mrs Christy Schnudeck, allegedly shot by a policewoman, an official has said. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that Schnudeck, who hailed from Edo, was shot at a job centre in Frankfurt by a policewoman […]

Louis Edet House bomb blast: Where is safe in Nigeria?

Posted by admin Headlines, Latest Politics, Nigerian Police Friday, June 17th, 2011

BARELY nine months after the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja was thrown into confusion, fear, mourning and bewilderment following the bomb explosions that erupted October 1, 2010 when Nigeria was marking its 50th anniversary, the nation’s capital city was on Thursday, June 16 thrown into a similar situation. This time, it was not a public place, […]

Day Kuku stunned Polish Ambassador, Niesiolowski

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, June 17th, 2011

UNTIL you encounter the erstwhile Special Adviser to the President on Niger-Delta and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Committee and one of the foremost Niger-Delta activists, Hon Kingsley Kuku, you may possibly not recognize why President Goodluck Jonathan found the Niger-Delta activist a robust person to handle the tactical agency after the exit of the […]

Court Issues Bench Warrant Against Yar’Adua’s Wife

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, June 17th, 2011

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja has issued a bench warrant against the wife of the late Major-General Musa Yar’Adua, Hajia Asabe Yar’Adua. Hajia Yar’Adua had been charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged three count-offences involving financial malpractices. The anti-graft agency had accused Yar’Adua of offences of issuance […]

Corruption: US Groups Blast Obansanjo Over Comments

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency Friday, June 17th, 2011

Nigerian Diaspora groups in the United States have berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comments, that the current administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan lacks the will and consistency to fight corruption. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP WEEKEND, Comrade Femi Soneye, director of Projects and Planning of the Alliance of Nigerians In […]

Argentina, Eagles Re-match: So What?

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, June 17th, 2011

I still do not understand the rationale behind the decision of the Nigeria Football Federation to re-play Argentina after Nigeria walloped her 4-1, even if it was her third best team. The hype, preparations and pressure to break a long jinx against the South Americans in Abuja, cost the Super Eagles a crucial win and […]

Governor Suswam Denies Murder Allegation

Posted by admin Benue, Governors, Raw Politics, State News Friday, June 17th, 2011

The Benue State, Governor Gabriel Suswam has absolved himself of any complicity in the death of Charles Ayede, aide to the Action Congress of Nigeria gubernatorial candidate in the April polls, Prof. Torkuma Ugba. Speaking during an exclusive interview with our correspondent in New York recently, Suswan said that it was rather unfortunate for someone […]