Headlines

All Set For Daisy Danjuma’s 60th Birthday Bash

Posted by admin Headlines, Women Politics Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

THE time is set and the invites are already flying to targeted destinations, as the nation expects another classy party in celebration of one of Nigeria’s finest women, Daisy Danjuma, who clocks 60 soon. Daisy, a lawyer and former Senator, has been in the a-list since she was in her 30s, when she married […]

Match against Namibia: It Is Nothing But Victory – Ahmed Musa

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

NIGERIAN international forward Ahmed Musa says the Super Eagles are gunning for nothing but an outright win over the visiting Brave Warriors of Namibia in tomorrow’s 2014 World Cup qualifier billed for Calabar. Musa who had earlier stated that the Eagles would not underrate the Namibians in the Group F match stated that victory is […]

Chinese teams splash N1.25b On Yakubu

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

| Print | E-mail Written by Dipo Ogunsola Saturday, 02 June 2012 Share Yakubu NIGERIAN international, Yakubu Aiyegbeni is wanted by two leading Chinese clubs, Guan Beijing and Shanghai Shenhua on a £5million-a-year (about N1.25b) contract. Yakubu, who scored 18 goals in the recently concluded English Premier League (EPL) has expressed his feelings that he […]

Lagos Doctors Give Conditions For Resumption (beggars have choice now?)

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

THE 788 doctors, who were recalled by the Lagos State government on Thursday, have declared that they will not resume duties until the state government withdraws the dismissal letter handed to them and sends letters of recall or reinstatement to all doctors, who were issued separate and individual letters of dismissal, saying their purported recall […]

Tai Solarin’s Wedding Lasted 7 Minutes – Wale Omole

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

The wedding ceremony of late social critic and educationist, Dr. Tai Solarin with Mrs Sheila Solarin, who turned 88, on Thursday, lasted for just seven minutes in 1951 in Manchester, United King-dom, a close confidant of the family, Dr. Wale Omole, has disclosed. Omole, who is widely described as one of the philosophical sons of […]

N17B Paris Club Loan Disappears

Posted by admin Headlines, Nasarawa, State News Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

Democracy Day in Nasarawa State turned into a day of lamentation for the state governor, Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al’Makura, who expressed frustration over payment of N17 billion Paris Club loan his government never took. The governor said since he took over power a year ago, he has been battling with triple tragedy of having to […]

Picture: New look Funke Akindele

Posted by admin Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

Talented actress and former Miss Funke Akindele has now officially become Mrs. Khadijat Olufunke Oloyede, thanks to her recent marriage to Kehinde Oloyede in Lagos on May 24. But some of her fans are unhappy that the resulting reception, which also took place two days later, was restricted to only members of her family and […]

Man dies in renewed cult violence

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

June 2, 2012 by Comfort Oseghale 5 Comments At noon on May 25, 2012, Araromi Street in the Somolu area of Lagos was already deserted. Broken bottles littered the front of house N0. 23, the venue of a child naming ceremony that took place the previous night and the scene of the cold-blooded murder of […]

Picture: Teenager’s leg amputated after police gunshot

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

The family of teenager shot and wounded by a policeman seek justice, writes MUDIAGA AFFE Narrating the incident to our correspondent, the victim’s father, Chief Nta Asuquo, said his son, an SS II pupil of Government Science School, Henshaw Town, Calabar South, was shot by one of the members of a team of anti-robbery policemen […]

S-Court dashes ACN’s bid to sack Governor Akpabio

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Judiciary, State News Saturday, June 2nd, 2012

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja …dismisses Akpanudoedeghe’s petition The Supreme Court, yesterday, quashed moves by the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, to sack Governor Goodswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State through the election petition tribunal. ACN, alongside its candidate during the last governorship election, Senator James John Akpanudoedehe, challenged the decision of the Court of Appeal […]