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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
April 20, 2012 by Sunday Aborisade Last Monday was a day of glory for Miss Tolulope Falokun, an indigene of Ondo State, who emerged as the overall best candidate in the 2011 West African Senior School Certificate Examination as the state government organised a befitting reception for her, reports SUNDAY ABORISADE. Seventeen year-old Tolulope Falokun, […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012 • Ibori Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Ijaw National leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has described the conviction of ex- Governor James Ibori in a London Court yesterday as sad and unfortunate. Reacting to the sentence, Clark described as mixed feelings, that a former Governor of oil-rich Delta […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
L-R: NFF’s President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, assisted by the NFF’s Technical Committee Chairman, (r) Mr Chris Green, presenting Coach Kadiri Ikhana (m) as Super Falcons’ Head Coach during the unveiling in Abuja yesterday. Photo: Sun News Publishing New Super Falcons’ Coach, Kadiri Ikhana is to earn N3million a month, officials have disclosed. On Wednesday, Ikhana […]
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Governors, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Posted: April 18, 2012 – 22:59 Caption: Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa Nigerian intelligence operatives claimed they uncovered and foiled a plot to attack the Kaduna State Governor, Mr. Patrick Yakowa, and diverted his route through town, saving his life, sources told Sahara Reporters. The governor, who was abroad when the Easter Day bomb blast rocked […]
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Bauchi, Headlines, State News
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
THE police have arraigned six account officials of Katagum Local Council Area of Bauchi State before the Chief Magistrate’s Court Eight over criminal conspiracy, house break and negligence that led to the stealing of N9,027,336,69 made up of March’s salaries and allowances of the council workers. Arraigning the suspects yesterday, Police Prosecutor, Inspector Baba Sarki Hussaini, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
JUSTICE Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday remanded three Bolivians in prison custody over an allegation of producing 4.8 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine. The drug is said to be similar to cocaine, heroin and Lysergic acid Diethylamide (LSD). The Bolivians, Reuben Ticono Jorge, Yhugo Chaveaz Moreno and Yerko Artunduago Dorado, were earlier arraigned by the […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines, South-South
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
THE six states of the South South region in Nigeria are to tap the experiences of Rwanda in resolving their conflict, security challenges and economic problems in an emerging partnership between both parties. Already, a delegation of the states including the chairman of the South South Governors Forum, Liyel Imoke of Cross River State and […]
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Headlines, House, Legislature
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
House report reveals rot in subsidy, oil sector Says 35 firms collected allocation without registration Panel asks NNPC, PPPRA, marketers to refund N1.1tr Queries national oil corporation’s solvency Indicts Offices of Budget, Accountant-General Blacklists three audit firms Wants PPPRA’s ex-scribe prosecuted Seeks two ministers of petroleum resources Proposes N557b subsidy for 2012 IT was a […]
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Africa & World Politics, Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
April 18, 2012 by Ademola Babalola and Tayo Famutimi with agency report AFTER years of running, the long hands of justice caught up with the former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori, on Tuesday. The Southwark Crown Court in London United Kingdom sentenced Ibori to 13 years’ imprisonment for fraud and corruption offences. Our […]
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Delta, Headlines, State News
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
April 18, 2012 by Emmanuel Addeh,Warri The Delta State Government on Tuesday maintained that it had no official reaction to the jail term handed down to former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, by a London Court. The government insisted that Ibori remained a private citizen till he was sentenced by the court, noting that it […]
