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How Eagles can rise again – Heartland foreign coach

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

Having led Heartland of Owerri FC to a tremendous and memorable victory in the 2011 Federation Cup, the first in 18 years, technical adviser Lodewjk De Kruif has not stopped appreciating the amount of talented players Nigeria has, which has caused him to share his view on how the country can be a top football […]

Lagos: Apathy, hitches mar council polls

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

* Thugs snatch ballot box in Ojo as residents disrupt exercise in Ajegunle * ACN set to reclaim seats By Clifford Ndujihe, Olasukanmi Akoni, Charles Kumolu, Olalekan Bilesanmi, Monsur Olowoepojo and Fredrick Okopie AMID voter apathy and minor hitches here and there, Lagosians yesterday held peaceful elections into 20 Local Councils, 37 Local Council Development […]

Kerosene subsidy to cost govt N310 billion in 2012

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor Federal Government is to spend an estimated N310 billion in subsidizing kerosene in the next fiscal year, it has emerged. The government’s outlay on subsidizing the fuel of choice for many low income Nigerians is despite strong arguments by members of the administration’s Economic Management Team for the complete removal […]

EFCC arrests banker over Delta ghost workers

Posted by admin Delta, EFCC Politics, Headlines, State News Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

By Austin Ogwuda, Asaba OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a banker with one of the new generation banks in Asaba, Delta State for allegedly inflating the payroll of the state government with ghost workers. The banker (names withheld) allegedly works with the bank which the Delta government contracted out […]

Robber killed in shootout with police

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

By Wole Mosadomi, Minna Police in Niger State have shot dead a suspected armed robber while two other colleagues were arrested along Mokwa-Tegina Road. Four others who sustained injuries during a shootout with the police are said to be at large. It was gathered that nemesis caught up with the suspects while robbing motorists on […]

Prof. Dora Akunyili loses to Ngige again

Posted by admin Anambra, Headlines, State News Friday, October 21st, 2011

THE election petition tribunal sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital, has dismissed the petition filed by Professor Dora Akunyili of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), challenging the election of Dr Chris Ngige of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), over non-compliance and inability to file and serve form TF008. The tribunal, headed by Justice Onajite […]

Artistes call for Baba Suwe’s release •As family gives NDLEA 7-day ultimatum

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, October 21st, 2011

MEMBERS of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (ANTP), led by their former president, Prince Jide Kosoko, have called for the immediate release of the ace comedian, Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a. Baba Suwe, who is currently being held by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). He said Baba Suwe had been made to go through public […]

AU lifts sanctions on Libya

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, October 21st, 2011

The 14-member states of the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) on Thursday lifted its sanctions on Libya. Mr Ramtane Lamamra, AU Commissioner for Peace and Security said in Addis Ababa on Thursday after the council’s meeting that all AU sanctions against Libya had been lifted with immediate effect. NAN reports that some of the […]

Gaddafi’s body has bullet hole, burial within 24 hrs

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, October 21st, 2011

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will be buried according to Muslim rites within 24 hours, a Libyan transitional government force commander said on Friday. The announcement is coming just as witnesses said the body bore a visible bullet hole in the head. “He will get his right like any Muslim; his body will be washed […]

Minister bewails N2t spent annually on food importation

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, October 21st, 2011

Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, the Minister of Agriculture, says Nigerian spends N2 trillion annually on food importation. Adesina, who disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at an interactive session with members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, said the country had become a dumping ground for imported food. “It is a shameful thing that Nigeria has […]