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Aikhomu for burial today

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, September 16th, 2011

The late Military vice president and former Chief of General Staff, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu on Wednesday commenced his journey to eternal rest with a Solemn farewell parade in his honour at the Benin Airport jointly mounted by a detachment of officers and men of the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force and Nigerian Army. The widow […]

Picture: Maputo 2011: Nigerian Girls Grabs Sprint Relay, Hurdles Gold

Posted by admin Headlines, Sports, Track & Field Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Nigeria’s victorious female relay team (L-R) Okagbare, Osayomi and Osazuwa Nigeria’s track and field team to the on-going 10th All Africa Games increased its gold medal haul to six Tuesday night after the men and women’s 4x100m relay teams and Seun Adigun fulfilled expectations by extending Nigeria’s impressive records in the event. The women quartet […]

Nigerian Navy pays last respect to Aikhomu

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

OFFICERS and ratings of the Nigerian Navy, in Lagos, on Wednesday, paid their last respect to the late Admiral Augustus Aikhomu, a former military vice president, who served as Chief of Naval Staff between 1984 and 1986. Aikhomu died on August 17, at the age of 71 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Aikhomu’s […]

Surprise: 33 million Nigerians jobless -NBS

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

About 32.5million Nigerians are unemployed, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said. The Statistician General of the Federation, Dr Yemi Kale, made this disclosure in his maiden press briefing on Wednesday in Abuja . He said the figure was the latest as it was released in 2010 for 2011. Dr Kale said the NBS had […]

UI students protest Boko Haram threats, halt exams

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

There was confusion at the University of Ibadan on Wednesday as the Students Union Government of the institution besieged examination halls and disrupted the ongoing second semester examinations. The protest, it was learnt, led to the temporary suspension of the examination. According to the SUG, the action was in response to the growing anxiety over […]

‘40 African nations recognise Libya’s interim govt’

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

FOREIGN Affairs Minister, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, has said that about 40 African countries have so far recognised the Transitional National Council (TNC) in Libya. The minister at a briefing in Abuja to spotlight the strides of the nation’s foreign policy in the first 100 days of the present administration, also explained the rationale of the […]

Appeal Court’s judgment on Akpabio vs Udodehe for tomorrow

Posted by admin Akwa Ibom, Elections 2011, Governors, Headlines, State News Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

The Appeal Court sitting in Calabar has shifted the date for judgment on the appeal brought before it by the gubernatorial candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the April 26 election in Akwa Ibom State, Senator Akpan Udodehe, challenging the decision of the lower election tribunal which validated the election of Governor Godswill Akpabio of […]

Surprise: Nigeria’s education sector needs revolution -Aliyu

Posted by admin Education, General Politics, Headlines, Niger, State News Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Niger State governor, Dr Mua’zu Babangida Aliyu, took a critical look at the nation’s education sector on Tuesday and concluded that the entire sector needs a total revolution. Aliyu, who played host to the one-week executive council meeting of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) in Minna, the state capital, decried […]

Only God can end Jos crises – Gov Jang (Then resign & let God be the Gov.)

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Plateau, State News Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

The embattled Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State emerged yesterday from a crucial session with President Goodluck Jonathan, with a declaration that while he agreed with the President to ensure peace in the state, he is not God to end the Jos crises. The Governor who was in Aso Rock for over four hours was […]

Damilola Taylor’s killer released

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

ONE of the brothers who killed Damilola Taylor, has been released early from prison. Damilola was the 10-year-old Nigerian schoolboy murdered at Peckham in the United Kingdom in 2000. One of his killers, Danny Preddie, 23, was said to now be staying staying at a west London bail hostel after serving five years for the 10-year-old’s manslaughter. […]