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Action Congress of Nigeria, Governors, Headlines, Kwara, Party Politics, State News
Monday, July 18th, 2011
The Gubernatorial, National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ilorin and hearing election petition filed by the kwara State Chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) against the victory of the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s candidate, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, yesterday , at the resumed hearing turned down the two prayers sought by the petitioner. The […]
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Enugu, Headlines, State News
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Anxiety and apprehension have heightened in Enugu State following the arrest of Mr. Ifeanyi Ogbonna from Nkanu East local government area of Enugu State and his fiancée, Ifeoma Ukamaka, from Ebonyi State on their wedding day. Ogbonna and Ukamaka were arrested last week when they were about to tie the nuptial knots at Divine Help […]
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Headlines
Monday, July 18th, 2011
A seven –year-old child, Irene Edwards, requires the support of well-meaning Nigerians to put her life together again, being faced with a challenging health condition – kidney disease. WINIFRED OGBEBO reports. Seven-year-old Irene Edwards is fighting the greatest battle of her life. Her story is one that would evoke sympathy from everyone, even the most […]
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Armed Forces, Headlines
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Deoxyribonucleic Acid banking facilities (DNA) has been established by the defence headquarters for personnel of the Nigerian armed forces.According to a release made available to LEADERSHIP SUNDAY by the DHQ and signed by the director, defence information, Col. M. Yerima, the facility is aimed at assisting the armed forces in the storage and proper identification […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
PLAYERS and officials of Al Hilal Football Club of Sudan yesterday erupted in wild celebration after their team’s hard-fought 2-2 with 2003 and 2004 African champion, Enyimba of Aba, inside the Enyimba stadium. They had many reasons to be happy because it is not often that teams come to Aba and get a good result, […]
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Headlines, Jigawa, State News
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
GOVERNOR Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has directed Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Lawal Abdu Babura, to rise to the challenge of his administration’s resolve of making the state a model for others in Nigeria. He gave the charge at the weekend when he administered the oath of office on Babura at the […]
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Governors, Headlines, South-East
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
THE South-East Governors Forum has called on stakeholders in northern parts of the country to tackle the high rate of insecurity in their region. Rising from their meeting in Enugu yesterday, the chairman of the forum and Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, urged the stakeholders to put in place a necessary machinery so as to ensure security […]
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Headlines
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
HSBC’s right to open and close customers account does not permit the “discrimination of any person or entity based on its color, origin or activity,” Nigeria’s Ambassador to the US, Prof Ade Adefuye has said expressing displeasure, but the US bank clarified its position with an apology on the closure of the accounts of a […]
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Headlines, Women Politics
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
A recent study released by the Nielsen Company that examines the consumer and media habits of women in emerging and developed countries has found that women in India are the most stressed – and they spend differently. The Women of Tomorrow Study, which examined 6,500 women across 21 different nations from February through April 2011, […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Rita Dominic has been earmarked to host the HEADIES awards (formerly the Hip Hop awards), and as part of the preparations for that, a theme song for this year’s edition was premiered on July 13th on a Logos Nigeria radio station (Beats FM). And surprise, surprise, the guest host for the morning show at […]
