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Action Congress of Nigeria, Headlines, Lagos, Party Politics, State News
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
In order to avoid the confusion that attended the search for successor to former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Lagos chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has commenced a search for who succeeds the incumbent governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN). Political drama that attended the search for Tinubu’s successor […]
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Anambra, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
The Police in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State has rescued seven children from the hands of suspected child traffickers and arrested two suspects. Though the Police Spokesman in the state, Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka said the matter has not been reported to the Command, an eyewitness who pleaded anonymity said the incident happened at […]
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Borno, Headlines, State News
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command has confirmed that four persons were killed on Sunday by suspected Boko Haram militants at a drinking joint in Bulumkutu, Maiduguri even as the Islamic sect has given conditions to the government for laying down their arms Malam Lawal Abdullahi, the command’s Public Relations Officer, said yesterday in […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Two managers of a commercial bank in Suleja, Niger State, are now in trouble over an alleged N29 million fraud. Already, one of the managers has been detained by the police while the other has bolted away, having got the hint that he was being sought for by police investigators. Vanguard gathered that the fraud […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Residents want enforcement of use of public toilets to promote good health, sanitation ONE of the traits some Lagosians had been associated with was their penchant to ease themselves almost anywhere. Be it in gutters, on refuse heaps, behind bus shelters even beside parked cars, some Lagosians were known not to have bothered where […]
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Headlines, Kwara, State News
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
Workers under the aegis of Unions of Tertiary Institutions in Kwara State comprising four state-owned colleges of education and Islamic studies have declared another round of indefinite strike. The unions, which include Colleges of Education, Ilorin, Oro and Lafiagi and College of Islamic Studies, Ilorin (COEASU, SSUCOEN and NASU), are demanding for implementation of the 100 percent payment […]
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Headlines
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
President, Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga and Mr. Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings and 93 others, have appeared on the list of Top 100 Africans released by London-based New African magazine, in its June edition. Former CEO of the MTN Group, Mr. Phuthuma Nhleko, President, Africa Development […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
The Cross River State Government has disbursed over N10, 344,794.00 to 14 communities across the state under the Community and Social Development Projects. The benefiting communities include: Lehanghe in Abi, Ikot Enetim Eneyo, Aye Eyo and Obot Eyo in Odukpani, PTA Secondary School, Iyametet and secondary commercial School, Ofodua in Obubra. Others are Nde in […]
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Headlines
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
While a dog may rightly be called a man’s best friend, with what many dog owners have to spend on them, it is obviously a friendship oiled with heavy spending. NICK UDENTA writes Many dog owners in Abuja buy them for security purposes. According a veterinary doctor and a practitioner in Wuse, Abuja, Dr. Bala […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
The atmosphere at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Surulere, on Saturday night, was simply electric, as one of Nigeria’s most celebrated footballer of all time, Nwankwo Kanu, played his testimonial match alongside great football stars from around the world. Football fans could not but savour the frills and thrills that came with the event, as Kanu’s […]
