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Kidnappers abduct pharmacist, demand N150m ransom

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

KIDNAPPERS have abducted a Pharmacist in Asaba, Delta State capital, demanding the sum of N150 million as ransom before he could be let off the hook. The victim, said to be a holder of chieftaincy title (names withheld), runs a pharmaceutical shop in Onitsha, Anambra State. State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Charles Muka, […]

JAMB lifts admission embargo on LASU, S/East varsities

Posted by admin Education, Headlines, South-East Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has lifted embargo on admission of candidates for 2011/2012 academic session placed on the Lagos State University, Ojo, and the five South-East state-owned universities. JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde, made this known in Abuja, on Wednesday, after a parley with all the stakeholders, including the […]

Soccer: Eagles to play Sierra Leoane in place of Guatemala

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Nigeria will now play Sierra Leone on February 9 after failing in an earlier arrangement to play Guatemala. Nigeria coach Samson Siasia confirmed that an arrangement had been reached to play the fellow West Africans. “I am disappointed that the Guatemala game has been cancelled, this is not good for us. “But the NFF have […]

Nigeria begins evacuation of citizens from Egypt

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

In view of the ongoing violent demonstration in Egypt and as directed by President Goodluck Jonathan that all Nigerians in the country be evacuated immediately, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has chartered a jumbo jet to this effect. NEMA, in a statement signed by Head of Public Relations, Mr. Yushau Shuaib, said the jumbo […]

Police ban Okada operation at Lagos airport

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

In a bid to curb robbery and other criminal activities at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos, the Airport Police Command, Wednesday, banned commercial motorcyclists, also known as Okada, from operating within the airport. Disclosing this development to newsmen at the Presidential Wing of the airport, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Augustine Okpadile, said, […]

Soccer: Nigeria-Guatemala Off, Iceland Shaky

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) last night confirmed that the much touted international friendly match against Guatemala has been called off. The friendly match set back came on the heel of the denial of US visa to two members of the national team by the American Embassy in Abuja on Monday ahead of the US President’s […]

Opinion: Ndigbo in the Fourth Republic

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

If I were an Igboman, I would not find the current political calculations funny at all. Look at the fact: from an enviable height in the First and Second Republics, when Igbos held key positions in government, the reality today is that the highest-ranking Igbo is Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweramadu. And guess what? He […]

Obama Cup: Siasia Hails US Embassy

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has lauded the assistance the United States Embassy in Abuja did in ensuring that the Super Eagles’ visa application is promptly attended to. Nigeria will feature in a tournament in the US beginning February 12 and the US Embassy’s Marcus Falion has been named by the coach in the rapid […]

Minister blames teachers for candidates’ failure in public exams

Posted by admin Education, Headlines, Ministries Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Minister of State for Education, Mr Kenneth Gbagi, has blamed teachers for poor performance of candidates in public examinations in the country, saying, “teachers are not doing enough to educate their students.” Gbagi declared in Minna, Niger State, on Tuesday, that, “from my point of view, it is not government that has failed; we have […]

Nigerian Navy fights Nigerian Merchant Navy for supremacy

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Headlines Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

There seems to be a battle for supremacy between the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Merchant Navy with the former accusing the latter of impersonating the naval personnel by wearing its uniform. The cold war which has lingered for some years reached its peak last week, when the Nigerian Navy clamped down on the commandant […]