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Letter to INEC: Extension of Voter Registration Highly Necessary

Posted by admin Columnists, Headlines, Letters, Nwaorgu Faustinus Saturday, January 29th, 2011

Written By Nwaorgu Faustinus When the idea of using two weeks to execute the on going voter registration was communicated to the public by the federal government of Nigeria through INEC, I was one of those who contemplated on the ability and possibility of INEC’S ad hoc staff to deliver on the deadline given by […]

FIFA ban may help Nigeria’s football- Erico

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Saturday, January 29th, 2011

f the crisis rocking the foundation of Nigeria’s football eventually leads to a ban from the world’s football governing body, FIFA, Nigerians have been told not to lose sleep over it because it would be a blessing in disguise. Former Green Eagles goalkeeper, Joe Erico told Sunday Vanguard sports that the period of such ban […]

Indian, Nigerian get 3 years in jail for lottery fraud

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, January 29th, 2011

The Khadki Cantonment Court has sentenced a Nigerian and his Indian accomplice to three years’ rigorous imprisonment for cheating a Khadki resident through fraudulent lottery emails. Emanuel Idema Isuka (54) from Mumbai and his aide Dakshesh Anubhai Jhaveri (40), a Mumbai resident, were arrested on the compaint of Khadki-resident Ramdhani Shamrao Mourya. Mourya had […]

UNILORIN Signs Pact With British Varsities

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Saturday, January 29th, 2011

In a move to advance teaching, research and community service in line with global best practices, the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Swansea University and Swansea Metropolitan University both in United Kingdom. The vice chancellor of Swansea University, Prof. Richard B. Davies during the brief ceremony lauded the […]

Suspected importer of N1.6bn cocaine arrested

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Saturday, January 29th, 2011

A joint team of the Customs and the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested one Elihu Essiet, suspected to be the brain behind the Importation of the 165 kilogram of cocaine seized earlier in the week. The hard drug was intercepted at the Tin-Can Port Island. The Customs Area Comptroller of the Tin-Can […]

(In Picture) Nollywood’s Star actress Mercy Johnson shaves hair for N5m

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Saturday, January 29th, 2011

Mercy Johnson might rightly be one of the most-talked about actresses in Nollywood. One of the reasons for this is the controversies that have surrounded her career. Yet, the babe is daring and a professional to the core. The curvy actresses shocked many people when she shaved off her hair recently for a role in […]

Account Update: Customers Storm Banks In Last-minute Rush

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, January 29th, 2011

Apparently in a last-minute effort to beat the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s January 31 dead-line for bank customers to update their account infor-mation, customers, on Fri-day, thronged the various banking halls to avert the apex bank’s sanctions. The CBN had initially set December 31, 2010 deadline for the update but later shifted it to […]

JAMB contests restraining order on 2011 exams

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 27th, 2011

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, yesterday, asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to vacate the order restraining the board from registering candidates for the 2011 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. It will be recalled that the court had on October 26, 2010 restrained JAMB from securing or retaining the services of […]

Shell Denies Sole Blame For Nigeria’s Oil Spill

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Royal Dutch Shell has told the Dutch Parliament, which summoned on it over issues of environmental pollution in the Niger Delta, that it would not take sole responsibility of the oil spills which had resulted in severe environmental damage to the area. Head of Shell’s Exploration and Production for Sub-Saharan Africa, Ian Craig, yesterday said […]

Fear Of Poisoned Foodstuffs Spreads

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Man dies after eating carrot || There is palpable fear in some parts of the country following rumours making the rounds that some unidentified persons have poisoned foodstuffs and fruits brought to other parts of the country from strife torn Plateau State. A text message sent to residents of Enugu State purportedly warned people […]