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Abuja Stadium ready for Eagles soon – Engineer

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Headlines, State News Saturday, June 8th, 2013

Home matches of the Super Eagles and other national teams may soon return to the Abuja National Stadium as comprehensive rehabilitation of the main pitch is going on in earnest, and is almost completed. The contractor handling the project, Julius Berger PLC has completed the first phase of the work, which includes removal and replacement […]

Mandela back in hospital in ‘serious but stable’ condition

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, June 8th, 2013

PRETORIA – Nelson Mandela was back in hospital on Saturday in a “serious but stable” condition, triggering an outpouring of concern for South Africa’s beloved national hero at home and across the globe. Mandela, who turns 95 next month, was admitted to a Pretoria hospital in the early hours suffering a renewed lung infection, his […]

UNIBEN student killing: Edo Police Command sends case file to DPP

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Saturday, June 8th, 2013

By Simon Ebegbulem BARELY 24 hours after the body of the 22 years old University of Benin (UNIBEN) student who was killed by the police last week Wednesday, Ibrahim Momodu, was exhumed for autopsy by the police, the Edo state Police Command yesterday, forwarded the case file to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal […]

What MKO Abiola told me about June 12 – Son, Lekan

Posted by admin Headlines Saturday, June 8th, 2013

What do you think about the annulment of the outcome of the 1993 presidential election which your father was believed to have won? Of course, I was very disappointed and I felt a sense of betrayal because IBB was someone we knew very well. This was somebody who assured the nation that he was leaving, […]

At least four dead in US gun rampage

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Saturday, June 8th, 2013

LOS ANGELE – A black-clad gunman killed at least four people in a shooting rampage in the US state of California Friday, before police shot him dead in a college library, officials said. The assailant began by killing his father and brother before a random string of slayings in Santa Monica, only a few miles […]

Outrage as FG grounds Oshiomhole’s helicopter •Jonathan has lost focus –Opposition parties

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Saturday, June 8th, 2013

The Federal Government on Friday grounded a helicopter chartered by Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, at the Benin Airport, 42 days after a similar fate was visited on his Rivers State counterpart, Rotimi Amaechi. Amaechi’s Bombadier BD70 jet was grounded at Akure Airport in Ondo State on April 26 by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority […]

PDP suspends Sokoto gov, Wamakko

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, Sokoto, State News Thursday, June 6th, 2013

Few days after the suspension of the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, from the People’s Democratic Party, the party on Wednesday announced the suspension of the Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Wamako, from the party The party said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, that the suspension […]

3.4 million Nigerians are HIV positive —NACA

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

National Agency for the Control of AIDS on Tuesday declared that 3.4 million Nigerians were living with HIV/AIDS. The agency’s Director-General, Prof. John Idoko, stated this at a Senate public hearing on a bill to prohibit discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS. With the figure, he said Nigeria had the second largest HIV burden globally. […]

My regrets as NAFDAC DG –Akunyili

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, Women Politics Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

The former Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Dora Akunyili, on Tuesday named her inability to establish a Drug Mart as one of her greatest regrets. Akunyili, who shot into limelight for revolutionising the fight against fake drugs, also blamed fake and counterfeit drugs in the country on lack of […]

I’ll stick to my NGF mandate – Amaechi

Posted by admin Governors, Headlines, Rivers, State News Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday vowed not to compromise on the second-term mandate given to him by a majority of 17 governors at the Nigeria Governors’ Forum election in Abuja on May 24. The Peoples Democratic Party last week suspended Amaechi over alleged anti-party activities. But analysts are of the view that he […]