Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare believes she can upset the pecking order at the Olympics and outshine her 100m rivals from Jamaica and the United States. The 23-year-old has hit form at the right time, dipping under 11 seconds twice this month to record victories at both the London and Monaco Diamond League events against her […]
July 25, 2012 by Kazeem Busari When the athletes flying Nigeria’s flag at the London Olympics begin their events, their aims will not be to just feature in the Games but to win medals and etch their names in history. They have the chance, just as every athlete from other participating nations, to return home […]
July 25, 2012 by Mike Odiegwu, Yenagoa 2 Comments Women from Koroama community in Gbarain clan, Yenagoa Local Government, Bayelsa State, on Tuesday barricaded a facility belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company in a protest that lasted for over four hours. Our correspondent learnt that the protest disrupted oil production in the facility, which […]
Ghana’s President John Atta Mills dies President Atta Mills came to power in 2009 Ghana’s President John Atta Mills, who was suffering from throat cancer, has died in hospital in the capital, Accra. A statement from his office said the 68-year-old died a few hours after being taken ill, but did not give details. “It […]
July 24, 2012 by Oyetunji Abioye 5 Comments Following the loss of the data contained in the Flight Data Recorder (the Black Box) of the crashed Dana Air plane, the Accident Investigation Bureau is considering flying the two engines of the aircraft to the United States for specialised mechanical tests. The action, it was learnt, […]
July 24, 2012 by Udeme Ekwere and Ifeanyi Onuba The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ms Arunma Oteh, on Monday resumed duty. This, however, came without any protest from workers who last week threatened to resist her return after the Federal Government had announced her recall. Following the resumption of Oteh, the Acting […]
THE total of 3,100 corps members were redeployed from violence-prone Kano, Gombe and Plateau states, the National Youth Service Corps said as the 2012 Batch ‘B’ orientation camp closing ceremonies took place across the country on Monday. One thousand three hundred of the 2,560 corps members posted to Kano sought redeloyment while no fewer than […]
An ex-militant leader and President of the Leadership Forum for Peace in Niger Delta, Pastor Reuben, has distanced himself from the threat of some ex-militants to unleash violence on the Shell Petroleum Development Company if it fails to quickly recall Mr. David Alabrah, whose employment was terminated by the company in March. Reuben, in a […]
July 24, 2012 by Jude Owuamanam, Jos 31 Comments Abdulramid Useni, a resident of Gangere in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, who lost seven children to the flood, said he was yet to comprehend what happened to him. “My world is finished. Where do I start from?” he asked our correspondent in […]
July 24, 2012 by Jude Owuamanam, Jos A woman and her five children were among no fewer than 38 persons killed after heavy rainfall in Jos North forced a dam to overflow, flooding Rikkos and Gangere areas of the Plataeu State on Sunday evening. No fewer than 100 persons were displaced, with at least 50 […]
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