The World Scrabble Championship started yesterday in Malaysia with eight games decided and Nigeria’s Jighere Wellington is the only player who has not lost any game.
The facilities in Kaduna that hosted some of the games of the recent Fifa Under-17 World Cup would face yet another test as it hosts the final of this year’s CBN All Financial Institutions Football Competition, which has been scheduled to hold next month.
CHIEF James Ibori, the immediate past governor of Delta State, has been commended for the construction of Bomadi bridge across the Forcados river.
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Omatek Ventures Plc has assured its shareholders of improved returns on their investment in the years ahead.
Speaking during the presentation of the facts behind its figures on the NSE, Managing Director of the company, Mrs. Florence Seriki disclosed that it has put in place various measures to ensure its increased profitability [...]
THE Chief Imam of Akure, Ondo State, Alhaji Abdul-Hakeem Akorede yesterday said the quick resolution of the crisis between the traditional ruler of Akure, Deji of Akureland, Oba Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina and the Kingmakers by the state government averted bloodshed and chaos in the state.
Maiduguri–Governor Ali Modu Sheriff of Borno on Wednesday swore-in two new commissioners and special advisers with a warning to desist from absenteeism from public functions or face sanctions.
Modu Sheriff said that the warning became imperative because some commissioners and political appointees were in the habit of “dodging†government activities whenever he was out of [...]
AS Muslims in Nigeria join their counterparts around the world to celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Kabir today, eminent Nigerian Christian leaders have called on Nigerians to show more love for one another and continue on the path of peace.
THE Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Ondo State, Chief Oye Alademehin, is dead. Alademehin who hailed from Okitipupa Council area of the state was said to have died of cancer of the blood yesterday.
AS Muslims in Nigeria join their counterparts around the world to celebrate this year’s Eid-el-Kabir today, eminent Nigerian Christian leaders have called on Nigerians to show more love for one another and continue on the path of peace.
Nnewi traders under the umbrella of New Auto Spare Parts Association(NASPA), yesterday protested the continued raid on their market by the police over alleged sale of fake imported products.
Ebonyi State Government has disbursed N100million to six private and missionary hospitals, bringing to N600 million, the amount already disbursed to hospitals in the state between 2008 and 2009.
Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State has called on the Muslim faithful in the state to use the occasion of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration to renew their spirit of obedience to the will of Allah.
The arrest order placed on Chief Orji Kalu by the Imo House of Assembly on the grounds that he failed to personally appear before it to defend allegations he made against Governor Ikedi Ohakim has been described as an act of cowardice, orchestrated by Ohakim and ill- motivated.
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has identified peace and unity as a major ingre-dient needed for the survival of the nation.
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