Dear Bunmi,
I URGENTLY need someone to get my mum off my back! When she was in secondary school, she made the mistake of getting pregnant and dropping out of school.
After she had me, she met a man who encouraged her to go back to school. She did and trained as a nurse. [...]
Sports Minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Engineer Sani Ndanus, has expressed fears that if nothing was done fast to reposition the Olympic Sports in the country Nigeria may not achieve the target of being one of the top 20 sporting nations of the world by the year 2020 even as he disclosed that the revised national sports policy as endorsed by the National Council on Sports was approved by the Federal Executive Council at its meeting of Wednesday, November 18 this year.
By Chidi Nkwopara
Umuahia—Abia State chapter of Conference of Political Parties (CNPP), has condemned the non-inclusion of Abia and Imo states in the Federal Government amnesty programme for repentant militants,†saying that it was a deliberate ploy to marginalized the people of the two states.
The group consequently called on the Federal Government to take [...]
By Ogroh Douye
WHENÂ I received the invitation, I was reluctant to go. My diary was booked, as we Nigerians say, and the last thing on my mind was a dinner on the Island that may last well into the night. The invitation was, however, tempting, very tempting. It was to attend a dinner in [...]
By Festus Ahon
UGHELLI — CHAIRMAN of Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Godwin Ebosa, has stressed the need for all tiers of government across the country to tackle polio virus.
IN a dire need to revamp the grooming ground for the country’s football talents which generated so much passion in the past, the Lagos State Government has partnered the Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank to bring back the glory days of the Lagos Principals Cup soccer championship.
The Esionwun family of Delta State have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba to dismissed a suit filed by one of their kinsmen, Augustine Jemeriegbe Ayavoro against Chevron Nig. Ltd and Ugborodo Community Trust on the ground that he (Augustine) lacks the authority of the family to file his suit.
Nwabufo Obienu doubled as vice chairman of then Nigeria Football Association and coordinator of the Eagles during the qualification for 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. He worked with coaches Amodu Shaibu, Stephen Keshi and Joe Erico and can attest to their abilities. He bared his mind yesterday in a telephone chat.
Sports Minister/Chairman National Sports Commission, Sani Ndanusa, said yesterday that he was ready to offer himself for probe for his activities during the just ended FIFA Under-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009.
THE Bini Political Coalition (BPC), a socio-political organisation in Edo State, declared, yesterday, that the Binis would no longer allow foreign political godfathers or aliens dictate the politics of the state.
SACKED Managing Director of Oceanic Bank Plc, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, has filed a suit before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, challenging her removal as the Chief Executive of the bank by the Central Bank, CBN, accusing the Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido of plotting to sell Oceanic bank to his friends under the guise of core investors.
INFRASTRUCTURE development topped the Federal Government’s agenda in THE Capital Expenditure of the N4.07 trillion budgetary proposal for 2010 laid separately before the Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday.
A 76-year-old woman has been kidnapped at Ibusa, Delta State, even as kidnappers of the Oceanic Bank manager have dropped their ransom from N110 million to half a million naira.
Mrs. Ejueyitichie-Oroye’s family has petitioned the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Benin over alleged illegal invasion of a property on 6, Boyo Road, Sapele, Delta State, by one Joseph Atsenyi-ku.
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