Fresh facts emerged yesterday on the circumstances in which Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian suspected in the attempted attack on a U.S. airliner came into Nigeria before boarding a Delta airline to Detroit through Amsterdam.
Makurdi — As Benue State government meets 90 per cent of the demands of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria,JUSUN, the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice,Mr Chive Kaave, has appealed to them to call off their strike.
Kaave who made the appeal yesterday in Makurdi, however, advised them to resume work while negotiations continued.
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By Dennis Agbo
ABAKALIKI—Ebonyi State Governor, Martin Elechi has disclosed that Nigeria’s Premier Cement factory, NIGERCEM, situated at Nkalagu in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state was now despoiled and beyond revival.
Governor Elechi made the disclosure while presenting the 2010 budget and appropriation bill before the State House of Assembly in Abakaliki, where [...]
The Federal Government may have bowed to the pressure mounted by the Organised Private Sector (OPS) on Subscriber Identity Module(SIM) registration as Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Wednesday, declared that the exercise will take effect from March 1, 2010.
The Chairman of Globacom Communications, Dr. Mike Adenuga, has won the 2009 Silverbird Communications Man of the Year award.
He poled over 75% of votes sent in by text messaging.
Dr Adenuga was nominated for Globacom’ s successful completion of the intercontinental state of the art submarine fibre optic cable and the optical fibre cable [...]
EAGLES forward, Osaze Odemwingie, is optimistic that the Eagles would make waves when the African Cup of Nations begin in Angola next week. The Locomotive of Moscow forward said that his confidence of a good outing became strong after Coach Shaibu Amodu named a 24- man list for the battle of Angola.
Sani Ndanusa, the minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission has given the Nigeria Football Federation and the Eagles a tall order that the African Cup of Nations trophy must be won in Angola.
Eagles and Everton striker, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, has promised to bang in goals for Nigeria at the Angola 2010 Nations Cup, this according to him was to announce his return to full fitness.
Coach Amodu Shuaibu appears to be learning fast.While the Presidential Task Force on the World Cup plans to hire a foreign coach for the World Cup if he fails at the Nations Cup in Angola, the head coach of the Eagles has a strong plan to nip their plan in the bud.
There have been serious efforts to attribute the 9-1 defeat to the fact that Zaire’s coach was Yugoslav, but the records merely reflect Africa’s disgrace.No African winner of the Nations Cup, since then, if it managed to get a World Cup ticket, made a respectable impact.
According to retired international midfielder Rabah Madjer, it is practically impossible to imagine Angola not progressing to the knockout stages of the African Cup of Nations for the simple reason that they are hosting it.
WBA world heavyweight champion David Haye has revealed he could take part in a “new Rumble in the Jungle†fight in Africa.The 29_year_old Briton secured his world title with a points victory over Nikolai Valuev in November and is set for a mandatory title defence against Puerto Rican John Ruiz early in 2010.Providing he beats 37 year old Ruiz, Haye could face Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko later in the year.
By Ola Ajayi
IBADAN—Action Congress, AC, in Oyo State has assured the people of the state to expect landmark development that would usher in their liberation from bad governance and political oppression in the year 2010.
While congratulating the citizens for seeing the new year, AC, through its Director of Publicity and Strategy, Mr. Abdul [...]
By Patience Ogbodo
BAUCHI — The death toll from the Bauchi religious crisis of 28 Monday has continued to rise following the reported death of some of those injured during the shootout with security operatives.
Vanguard gathered from some of the aid workers that rescued most of the injured people that more deaths were recorded [...]
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