1996 Olympics gold –winning team captain, Nwankwo Kanu will attend his third World Cup after being named among Nigeria’s final cut of 23 for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Lars Lagerback, Super Eagles Chief Coach has announced his 23-man list for the World Cup.Missing from the list are Ike Uche, Victor Anichebe, Peter Utaka, Brown Ideye, Onyekachi Apam , Bassey Akpan and Terna Suswan.
Economic mismanagement, corruption in the highest places all put together fouled the Nigerian spirit. Nigeria’s independence brought with it promises of everything that a nation of hope could possibly provide for her people. The expectations and hopes that were associated with freedom from many years of colonial rule were quite high.
The Kaduna Development Elders Initiative, KADEI, has faulted the current agitation for the creation of a new state by people from the southern part of the state.
A group, the Society for Preservation of Rotation Convention, SPRC, yesterday, described the United States of America’s support for President Goodluck Jonathan for 2011 presidential election as dangerous and unwarranted.
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State has vowed to deal with prominent politicians from the state alleged to be sponsoring kidnappers to terrorise citizens and visitors to the state.
FORMER Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has accepted the request of the authorities of University of Nigeria, UNN, Nsukka to deliver a lecture on the ongoing political reforms by the Federal Government.
There is tension in the Super Eagles camp ahead of today’s World Cup squad announcement.
IN a seeming attempt to divert attention from false claims of achievements, the profligacy of his administration and lack of regard for due process in contract awards, the Ohakim administration in Imo State has introduced his fanciful idea of creating 10,000 new jobs for unemployed youths in the state.
After months of hush-hush, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said he is interested in being re-elected in 2011.
As the debate over eligibility of President Goodluck Jonathan for 2011 presidential race intensifies, civil rights crusader, Comrade Shehu Sani, has advanced 90 reasons Jonathan should not dump People’s Democratic Party, PDP, zoning arrangement.
The Minister of State for Power, Mr. Nuhu Somo Wya, has endorsed the recent Multi-Year Tariff Order released by the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, insisting that it was fair that “Nigerians begin to pay more for the electricity they consume.â€
THE immediate past Edo State representative on the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Mathew Iduoriyekemwen, weekend, reacted to the call for the probe of his tenure by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the state, saying that he was not afraid of being probed by his successor, Mr Don Omorodion.
The Nigerian case is in sharp contrast to the UK response; for example, there is no attempt to curtail the heavy overheads and operational expenses of government at any level. Indeed, quarterly allowances for members of the House of Reps are being considered for upward review from N27.2m per quarter to N42m (see ThisDay, 24/5/2010, pg 1 – re: Jumbo Pay) Abuja Airport Road is being ‘expanded’ with over N250bn, while the airport runway itself will be upgraded with almost N50bn after a downward review from about N60bn. Meanwhile, education and health enjoy less budget allocations than the Abuja runway and Airport Road!
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