From the monthly archives: June 2010

…And now they are eight

On June 29, 2010 · In Sports Bassey

After a tortuous four year qualification journey that climaxed with 32 teams qualifying for the grand showdown in south Africa, yesterday, the field was reduced to eight, the famous eight, one in which any of the teams therein can lay claim and rightly too, to the most prized diadem in world sports.

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France risks FIFA ban

On June 29, 2010 · In Sports

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has issued a warning to France’s government not to interfere with the affairs of the French Football Federation.

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Ghanaian fans stranded in S/Africa

On June 29, 2010 · In Sports

Some 180 Ghanaian fans in Mozinda Camp in South Africa are stranded.They are grappling with several challenges including feeding.

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Man beats daughter to death during Ghana/USA match

On June 29, 2010 · In Technology

A Texas man accused of fatally beating his 2-year-old stepdaughter when she wouldn’t stop crying as he watched a World Cup game has been charged with capital murder.

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Haruna relishes W/Cup performance

On June 29, 2010 · In Technology

Despite the general gloom that enveloped the Nigerian national team following the poor performance at the South Africa 2010 World Cup, there some positives in the make up of the coach Lars Lagerback squad to the Mundial.

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Reps approve N10bn for Nigeria at 50

On June 29, 2010 · In Headlines

DESPITE public outcry, the House of Representatives, yesterday, approved a presidential proposal to spend N10bilion to prepare for the nation’s 50 Independence celebrations.

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Maritime workers give NPA ultimatum over unpaid wage

On June 29, 2010 · In News

MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, yesterday in Lagos, gave the management of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, two weeks to ensure that Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, Chevron/Texaco, Agip Energy & Natural Resources and 18 other firms pay dockworkers for tonnage handled in off-shore operations for the past three years.

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PTF resolves to publish accounts soon

On June 29, 2010 · In Sports

The accounts of the Presidential Task Force on the 2010 FIFA World Cup would be published in selected Nigerian newspapers when it rounds off its activities, the PTF said yesterday..

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Hunter kills pupil in Imo

On June 29, 2010 · In News

Ubogwu community, Awo-Omamma, Oru East local government area of Imo State, has been thrown into deep mourning following the shooting of a six-year-old primary two pupil of Ubogwu Primary School, Master Chidalu Nwosu, by a hunter (names withheld).

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Fire razes The Sun newspapers

On June 29, 2010 · In News

An early morning fire, Tuesday, burnt the press hall of The Sun newspapers, destroying equipment and other valuables worth millions of Naira.

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Haruna relishes W/Cup performance

On June 29, 2010 · In Sports

Despite the general gloom that enveloped the Nigerian national team following the poor performance at the South Africa 2010 World Cup, there some positives in the make up of the coach Lars Lagerback squad to the Mundial.

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Why Edo needs own ID card project, by Oshiomhole

On June 29, 2010 · In Technology

WHILE the Federal Government seeks solutions from the private sector to the nation’s identity management crisis, winds are already being taken out of its sails with last Friday’s launching of the Edo State Citizens Identification Card by state governor, Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole

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Again, oil spills at Qua Iboe fields

On June 29, 2010 · In News

Mobil Producing Nigeria, MPN, has confirmed a second oil spill within a week in the Qua Iboe oil fields.
In a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Eket, Mobil confirmed a discharge of crude into the Atlantic Ocean from Yoho crude production platform.

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Lets seek global solution to cyber security threat , Toure

On June 29, 2010 · In Technology

Last week, the Secretary General of the International Telecommunication Union, ITU , Dr. Hamadoun Toure was in Ouagoudogu, the Burkina Faso capital, for the African ICT Best Practices forum 2010.

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