SUSPECTED kidnappers of the mother of the former chairman of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, Alhaji Sani Lulu, and wife of the former Managing Director of Nigeria Breweries Plc, Chief Festus Odumegwu, were among 21 persons paraded yesterday in Awka by Anambra State police command.
Nigeria’s Heartland FC are looking up to Zambia international forward Signs Wonder Chibambo to lead them to their first victory in the group phase of this year’s CAF Champions League against Ismaily of Egypt on Sunday at the Dan Anyiam Stadium in Owerri.
Members of the 10–man Ministerial Panel of Inquiry set up by the National Sports Commission on the stolen fund in the Nigeria Football Federation paid a visit to the NFF Office on Tuesday morning.
Organisers of the Glo People Police Marathon have secured 12 ambulances for the event holding in Abuja on Saturday, April 25. The ambulances will be stationed at strategic positions on the route to cater for emergency medical needs of the runners.
Despite the outcry over the persistence of multiple checkpoints along the Seme-Mile2 expressway, it has been revealed that the involvement of some top government officials and the benefits from these illegal checkpoints running into N204,600,000.00, has made it difficult for the illegal activities of these security outfits to the checked.
For obvious reasons, the South-East zone has become the beautiful bride within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) family as the race to the 2011 presidential election hots up. Sources within the party have said that several months ago after he emerged as the nation’s substantive President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan sent emissaries to Governors of the Southeast zone who belong to the party intimating them about the likelihood of him running for the presidential election next year.
Federal government has been charged to dredge the Calabar port channel as a matter of urgency to improve shipping activities in the state, as well as create employment opportunity for youths in the country.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched negotiations on a new, more rigorous identity regime for seafarers with the aim of developing effective protection against terrorism, while at the same time ensuring the rights and freedoms of the world’s 1.2 million maritime workers.
Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited has attributed the delay in the full installation of fixed scanners at the Tin_Can Island Port to delay in granting of import permit for some component elements required for the effective use of the x_ray equipment by the United States of America. The delay however is as a result of the USA’s adherence to standard procedures in the granting of the permit.
A break down of activities of NIMASA’s new management as presented by the Director General, Mr. Temisan Omatseye recently.
If you asked me, I would be willing to state without equivocation that it is quite possible to alter or amend
the extant Constitution without eliciting any controversy. Unfortunately, after undertaking what had proved intractable in the past, the National Assembly, in my humble view, has managed to stir the hornets’ nest once again.
Chief Solo Akuma, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, is the former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Abia State. A recent recipient of the National Honour of Member of the Order of the Niger, MON, Chief Akuma in this interview, spoke on the failure of the National Assembly to outlaw decampment of elected public officers to other political parties, saying that “defection is condemnable and does not encourage development of political parties in anyway.â€
I have read Professor Ango Abdullahi’s letter to Chief Edwin Clark which was published in the Vanguard of August 4, 2010 on the vexing zoning issue which continues to dominate public discourse, and coming from a former vice chancellor and the holder of a national honor, I must say that I am deeply trouble by the tone of the said letter.
THE South East geo-political zone appears to be at cross-roads regarding who to deploy its support in the 2011 presidential election and leaders of the region are indeed worried that Ndigbo have failed to speak with one voice even as the presidential primaries hold next month.
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