Tragedy struck, Wednesday, at Elebele in the outskirts of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, when a trigger happy Policeman shot dead two persons, an Okada rider and his passenger, for allegedly refusing to part with gratification at a chekpoint.
The Super Falcons will file out against their German counterparts in an international friendly today in Germany. Coach Eucharia Uche who is leading the girls in today’s encounter has described the game as a big test for them after their triumph at the 2010 Caf African Women’s Championship in South Africa this month.
THE Universal Basic Education Board, UBEB, Ebonyi State , has stated that considering the enormous benefits that go with the acquisition of education in any country, no amount plunged into the sector should be regarded as a wasted undertaking.
Equatorial Guinea’s football federation (Feguifoot) says claims that the country fielded male players in its women’s side are “defamation”.
The team finished second in the African Women’s Championship (AWC) and have qualified for next year’s World Cup.
AFTER many years of agitations, the outdated and much criticied Workmen Compensation Act, WCA, introduced into the nation’s industrial status book by the colonial masters, is on its way out of the nation’s labour law as indication emerged that the Employees Compensation Bill, ECB, sent to the National Assembly by late President Musa Yar, Adua, to repeal the WCA is now waiting Presidential assent.
Governor Adams Oshiomhole has congratulated the new Head of Service of the Federation, Professor Oladapo Afolabi on his appointment to the exalted position as the number one civil servant in the country, saying the appointment is “well-merited”.
GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State has ordered all contractors, especially those handling road projects in the state, to go back to their different sites since the rainy season was over.
Atlanta ‘96 Olympic gold medalist, Kingsley Obieku has called on the new Eagles coach, Samson Siasia to hands off Heartland FC of Owerri and face his new assignment.
OVER 1500 retrenched workers of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, eased out of the bank between 2005 and 2008, have petitioned President Jonathan, imploring him to prevail on the management of the bank to pay them their required benefits as well as compensation for premature disengagement.
Chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria, FEHN, Mr. Allen Oyema, has called on the embattled militant leader, John Togo, to surrender to the federal authorities.
THE paramount ruler of Uvwie in Delta State, HRM Emmanuel Sideso, Abe 1, the Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, has warned politicians to desist from the further use of Uvwie land as battle field to settle their political scores.
THE Itsekiri oil and gas producing communities of Ologbo, Kolokolo, Ajoki, Ajamimogha, Ikara and Ajatiton in Ikpoba/Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, have accused the state government of oppression, neglect, and marginalization.
Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, has vowed to stamp out the ugly incident of drug use by Nigerian athletes at major international competitions.
As part of efforts to boost security measures in Lagos State, the Chinese government recently presented 10 new security patrol motorcycles to the State Government.
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