From the monthly archives: January 2011

Nigeria’s public debt up by 36%

On January 27, 2011 · In Business

Nigeria’s public debt shot up by 36.8 per cent to $35.3 billion in 2010, even as the Debt Management Office assures that the nation’s debt position is healthy.

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We won’t pay compensation for oil spill caused by sabotage – Shell

On January 27, 2011 · In News

Shell executives have insisted they would not pay compensation for up to 2,000 oil spills caused by sabotage. The company has also pledged to appeal a $100m (£63m) fine from a Nigerian court for a 40-year-old oil spill and blames an oversight from the Nigerian government.

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Nigeria, Turkey trade hits $2bn

On January 27, 2011 · In Business

AS the Chairman of the Group of Eight Developing Countries, D-8, and Nigeria’s President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, leads a 14-man delegation to Turkey on a 2-day visit, the volume of trade between the two countries is expected to hit over $2 billion US dollar (about N330 billion).

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Corruption: Jonathan should resign based on PAC findings – Ribadu

On January 27, 2011 · In Headlines

Following the findings of the Presidential Advisory Committee, PAC, headed by retired General Theophilus Danjuma, that the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was engrossed in corruption and high level debt profile, media team of the presidential flag bearer of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has called on the president to resign.

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Adebayo becomes Asiwaju of Yorubaland

On January 27, 2011 · In Metro

Another feather of honour has been added to the hat of the former Military Governor of the defunct Western Region, Major General Robert Adeyinka Adebayo (RTD) CFR OFR LL.D as the Igbimo Agba Yoruba(Yoruba Council of Elders) at its recent meeting in Ibadan, Oyo State unanimously conferred the prestigious title of Asiwaju of Yoruba Land on him.

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Ekiti: 100 days of the intellectual on the inside

On January 27, 2011 · In Special Report

Mixing theory with praxis (the practical) has always been a difficult, perennially daunting proposition. When he is on the outside looking in, the intellectual has well defined targets. In this position he or she is like a football fanatic on the stadium stand criticizing the team coach or the referee. When the same person is landed the manager’s badge or the referee’s whistle it suddenly becomes a whole new ball game.

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Make political offices less attractive, lawyer urges

On January 27, 2011 · In News

Worried by the spate of political killings and assassinations in the country, a Lagos-based Legal Consultant and Chairman of Nigerian Branch of Ghana’s New Patriotic Party, NPP, Mr. Kofi Atiemo-Gyan, has suggested that political offices should be made less attractive.

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Fashola approves construction of N2.8bn Ejigbo-Ajao bridge

On January 27, 2011 · In Metro

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state has approved about N 2.8 billion for the construction of the Ejigbo- Ajao Estate Link Bridge in remembrance of the over one thousand victims who lost their lives during the January 27, 2002 bomb blast.

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Man on rescue mission falls to death

On January 27, 2011 · In News

A 27- year-old man was Wednesday night killed, after he was flung down from the minaret of Ijesha-Tedo central mosque, following a failed attempt to rescue a mother of three that was trapped there.

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WHO declares Lagos polio-free

On January 27, 2011 · In News

As Lagos State began another round of polio immunisation exercise, the World Health Organisation, WHO, has declared the state polio-free from April 2009 to date.

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Aspire Academy targets 2022 World Cup

On January 27, 2011 · In Sports

Head coach of the Aspire soccer academy in Qatar, Ferdinando Scarpello have said that the centre of sports excellence will produce star players who could make Qatar proud during the 2022 World Cup.

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Omo-Agege picks Kpokpogri as running mate

On January 27, 2011 · In News

CHIEF Ovie Omo-Agege, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Governorship candidate for Delta State in the 2011 Governorship election, has nominated Rear Admiral John Kpokpogri (rtd) as his running mate.

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NFF reads riot act to Siasia

On January 27, 2011 · In Sports

Barely two months after Samson Siasia was officially unveiled as the Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, the 43_year old technocrat might be heading for a head_on collision with his employers, the Nigeria Football Federation over alleged huge hangers-on around him.

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Cleric launches free medical treatment in Abia

On January 27, 2011 · In News

A clergyman, Mr Emma Okoro, of the Christ Ascension Church, Umuahia, has launched a free medical care for residents of Item in Bende Local Government Area of Abia.

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