As the national U-23 team get set for the opening game of the 2012 London Olympic qualifiers in Tangier against Morocco today, former Enyimba coach, Okey Emordi has urged Nigerians to pray for the team to soar in Morocco.
When the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika assumed office last year, one of the innovative actions he took, which was very germane to the image of the army and which would play a crucial role in the army’s confrontation of the contemporary challenges facing the nation, was the establishment of the department of Civil-Military Affairs.
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state on Friday justified the reason for the increase in tuition fees of tertiary institution in the state, saying “the increased fee does not really cover the personnel cost of the each of the institutions.”
Dangote Group of Companies is a business of Alhaji Aliko Dangote, GCON. As President of the consortium of manufacturing companies, Alhaji Dangote is known for contributing to human welfare and social development among Nigerians.
Officially, Kerosene is meant to sell at N50 a litre, but it now goes for N200 per litre as black marketers have upped their price by over 100 per cent. They now sell a gallon for N1000 instead of N350. This is the scene in Nigeria today.
No fewer than 115 pregnant women and 65 infants lost their lives in Jama’re Local Government of Bauchi State due to birth-related complications between January and July this year.
The Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has said it will continue to protest the outcome of the last local council election in Lagos state until justice is done just as the party’s candidate in the Kosofe Local Council election, Alhaji Shola Lawal said he won the election in that area relying on reports of party agents in the area.
Edo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Iziegbe Anita Evbuomwan has mandated the newly appointed Chief Coach of Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin, Bright Omokaro to revive the team and lead them back to the Premiership.
There seems to be no end to the crisis rocking the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) as one of its factional leaders and notable actor, Emeka Ike has dared anyone to conduct the guild’s general election and face the consequences of a jail term.
The President of the Nigeria Association of Women in Sports (NAWIS), Gloria Obajimi, has advised on the need for early release of funds for the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN in order for it to execute its programme and as well aid athletes in their preparation ahead of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
In keeping up with the tradition of making the famous Calabar Festival more exciting, foremost American musicians, Sean Kingston and Rick Ross, are among the dignitaries lined up to perform in this year’s edition of the festival.
President of the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation, NWF, Chimdi Ejiogu has disclosed that the federation would get at least two slots for the Olympics next year.
As if her world has come to an end, Miss Felicia Umore, in her early 50s sat firmly in her wheelchair with a striped polo and a skirt, gazing into space. She has no children to take solace in. Nothing seems to interest her anymore. Felicia is no less a human but given the situation she finds herself currently in, she feels very low .
Being a professional actress, a mother, a wife, a beautiful breath-taking goddess and an entrepreneur sounds a lot like a daunting task.
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