ADE OJEIKERE:    What is Okocha coming back to do in the Eagles? That amounts to killing  our football nursery. It’s a shame that at a time that international coaches are  searching for very young players what we have in the Eagles are old players. And I ask, how old was Pele, Owen, Rooney when they […]

ABUJA – Shot Put sensation, Vivian Chukwuemeka has blamed poor weather for her poor performance at the Mobil Athletics Championship held at the Abuja National Stadium.

ONE of the reasons I believed Lee Evans was human was that he coached in Nigeria and the evidence if his efforts still abound.

Amaechi Morton’s mother is a Nigerian. His father is originally from Barbados. The father acquired American citizenship having been living in USA where he met and married his Nigerian wife. So, by birth and otherwise, Amaechi is an America citizen. But like his mother, he could enjoy dual citizenship.

This call came from the NYSC Enugu State coordinator, Alhaji AbdulGani Olota during the Fayrouz pavilion, adding that the Nigerian Breweries Plc is a shining example of a great agent of positive change in the society through its Fayrouz NYSC camp activities across the country.

As a militant group which styled itself Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), flayed the relocation and the approval of N14.5 billion for the Kaduna College, while the people of the Niger Delta are suffering, describing the decision as “evil wicked, condemnable and a representation of the demented, quality of leadership over the contraption called Nigeria.”

Education is in sordid state in the country. The university teachers are now on strike and being joined by the non-academic staff. It means the public universities in the country are not in session. When they call off the strike, which usually last months, the students are given examination to write on what they were not taught.

He added that CILT has the mandate of promoting, developing and coordinating the study and advancement of the science and art of logistics and transport management, explaining that the Institute provides government and the entire society an authoritative view on logistics and transport issues.

The 2009 edition of LIP is on-going now and scores of young Nigerians and students of higher institutions from across the six geo-political zones are being provided the opportunity to acquaint themselves with parliamentary structures and processes, with the objective of preparing them as future parliamentarians or parliamentary support staff.

The Director-General/CEO, EBS, Dr. Remilekun Bakare, in an interactive session, said the institution was incorporated in 2006 and commenced operation in 2007 in order to capitalise on a large and growing demand for academic programmes leading to British awards.

The councils in their separate petitions claimed that Anambra South Senatorial zone is littered with uncompleted and abandoned projects, which the contractors have collected full payment for. Officials of the Federal Ministry of Housing and Environment were alleged to have paid deaf ears to the complaints by the various towns.

The clash came as Nigerian soldiers patrolled the northern city of Maiduguri yesterday searching for the remaining members of Boko Haram. Nearly 300 people have been killed since the crackdown, which included the shelling of a compound believed to be home to sect leader Mohammed Yusuf.

A senior bank treasurer who spoke on condition of anonymity told Vanguard that the circular is a subtle measure by the apex bank to control daily foreign exchange demand by banks. He said that previously banks could receive foreign exchange bids from customers and submit them in three tranches before the close of bidding on each foreign exchange auction day.

hairman, Board of Trustees, Conference of the Northern Chamber of Commerce, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar Babura, has disclosed that the business communities in the country cannot create jobs because of poor government policies, saying there is need for government to partner with them to survive.

The US can replicate the rain forest, the Savannah, the Sahel and the desert. The US educational system is rich and varied , with the capability of providing educational or training experiences responsive to virtually any Third World development need.’’ — Former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Donald Easum on The US As A Partner In African Development, to USA Africa, Vol.2, No28, November, 1987.