Court fixes Nov 9 for ruling on jurisdiction of suit
Awka—Justice Peter Olayiwola of the Federal High Court in Awka, Anambra State, yesterday adjourned to November 9, further hearing in the suit by Mr Ken Emeakayi, challenging Professor Chukwuma Soludo’s candidature as the PDP flag bearer for the 2010 Anambra governorship election. Olayiwola adjourned for ruling, on whether the court has the jurisdiction to entertain […]
U-17: No more darkness, LOC promises
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) for Kano at the Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria says there will not be a repeat of the floodlight failure that stopped play on Monday.
Akpabio calls for harmonisation in public service
By Tony Nyong UYO—Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has canvassed harmonisation of the various government services in the state to enable civil servants seek inter-department transfers. Akpabio, who made the call when the chairman and members of Akwa Ibom Assembly Service Commission presented 2008 Annual Report to him at Government House, Uyo, restated […]
Group urges FG to key into security, human rights’ ideals of oil firms
By Festus Ahon UGHELLI—THE Senior Programme Officer, Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), Mr. Paulinus Okoro, has charged the Federal Government to key into the Voluntary Principles (VP), Security and Human Rights’ ideals of oil and gas operation in the country, especially in the Niger Delta. He said the Voluntary Principles, Security and Human Rights was put […]
WMRA boss hails Obudu LOC
Bruno Gozzelino, the new president of the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) has hailed the William Archibong-led Local Organising Committee for the Obudu international mountain race for making the annual 11 kilometres mountain race unarguably the best organised and highest paying mountain race in the world.
Bode George deserves honour, says PDP
REACTIONS have continued to trail the sentence of former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George.
