Adamawa Police arrest 18 youths protesting against sugar firm
By Umar Yusuf YOLA – Tension is mounting in Numan, Adamawa State as no fewer than 18 persons have been arrested by the state Police Command for disturbances, following a protest embarked upon by the Gywana Community against Savannah Sugar Company. Vanguard learnt that some youths from Gywana Community and other surrounding villages picketed the […]
FG bars MTN, Zain, Glo, from buying M-Tel
The Federal Government has disqualified GSM operators in the country — MTN, Glomobile, Etisalat and Zain — from buying the mobile telecoms arm of NITEL (M-Tel) in the on-going effort to sell the national carrier.
Oshiomhole threatens to seal off FG’s establishments in Edo
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has threatened to seal off Federal Government establishments in the state over their alleged failure to remit various taxes due to the state government.
C-River vs A-Ibom: Yar’Adua wades into oil wells rift
AFTER about a year that the Cross River State government ceded 76 of its oil wells to the neighbouring Akwa Ibom State, President Umaru Yar’Adua has waded into the matter.
OKOCHA worried stiff over Kenya
Former Eagles captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha has declared that Tunisia will be beaten in Maputo by the Black Mambas in the last games of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.
Sia-botaged!
NOT so many people were happy when Samson Siasia agreed to tinker the Flying Eagles to the U-20 World Cup in Egypt. After a glorious outing that saw him lose to Lionel Messi-inspired Argentina 2-1 in 2005 in Holland and lost yet again to Argentina in 2008 at the Beijing Olympics, everybody agreed that at last, a Samson has finally come to judgement in our indigenous coaches. Nigerian fans hailed him as the next man to take over the job of coaching the Green Eagles.
