By Ogroh Douye WHEN  I received the invitation, I was reluctant to go. My diary was booked, as we Nigerians say, and the last thing on my mind was a dinner on the Island that may last well into the night. The invitation was, however, tempting, very tempting. It was to attend a dinner in […]

IN a dire need to revamp the grooming ground for the country’s football talents which generated so much passion in the past, the Lagos State Government has partnered the Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank to bring back the glory days of the Lagos Principals Cup soccer championship.

By Festus Ahon UGHELLI — CHAIRMAN of Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Godwin Ebosa, has stressed the need for all tiers of government across the country to tackle polio virus.

The Esionwun family of Delta State have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba to dismissed a suit filed by one of their kinsmen, Augustine Jemeriegbe Ayavoro against Chevron Nig. Ltd and Ugborodo Community Trust on the ground that he (Augustine) lacks the authority of the family to file his suit.

Nwabufo Obienu doubled as vice chairman of then Nigeria Football Association and coordinator of the Eagles during the qualification for 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. He worked with coaches Amodu Shaibu, Stephen Keshi and Joe Erico and can attest to their abilities. He bared his mind yesterday in a telephone chat.

Sports Minister/Chairman National Sports Commission, Sani Ndanusa, said yesterday that he was ready to offer himself for probe for his activities during the just ended FIFA Under-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009.

THE Bini Political Coalition (BPC), a socio-political organisation in Edo State, declared, yesterday, that the Binis would no longer allow foreign political godfathers or aliens dictate the politics of the state.

SACKED Managing Director of Oceanic Bank Plc, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, has filed a suit before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, challenging her removal as the Chief Executive of the bank by the Central Bank, CBN, accusing the Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido of plotting to sell Oceanic bank to his friends under the guise of core investors.

INFRASTRUCTURE development topped the Federal Government’s agenda in THE Capital Expenditure of the N4.07 trillion budgetary proposal for 2010 laid separately before the Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday.

A 76-year-old woman has been kidnapped at Ibusa, Delta State, even as kidnappers of the Oceanic Bank manager have dropped their ransom from N110 million to half a million naira.

Mrs. Ejueyitichie-Oroye’s family has petitioned the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Benin over alleged illegal invasion of a property on 6, Boyo Road, Sapele, Delta State, by one Joseph Atsenyi-ku.

VICE-President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday asked the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Vincent Ogbulafor, to assert his authority and ensure discipline among its members, especially ahead of the 2011 general election.

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Ogbonna Onovo has announced a new welfare package for the rank and file of the police from January next year. Mr Onovo broke the cheering news yesterday while addressing men and officers of the Police at Zone 11 headqauters of the force, Osogbo during a two-day working visit to Osun State.

Worried by the declining use of indigenous languages, especially the Yoruba, D.O Fagunwa Foundation, has announced its commitment to promote the use of indigenous languages in schools in line with the National Policy on Education, especially in the South West.

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—The threat by the consultants locating and destroying landmines and explosives abandoned in the South East and South-South after the Nigerian civil war, to stop work if the Federal Government fails to provide them with funds, has continued to attract angry reactions. Vanguard investigations revealed that the Humanitarian Demining Consultants had recovered […]