2010 WORLD CUP: Attitude is crucial, Ooijer
Bart van Marwijk has been involved in football for far too long not to have heard all the old sayings. Some may be more valid than others, but few can be more enduring than the idea that experience is needed to win trophies, particularly the FIFA World Cupâ„¢. It was perhaps with that in mind that he placed his faith in a pair of veterans after following Marco van Basten as Netherlands coach in 2008.
Oke-Afa blast: Relatives, divers lament unfufilled promises
By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowoopejo LAGOS — IN what seemed to be a yearly routine, relatives of the 2002 Oke- Afa, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, bomb blast victims as well as rescue teams (divers) have continued to lament their plights over the unfufilled promise to compensate them by the federal and state […]
Diaspora group hails Ngige on debate
By Tony Edike ENUGU—A group of Anambra people living in Germany, yesterday, hailed the programme of action and manifesto presented by the governorship candidate of the Action Congress, AC, Dr. Chris Ngige at the widely-televised political debate organised for contestants ahead of the February 6 governorship poll. The group, Anambrarians in Diaspora, said in a […]
Monarch gets staff of office
By Tony Edike ENUGU—TRADITIONAL Ruler of Ohofia-Ndumeze Kingdom in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Onyioha Nwanjoku, has officially received his staff of office from the Enugu State Government. Governor Sullivan Chime presented the staff, which is a symbol of authority to Nwanjoku, a former chairman of the PDP in the state during […]
Jos crisis : Group urges dialogue with stakeholders
By Taye Obateru Jos — Regional Council for Conflict Management and Mitigation (CMMRC-IFESH USAID) has urged the Plateau State government to immediately institute a process of dialogue for all stakeholders in the state as a way of solving the problem of recurring violence in the state. The body in a statement yesterday signed by its […]
Herbalist gets 5-yr jail for swindling
By Abdulwahab Abdulah LAGOS — JUSTICE Morenike Obadina of an Ikeja High Court, has sentenced a herbalist, Femi Bamidele, to five years imprisonment for defrauding one Emeka Marcus of N968,000 under the pretence of spiritual healing. Apart from the jail term handed down on the convict, the court ordered a restitution of the money defrauded […]
