Family, friends remember Ibru
TODAY at the St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, 29, Oskar Ibru Way (formally Marine Road), GRA, Apapa, Lagos, family members and friends of Mrs. Elsie Nelly Michael Ibru will gather to pray for and recall fond memories of her.
Mrs. Elsie Michael Ibru passed on, 3 February 1990 at the age of 62.
Pathetic: Nigeria’s first goalkeeper lives in squalor in Ebonyi village
Sam Ibiam. Ever heard of the name? He was Nigeria’s first ever national goalkeeper, the man who manned the post for the UK Tourists, Nigeria’s first national football team far back in the late 1940s. You might not have berthed on this planet when Pa Ibiam dazzled millions across the world with his magic hands. Nigeria did not even exist as a free country in those pre-independence days when Pa Ibiam and his fellow stars reigned among football-loving folks from Kakawa to Kaduna, from Calabar to Kaura Namoda to the United Kingdom.
Nigerians celebrate Iloh at 80
As a mark of honour to a veteran sports administrator and elder statesman, Rev. Moses Iloh, who will be 80 years this month, a number of sporting activities have be line-up to mark the day.
Pathetic: Nigeria’s first goalkeeper lives in squalor in Ebonyi village
By Tope Adeboboye  Sam Ibiam. Ever heard of the name? He was Nigeria’s first ever national goalkeeper, the man who manned the post for the UK Tourists, Nigeria’s first national football team far back in the late 1940s. You might not have berthed on this planet when Pa Ibiam dazzled millions across the world […]
Buhari quits ANPP
FORMER Head of State and two-time presidential candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has formally resigned from the party.
Jonathan assures on amnesty
…urges N-Deltans to exercise patience By Daniel Idonor ABUJA—THE Chairman of the Presidential Coordinating Committee on Niger Delta and Vice President, Dr Godluck Jonathan yesterday met with members of the committee in Abuja with assurance that the amnesty programme is on course. The meeting which lasted for over two hours was convened by the Vice […]
Yar’Adua: Reps to alter contentious section of constitution
…seeks automatic transfer of powers to VP By Tordue Salem ABUJA—The House of Representatives has begun the alteration of contentious section 145 of the Constitution to provide for an automatic transfer of Presidential powers to a Vice President after a President fails to transmit a letter to the National Assembly within three weeks of his […]
10-yr jail for land speculators in Delta
STIFF penalty awaits youths who parade themselves as Task Force officials intimidating and extorting illegal fees from land developers in Delta State, as the House of Assembly yesterday passed a bill prescribing ten years imprisonment and fine for culprits.
Yar’Adua: ACF denies playing politics
By Emeka Mamah Kaduna — Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has denied charges of partisanship leveled against it by one of its members, Alhaja Tanko Yakassi, following the forum’s demand that President Umaru Yar’adua should hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan because of his health. The elder statesman who is a member of the […]
Borno yet to sign MoU with NPHCDA
By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI — BORNO is the only state that has not signed the Memoranda of Understanding, MoU, with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, which will enable the state enjoy the benefits of improved health care services. Dr. Aliyu Mohammed Pate, Executive Director of the agency, made this known while speaking […]
Borno House throws out bill on emirates, chiefdoms creation
By Ndahi Marama MAIDUGURI—THE Borno State House of Assembly, accused of being a rubberstamp of the Executive, has rejected an Executive Bill for the creation of more Emirates and Chiefdoms in the state. Debating the Bill on the floor of the House, Mr. Umar Abatcha Modu, represen-ting the Maiduguri Metropo-litan Council, MMC, stated that the […]
