When “wise men†gathered in Owerri in search of opportunity
It was one of the most hyped government programmes ever seen on these shores. Billboards were mounted in Lagos and Abuja announcing the Imo Investment Summit. The organisers sent text messages to the mobile handsets of people almost every hour. The Imo State Government was holding its first investment summit in its 34 years of existence.
Enyeama expects Hammers offer
West Ham target Vincent Enyeama expects his future to be decided this week.
FIFA warns Nigeria
Nigeria could face a ban by world football governing body FIFA following government interference in the way football is run in the country, officials have disclosed.
Germany tear toothless England apart
England bowed out of the World Cup in the second round in humiliating fashion as they were comfortably beaten 4-1 by Germany in Bloemfontein.
Soldiers rescue kidnapped victim
A thirty-nine- year-old man, Mr. Victor Edon, of Ifiekporo community, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, who was abducted, tortured and dumped at the Okoloba forest in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area, by suspected hired hoodlums, has been rescued by soldiers.
Iwu’s sister-in-law abducted in Benin
KIDNAPPERS dared the curse laid by the Benin Monarch, Oba Erediauwa, when last Thursday, they abducted the sister-in-law to the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Planning and Budgetary in Edo State, Mrs Lilian Iwu.
Ijebu Ode agog for Awujale
THE ancient town of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State virtually stood still on Saturday as prominent Nigerians including, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Speaker Dimeji Bankole and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Said Abubakar; stormed the town to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the installation of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona.
AC insists on probe of N9bn capital votes scam
THE Action Congress, AC, has said that the show of shame exhibited at the House of Representatives should not prevent anti-graft agencies from getting to the root of the crisis in the House and unravelling what happened to the N9 billion Capital vote.
Fashola marks 47th birthday, tasks citizenry on less-privileged
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State at the weekend handed over an ultra modern crèche to the Catholic Women Organization, CWO, of the Church of Annunciation in the Abraham Adesanya Estate, Ajah as part of events to mark his 47th birthday.
Apapa LG to commission drainage system, others
As part of measures to reduce flooding, the Apapa Local Government Area is set to commission some drainage projects and some newly rehabilitated roads in the council area.
Court restrains c’ttee from evicting tenants
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, weekend, restrained the Implementation Committee of the White Paper on the Commission of Inquiry on Federal Government Landed Property and its agents from evicting the occupants of 1, Rumens Roads, Ikoyi, Lagos.
