FIFA denies Vanguard man accreditation
World’s football governing body, FIFA has withdrawn the approval for accreditation given Vanguard man Patrick Omorodion to enable him cover the December 2 announcement for the hosts of the 2018/2022 World Cup.
Navy foil attempt to blow up Atlas Cove
FIFTEEN months after the Nigeria National Petro-leum Corporation, NNPC, Atlas Cove facility in Apapa, Lagos was set ablaze by alleged members of the Move-ment for the Emancipa-tion of the Niger Delta, MEND, the Navy weekend averted similar attempt and arrested 18 suspects.
Governors gather for battle
THE nation’s 36 governors are gathering in Abuja, today, to battle for the leadership of the Nigerian Governors Forum in a contest that is laced with political intrigues tied to the 2011 presidential election.
To be 50 and alive!
WHEN I was growing up in Obalende on the Lagos Island, an enlarged, glassed photograph hung majestically from the wall. It was that of a beautiful young woman who sat like Queen Elizabeth II in her official portrait.
IBB and Enugu PDP
THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo has finally wielded the big stick in Enugu State.
87 ways to end rigging
ONE of the most dangerous things about imagination is that one can stretch it limitlessly. Imagination abhors boundaries, what is required to extend it is the capacity of the individual to visualise the matter in contention.
Zoning: Court reserves judgment for Nov 24
The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Lawal H. Gummi, yesterday fixed November 24 to deliver judgment on a suit challenging the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to jettison its controversial zoning arrangement
FG to revamp education sector
Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, yesterday reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment towards revamping the education sector and putting an end to policy inconsistency in the system
Senate confirms Adedoja as minister
THE Senate has confirmed former Oyo State Commissioner of Education, Professor Taoheed Adedoja, as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in replacement of the former Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola.
Don’t sell oil fields in Isokoland, Okpozo warns Shell
NIGER Delta leader and Second Republic Senator, Senator Francis Okpozo, yesterday, warned Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, operating in Isokoland, not to sell the marginal field in the area to avoid crisis between the communities in Isoko in Delta State and the company.
Is President GEJ real weak?
ABEG President Goodluck Jonathan is weak. We need somebody who is strong-willed, someone with a mind of his own, who is willing to take risks,” blurted Sam this Saturday morning while the commuter bus was moving through Ikeja on its way to Apapa Wharf.
