Kaita returns against Iran
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, struck out the suit by National Association of Nigeria Footballers, NANF, against the Nigeria Football Federation over their exclusion from football matters. Striking out the suit, trial judge in the matter Justice Okon Abang, noted that a notice of discontinuance had been filed by the plaintiff, in which they expressed their decision to discontinue the suit.
Stock market capitalisation drops by N25bn
The declining trend on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued last week, as equities value represented by the market capitalisation dipped by 24.91 billion.
ASUU Benin Zone asks S-East govs to resign
THE Benin zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, rose from its emergency meeting and called on the five governors of the South East States to resign their positions for alleged attempt to turn the state universities in the South East into “ethnic enclaves”.
Punish owners of illegal drug markets, Lagos pharmacists task govt
FOLLOWING the clamp down and sealing of illegal drug markets in central Lagos, pharmacists under the aegis of the Lagos State branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), have urged the Lagos State government to bring its full weight to bear on persons who contravene the law on the sale, distribution, and display of counterfeit and adulterated products in unregistered places or premises in Lagos State and environs.
IBB not the best aspirant
IN an article by one John Wambai published in the viewpoint page of Sunday Vanguard of September 19, the author said that he is one of the supporters of IBB, that as Christians, we should accept whatever that comes our way as the will of God and totally submit to it.
Babatunde Aliyu Fafunwa (1923-2010)
PROFESSOR Aliyu Babatunde Fafunwa, former Minister of Education died at 87, yet the mourning of his passing on was like that one who departed too early.
