Judge me after African Championships, Commonwealth Games, Ogba
Athletics Federation of Nigeria president, Solomon Ogba said during the week that he and his members are working to ensure that Nigeria post good results at the African Championships and the Commonwealth Games billed for July and August respectively.
Vehicle crushes Okada rider, passenger to death
By Ifeanyi Okolie & Kingsley Ndimele LAGOS — Sympathizers watched in pain as motorcyclist and his passenger gave up the ghost after they were crushed by a fast moving car along the Festac-Okota road, in Lagos, recently. The victims, who were identified as Ibrahim Kwatakwata and Fatima Garba, met their untimely death after they were […]
Okpara exonerates NECO from mass failure
By Wole Mosadomi Minna — Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Examination Council, NECO, Professor Promise Okpara, has exonerated the council from the mass failure of students in the last examination conducted by it. He said the failure should be traced to the students and their teachers who he said had failed to […]
Another oil worker kidnapped in Delta
By Victor Ahiuma-Young ASABA—BARELY 12 days after two workers of National Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Benin City, Edo State, Messrs Danjuma Bashir and Malabu A. Ahmad, were kidnapped and later murdered at Mosogar area of Delta State, another oil worker from Total ENP has been kidnapped and taken to an unknown destination. The worker, Mr. […]
Amnesty: Danjuma, militants in crucial talks
By Daniel Idonor ABUJA—AS part of deliberate plans to rejuvenate the entire Amnesty programme and make it more people-oriented, key militants leaders from the oil-rich Niger-Delta yesterday met behind closed doors with the Presidential Advisory Council, PAC, led by Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma. Vanguard learnt that the meeting which took place in Abuja, is a […]
Zain gives nod to Bharti to buy African unit
By Prince Osuagwu LAGOS—African and Middle East telecommunications operator, Zain, yesterday, confirmed that its board has met in consideration of selling its African unit, Zain Africa BV to Bharti Airtel of India for $8.3 billion. According to the Zain Group Corporate Communications Department, the Board of Directors of Zain met in Kuwait on Wednesday, to […]
