Adedoja’s assurance on boxing hostel completion excites Johnson
Former chairman of the Nigeria Amateur Boxing Association, NABA, David Johnson, has welcomed the announcement by new Sports Minister, Professor Taoheed Adedoja that the hostel block of the boxing Village at National Stadium in Lagos would be top priority projects for completion within the first quarter of the year.
Life has no duplicate
A WOMAN in Texas, United States (US)and her male companion were in November 1979 robbed by two Black men. A month later, Cornelius Dupree Jr, a 21-year old Black man was arrested because to the police his description fitted that of a suspect in another rape case.
Eleweomo’s murder: Court releases Folarin, 3 others
SENATE leader, Senator Teslim Folarin and three others who were remanded at Agodi Prisons, Ibadan in connection with the killing of the former factional chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers, NRTWN, Alhaji Lateef Eleweomo a.k.a. Eleweomo have been released by an Ibadan Magistrate Court.
Voters’ registration: FCT INEC gets 506 DDC machines
The FCT Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has taken delivery of 506 Direct Data Capture, DDC, machines, out of the 604 required for the forthcoming voters’ registration.
Why Eagles must play Guatemala – Green
Nigerian Football Federation’s technical committee chairman Chris Green says the choice of Guatemala as the next Super Eagles’ friendly opponents is not an act of desperation.
Still far away from the goal post
AS expected, the aim of any nation is to be great through political and economic developments. Thus the goal of balanced development has been the inordinate ambition of all leaders of many developing (poor) countries after obtaining freedom from colonialism. Nigeria is not an exception to the vision of greatness which today has become an illusion.
ACN NASS candidates emerge in Anambra
NEW entrants into the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Anambra State picked the tickets of the party during the National Assembly primaries held at the three senatorial zones of the state on Wednesday.
Modu-Sheriff cannot stop my senatorial ambition – Ndume
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rep. Muhammed Ali Ndume, has said not even his governor, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, could stop his ambition to represent the people of Southern Borno in the senate in 2011.
Death in 2011
UCHE Okafor is one of those fellows you never knew when you met him. Could it be during his days at ACB Football Club. He was quiet, self-effacing and good at his game, yet he appeared at a point stars filled the Nigerian firmament. I have nudged myself a couple of times since the news of her demise, particularly the circumstances of it.
EFCC arrests 2 electricity union officials
EFCC yesterday, arrested two officials of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, Mr Babatunde Issac, Head of Administration and Mr Emeana Christopher, Personal Assistant to the General Secretary of the Union, Mr Joe Ajaero, for undisclosed reasons.
Protests trail Enugu PDP primaries
THE conduct of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primaries in Enugu State by only members of Governor Sullivan Chime’s faction has continued to generate protests from aggrieved members and gubernatorial aspirants of the party who complained that they were disenfranchised and would seek redress in court.
