Man reminded in prison for assault
Magistrate Aminu Abdullahi of the Abuja magistrate court in Zone II, has ordered that a transporter, who allegedly stabbed a man, Eji Mallu with a kitchen knife over argument on a mattress be remanded in prison custody
Akala signs N146bn budget
GOVERNOR Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State, has signed into law N146.2billion for the 2011 fiscal year.
Okonkwo flags off campaign for senatorial seat
SENATOR Annie Okonkwo, who recently dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Accord Party, AP, during the flag off of his campaign in Awka yesterday, said his desire to return to the senate was to enable him complete projects he already began, including the creation of a state out of the South East, the issue of erosion control in the zone, as well as improvement of infrastructure and empowerment of youths in the senatorial zone.
Oil tanker goes up in flames
There was pandemonium, Wednesday , at Kirikiri Town, a suburb of Lagos State, when fire gutted an oil tanker belonging to one of the major oil firms operating in the area, Techno Oil.
Jonathan promises to rid Nigeria of tribalism
President Goodluck Jonathan, has promised to build a Nigeria where everywhere will be home for every Nigerian citizen, irrespective of tribe, religion or state of origin if he was voted into power during April elections.
FG condemns Libyan govt over use of force on protesters
The Federal Government, yesterday, threw its weight behind growing worldwide condemnation of the Libyan Government over the use of “unrestrained force” to suppress the mass protest currently going on in the country.
British Airways appoints Nigerian as country manager
British Airways has appointed Kola Olayinka as first indigenous Country Manager in its over 70 years of operation in Nigeria.
MAN wants functional ports in Port Harcourt, Calabar
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, Eastern Zone, has passionately appealed to the federal government to make the Port Harcourt and Calabar ports functional to reduce the hardship manufacturers and other private sector operators faced in the zone.
WAFU chiefs meet to elect new President
West African Football Union, WAFU Chiefs are set to elect a new president following the suspension of Nigeria’s Amos Adamu by FIFA over corruption charges for which he was found guilty. But Adamu is still pleading innocence.
4 APGA members shot by suspected thugs in Ebonyi
THREE members of All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in Ebonyi State, including an aide to a senatorial candidate of the party have sustained bullet injuries in an attack allegedly executed by some thugs suspected to be loyalists of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state.
DDF rallies South-South for Jonathan, Sambo
Delta Democratic Forum, DDF, has put in place machinery to mobilise the people of the South-South zone for Goodluck Jonathan/Sambo ticket in the forthcoming election.
