Edo FA gears up for Olympic qualifier
The leadership of the Edo Football Association, says its putting all machinery in motion to ensure that the March 26 All Africa Games qualifier between Nigeria’s U-23 Olympic team and its Equatorial Guinea counterpart is hitch-free.
Controversy as Senate begins clause by clause passage of FOI Bill
AFTER several years of delay, the Senate, yesterday, began the final process for the passage of the Freedom of Information Bill amid allegations that the final copy of the bill has been watered down by the Senate Committee on Information which worked on it.
Delta Police mobilize for Vanguard’s free polls confab
DELTA State Police Command has called on relevant stakeholders to attend the two-day national conference, which is being organised by Vanguard Media Limited, tagged, Partnering with the Police for Free, Fair and Credible 2011 Elections, kicking-off in Asaba, tomorrow.
I’m not afraid of EFCC – Tinubu
The former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared that he is not afraid of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, because he did not steal a kobo from the coffers of Lagos State. He stated this when he addressed Lagos market men and women at Alhaja Abibat Mogaji’s house yesterday on the forthcoming April elections.
MEND changes gear, vows to strike without prior notice
MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, said, yesterday, that it would now carry out bombing and attacks in Lagos, Abuja and Niger-Delta without prior notification as promised earlier since the government was treating its threat as a joke.
Navy effects major shake-up
The Nigerian Navy, yesterday, effected a major shake-up in its hierarchy with the redeployment of nine Rear Admirals, eight Navy Commodores and appointment of new Flag Officers Commanding, FOCs.
