Controversy trailing the failed Omenuko project
Meanwhile, in our publication few months ago, one of the brains behind the Omenuko project , Mr. Dickson Iroegbu went out of his way to explain the circumstances that surrounded the failed project.
FG plans production of more aviation fuel
Abuja – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Abuja, says the Federal Government is planning to open a refinery for the production of aviation fuel called Jet A1. Mr Sam Adurogboye, the Head of Public Affairs, said the development was to address the high cost of aviation fuel so as to meet the demand of […]
U-16 basketball coach eyes Afrobasket title
The Head Coach of the national U-16 basketball team, Johnson Ayinla, said on Thursday in Lagos that the players were preparing for nothing but the gold medal of the 2011 Afrobasket Cadet Championship in Egypt.
Former UNILAG lecturer arraigned over N8m fraud
A former lecturer at the University of Lagos, Mr Femi Olufokunbi, on Thursday appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates` Court in Lagos, charged with eight million naira fraud.
Nigerian jailed for stealing fake 100 pounds
Ifamuyiwa Callisto , 52, a Nigerian resident in the United Kingdom, was on Thursday sentenced to six months imprisonment for stealing a fake 100 pounds note.
Books by Achebe, Soyinka make 100 greatest non-fiction
Two of Nigeria’s most prominent writers, Prof. Chinua Achebe and Prof. Wole Soyinka, have made the Guardian of London’s list of the 100 greatest non-fiction writers.
23-yr-old woman, docked for alleged murder of boyfriend
23-yr-old woman, docked for alleged murder of boyfriend
UTME holds tomorrow, JAMB insists
20% of students to gain admission as 1.4m sit for exams BY EMMANUEL EDUKUGHO & CHRIS OCHAYI ABUJA—The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, yesterday, said there was no change in date for the conduct of its 2011 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, examination slated for tomorrow across the country and in six foreign countries. […]
Boko Haram cautions civilians
THE Boko Haram sect, yesterday, reacted to the statement credited to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Hafiz Ringim, that the days of the sect members were numbered with the donation of 10 armoured personnel carriers and 10 patrol vehicles to the police by Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Monday.
How Maitasine raised curtians for militancy
WHEN Ignacy Hryniewiecki died from bomb explosion while assassinating Tsar Alexander II of Russia, in 1888, hardly did he know that he was kickstaring a deadly trend that would extend beyond 19th century.
Outrage, angst greet Nigeria’s first suicide bombing
IT used to be a story heard from distant lands like Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Middle-East, United States and Europe, among others. Now, suicide bombing is here with us in Nigeria and panic-stricken citizenry, who are yet to recover from recent waves of bomb explosions, are not happy about it.
