Edo female lifter eyes London 2012 Olympic
EDO State female weightlifter in the +75kg, Joy Omokhuale said that gold medal has become a propelling force for her to have a berth at next Olympics in London.
Madichie is new NNPC Legal Adviser
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, dropped Professor Yinka Omoregbe as Company Secretary and Legal Adviser. The corporation appointed Mr. Tony Madichie as replacement.
Afro-Asian insurers chart economic development
Over 400 insurance chieftains will put heads together during the forthcoming 22nd Federation of Afro-Asian Insurers & Reinsurers, FAIR on how best the insurance sector in Afro-Asian countries can play a pivotal role in their economic development.
Garden City Games: Six kung-fu fighters land in hospital
No fewer than six kungfu fighters participating in the ongoing Garden City Games 2011 in Port Harcourt , Rivers State , have been admitted for intensive treatment at the Braithwaite Memorial Hospital, BMH.
NSC awards scholarship to African record breaker
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has awarded a scholarship to 18-year-old Chinenye Fidelis who broke the African and national records in weightlifting in the 53kg category at the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt last week.
Traditional ruler jailed 6 months over fraud
A traditional ruler in obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief Tony Micah, 50, is to spend six months in prison after being convicted for stealing, forgery, obtaining by false pretence (419) and conspiracy.
Atuche’s trial begins
Justice Lateefa Okunnu of an Ikeja High court, yesterday, began trial in the N25.7 billion fraud case against the former Managing Director of Bank PHB Plc, Mr. Francis Atuche and his wife, as the court dismissed their application for stay of proceedings by their lawyer, Chief Anthony Idigbe, SAN.
UNN @ 50: Utomi decries poor state of varsities
The Chairman, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, at 50 Endowment/Fundraising Committee, Prof Pat Utomi, has declared that UNN was not immuned from the common affliction bedeviling tertiary institutions in the country
FG seeks alternative funding for N-Delta projects
Indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government is seeking alternative means of funding Niger Delta projects, as the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs has ran into debts on the East-West road project.
African Oil & Energy Pool premium hits $85.63m
About 49 insurance companies in Africa have pooled gross premium income of $85.63million in five years, under the aegis of the African Oil and Energy Insurance Pool, between 2006 and 2010.
Anti-corruption fight must be people-based, says Adebo
Federal Commissioner of the Code of Conduct Bureau for South-west, Dr. Ademola Adebo, has said that without a national anti-corruption policy and programme that is people-based, the nation’s fight against corruption can not succeed.
