NFF hammer dangles on Nwankwo
Skipper of U-23 Olympic team, Obiora Nwankwo may have played his last match in the colours of Nigeria with his unprofessional conduct least expected from a skipper at the on-going Olympic qualifiers in Morocco.
Saddam, Gaddafi and the Arabs: An African perspective
THE news has it that Saif al-Islam was arrested in Libya without being brutally killed like other members of his family. The media have published gory and offensive images of the killing of his father and former Libyan leader, Muammar Ghaddafi without warning for discretion.
Shell shuts key oil field for maintenance
Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell said Wednesday it had shut down a key oilfield in southern part of Nigeria for maintenance that could last “several weeks.”
Applicant gets 1 month for wearing shoes in mosque
A 32-year old applicant, Ahmed Hassan, has been sentenced to one month imprisonment by an Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court for wearing shoes into a mosque in Nyanya.
Nigeria withdraws $2bn from oil savings – Finance ministry
The Federation Account Allocation Committee has disclosed that it withdrew $2 billion from the excess crude account to finance several projects across the country just as the presidential task force on power said privatisation in the power sector would be concluded by second quarter of next year.
Nigeria’s crude oil to dry up in 37 years, except…
EXCEPT the Federal Government urgently creates aggressive policies of hydrocarbon reserves replacement, geologists and other stakeholders in the oil sector have raised an alarm that the nation’s crude oil reserve would be totally depleted in the next 37 years precisely by 2048.
State creation has been bastardized – Gowon
Former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), yesterday, expressed regret that creation of state started by his administration had been bastardized to serve as a means of dividing Nigerians instead of uniting them.
PDP chairmanship aspirant pledges culture of party citizenship
NATIONAL Chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barrister Ibrahim Birma, has promised to tackle the instability in party loyalty and membership by instituting a culture of party citizenship that would make it unattractive for members to leave the party.
N620bn bailout fund paid back to CBN – AMCON boss
THE Managing Director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, Mustapher Chike Obi, yesterday, said the N620 billion released by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN for the rescued bank had been paid back.
Govs ‘re no thieves, Lamido replies Sani
Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has bemoaned what he described as blanket condemnation of all the 36 governors as corrupt, saying that there were several state chief executives who are clean.
4 arraigned over alleged robbery, kidnapping
Four men have been arraigned by the police before an Ebute Metta Magistrate’s Court over a four-count charge of armed robbery and kidnapping.
