COWA empowers over 450 women
CHAIRPERSON of Customs Officers Wives Association,COWA, Ogun State Command, Mrs. Betty Oteri, has disclosed that the association has empowered over 450 of its members in various skill acquisition programmes.
2012 Olympics: No money for AFN’s programmes
Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN president, Solomon Ogba is laid low in Abuja as funds needed to run a comprehensive programme for the London 2012 Olympics are slow in coming from government coffers.
Muslims gather on Arafat for peak hajj day
More than two million Muslims began massing Saturday on Saudi Arabia’s Mount Arafat and its surrounding plain, marking the peak day of the largest annual pilgrimage.
Dozens killed, 100 injured in attacks in Maiduguri, Damaturu – Witnesses
Bomb and gun attacks in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Damaturu — targetting police stations and churches — left dozens of people dead and at least 100 injured, witnesses said Saturday
Bayelsa: S/South govs fail to save Sylva
For the second time in a week, attempt by the South-South governors to lobby for the clearance of the embattled Governor Timipire Sylva of Bayelsa State by the People Democratic Party, PDP, failed again, as their meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday ended in deadlock.
Plateau reviews security situation
The Plateau Security Council on Thursday held an emergency session to review the security situation in Jos and other hot spots ahead of the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebration.
