US Elections: Polls shut in too-close-to-call Florida
Polls closed Tuesday in 16 states including the populous states of Pennsylvania and Florida, where networks said the race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney was too close to call.
Chukwu joins Keshi, Jay Jay for Delta Gov’s cup
Determined to build sports culture on school children, Delta State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has moved the venue of today’s opening game of the Governor’s Cup to the Saint Patrick College, Asaba.
We’ll revive ginger production in Ham land -James Kura Garba, new Magajin Rafin Jabba
HAM or Jaba land, in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State is popular world-wide as a citadel of an ancient civilisation of iron dating back centuries before Christ was born. Nok village in Ham land is sited beside gaping caves on the foot of the rugged Nok hill, a strolling distance from Koi, the administrative headquarters of Jaba land.
UN to Nigeria: Force foreign oil firms to clean-up environment
THE United Nations, UN, yesterday said if Nigeria as a country must achieve environmental sustainability, it must force foreign oil companies that must have polluted the communities to engage in a total clean-up of the areas they operate.
Soku oil field: Bayelsa faults Rivers’ N17bn claim
As the controversy over ownership of the disputed Soku oil wells rages, Bayelsa State Government, yesterday, said there was no iota of truth in Rivers State Government’s claim that Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, wrongly paid the state N17bn from escrow account.
Senators, Reps, SANs tackle CJN
OUTRAGE, yesterday, greeted Monday’s refusal by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Maryam Alooma-Mukhtar to swear in Justice Ifeoma Jombo-Ofo into the Court of Appeal on the basis of her inter-state marriage, just as it emerged that her appointment was duly approved by the National Judicial Council, NJC.
