Hajj: Saudi Arabia deports another 20 pilgrims
The spokesman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alhaji Uba Mana, said on Monday that the Saudi authorities had deported another 20 intending women pilgrims back to Nigeria.
Uniport killings: VC declares 7 days mourning
UNIVERSITY of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has declared seven days of mourning for three of its students killed by irate mobs at Omokere-Aluu community, Friday, last week.
Nigerian varsities missing from top 400 rankings
ABUJA—No Nigerian University made the list of the top 400 in the world according to rankings by the Times Higher Education, THE, for 2012-2013. The only African Universities on the list are based in South Africa.
Resolve A-Ibom, Abia boundary issues, Ekere urges NBC
Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Nsima Ekere, weekend, called on the National Boundary Commission, NBC, to resolve all outstanding issues arising from the implementation of Decree 23 of 1985 on the boundary between Akwa Ibom and Abia States.
I’ve practicalised governance – Mimiko
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has said he will win the October 20 governorship election convincingly because he has taken governance from the theoretical to practical realm in his three and half years as governor of the state.
Mimiko taunts ACN on Ribadu, says you are no democrats
THE Mimiko Campaign Organisation, MCO has rebutted allegations of betrayal leveled against Governor Olusegun Mimiko during the three day mega rallies of the ACN. In a statement by its Spokesman, Kolawole Olabisi, MCO rather accused the ACN of betraying the hopes of the people through what it claimed was the conspiracy weaved against its presidential candidate in the last presidential elections, Malam Nuhu Ribadu.
