Bakassi Peninsula: Count down to 1949-54 UN plebiscite
Nowa Omoigui in this third instalment argues thatthe Bakassi peninsula which was part of Camerun/Cameroon since 1913, as inherited in the League of Nations mandate after World War 1, was excised from co-administration with the Eastern region along with the rest of the Southern Cameroons at the time of Nigeria's independence
Lori-Ogbebor faults Uduaghan’s apology to judges
Niger Delta activist, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, has faulted the reported apology by Delta State Government to judges in the state over the kidnap of a judge in the state.
Don’t impose players on Keshi, Toro warns
Former Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) Alhaji Sani Ahmed Toro has cautioned the nation’s football authority against the imposition of players on the Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi in the execution of the 2013 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers.
Nonagenarian installed Okpako Orere of Okere-Urhobo
A 94-year-old former Head of Department of Nigerian Army Base Workshop, Yaba, Lagos, Pa. Dickson Eburu, has been installed the Okpako Orere (Head) of Okere-Urhobo Kingdom, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.
“Moneybag” NFF paid victory bonuses for draws
Nigeria’s Super Eagles were paid full win bonuses for draws in Malawi, Rwanda and Liberia, MTNFootball.com has scooped.
Buhari, Bafarawa deliberate on Northern unity
General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd), former military Head of State, yesterday, met in a close session with former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, in the retired general’s house in Kaduna, over what Bafarawa later said was the unity of the North.
