‘Imo marathon’ defrauds Nigerian Olympian
Fraudsters parading themselves as Imo State government officials have conned former Nigerian Olympian, Gloria Alozie and a score of European athletes into parting with their money, in the name of participating in a phantom Imo Marathon.
PHCN owes NNPC N26bn for gas supplied
– The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) owes the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) and other gas operators N26 billion for gas supplied to it, an official of NNPC, has said.
Muslims can no longer accept “massacres of its people” – OIC
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspended Syria on Thursday, saying the Muslim world can no longer accept a government that “massacres its people”, further isolating the embattled regime.
Man, 38, rapes girl, 5
A 38-year-old man, Oluwadamilare Joseph, was, yesterday, docked before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, for allegedly having canal knowledge of the five-year-old girl.
Budget 2013: Okonjo-Iweala’s fresh push for transparent, full budget implementation
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Wednesday, last week submitted the Fiscal Framework for the 2013 Federal Government, four and a half months to the end of the year.
Reclaiming Bakassi Peninsula
ON October 10, 2002, the International Court of Justice delivered a historic verdict awarding sovereignty over the Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroun. Exactly 10 years later in October this year, by the terms of the 2005 Green Tree Agreement, Nigeria’s cession of its erstwhile territory would be completed unless, by the rules of the Court, she raises fresh issues for a re-visit.
