Parties slam INEC’s bid for more powers
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the country’s leading opposition political parties were yesterday sharply divided over proposals for electoral reform submitted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to the Senate.
Delta, Kano fined N50, 000 each for using ineligible weightlifters
The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) on Tuesday fined Delta and Kano states N50,000 each for using ineligible weightlifters at the going 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos
Eko 2012: 56,000 condoms shared
In 2004, the IOC signed a memorandum of understanding with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) in Lausanne,Switzerland, agreeing to use its leverage to help combat the dreaded AIDS/HIV.
Onyebuchi blames insecurity on inaccurate, unreliable database
ENUGU—The Acting Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, has attributed the present security challenges facing the country to poor, inaccurate and unreliable identity database of citizens.
Expert urges NAICOM to assist operators
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has been told to initiate measures on how to assist insurance operators in the area of retail marketing, skill development and product development to enable them sustain the benefits derivable from the industry’s reform.
Free for all as Osun hold Enugu to draw in football
It was free for all on Tuesday after Team Osun held their Enugu State counterparts to a 1-1 draw in the football event of the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival.
