Access Bank emerges winner of web-jurist
Access Bank website has been adjudged overall winner of the 2013 edition of the Web-Jurist ‘Website Effectiveness Award’ conducted by Philips Consulting.
Basel ruin Mourinho’s Chelsea Euro return
Jose Mourinho’s return to the Champions League with Chelsea started in dismal fashion as FC Basel came from behind to seal a stunning 2-1 win at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.
South Africa, Nigeria to meet at CHAN
Major rivals South Africa and Nigeria were drawn together on Wednesday in the first round of the 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN).
Babayaro leads superstars to play for life
Friends Africa on Tuesday unveiled the 2nd Edition of its World AIDS Day ‘Superstars Play for Life’ anti-stigma and discrimination campaign. This campaign designed to create awareness about HIV/AIDS will hold on Saturday, 30th November 2013 at the Campus Mini Stadium, Onikan, Lagos.
Couple try to sell baby girl via Facebook
A couple who tried to sell their two-year-old daughter via Facebook has been arrested in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife, police said Wednesday.
Four trapped in collapsed building at Emir’s palace
There was pandemonium at the palace of Emir of Kazaure on Monday as a building collapsed and trapped four labourers undertaking repairs in some section of the palace.
UAC boss reiterates commitment to stem falling education standard
The Executive Director, Corporate Services, UAC Nigeria Plc, Mr. Joe Dada has vowed that the company will do her best to stem the falling education sector in Nigeria. Speaking at the round-off ceremony of the 2013 free holiday coaching organised by UAC under its Goodness League initiative for students of secondary schools in Lagos State, Dada noted that the quest by UAC to arrest the situation has been on since 2008.
ABU seeks distance learning partnership with NTI
THE Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has opened talks with National Teachers Institute, NTI, with a view to establishing a distance learning centre in the university. A three-man delegation team led by the ABU Dean of Postgraduate School and the Acting Director of the university’s Distance Learning Centre, Prof Adebayo Joshua, met with the management of the NTI in Kaduna on Monday, to discuss the modalities for the centre.
Home Eagles draw S/Africa, Mali
First-time qualifiers Nigeria will play against host South Africa, Mali and Mozambique in Group A of the 2014 African Nations Championship.
Call for resignation: ‘I dey kampe,’ says Okonjo-Iweala
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said Wednesday, that she was not contemplating resignation and would concentrate on her job of managing the nation’s economy for the common good of Nigerians.
Obi’s community sanctions alleged impersonator
The Traditional ruler of Agulu, Igwe Innocent Obodoakor, has said that his community has sanctioned those who impersonated him at Labour Party, LP, political rally to flag-off the campaign of Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah in Onitsha last week.
