Benue APC accuses financier of misconduct
The crisis rocking Benue State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has deepened as the executive members of the party have petitioned the party’s national leadership, alleging financial misappropriation against a major financier of the party and former deputy governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Alhaji Usman Abubakar.
Jordan, Nigeria to play football friendly
Jordan will host Nigeria in a football friendly on Monday, October 28 as both teams’ warm-up for 2014 World Cup qualifiers, organisers said on Tuesday.
US debt ceiling talks in limbo
House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday he had “no decisions about what exactly he will do” after a Republican plan to end the US debt-ceiling showdown was rejected by the White House.
UK to repatriate 267 Nigerian prisoners
The National Association of Nigerian Students has disowned the over 3-month old strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
The twist in the relationship between the students union and the university lecturers was sequel to a position paper by the students’ body that viewed certain demands by ASUU as contained in 2009 deal, as “unrealistic and un -implementable”
Charles Taylor secretly sent to UK jail
Liberian ex-warlord Charles Taylor was on Tuesday transferred under tight security from The Hague to a British prison where the convicted war criminal is likely to spend the rest of his life.
NANS condemns lingering ASUU strike
The National Association of Nigerian Students has disowned the ongoing strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
EID EL KABIR: Dickson urges Mulisms to promote peace
As Muslims all over the world celebrate Eid El Kabir, Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has called on Muslim faithful across the country to promote the positive attributes of humility, loyalty, love and unity, which constitute the key components of the celebration.
Revert to old pension scheme, retirees tell FG
Awka – Some retirees from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka have urged the Federal Government to revert to the old system of pension scheme which ensures a substantial payment of gratuity.
Lagos-Ibadan expressway rehabilitation through in 2 weeks – FG
The Federal Government has promised to complete, within two weeks, the ongoing rehabilitation of failed sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that cause heavy traffic on the ever busy dual carriageway.
Muslims defy rain to pray in Lagos
Lagos – Thousands of Muslim faithful in Lagos State and its environs on Tuesday defied the early morning rainfall as they trooped out of their homes to observe prayers in celebration of Eid-el-Kabir. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents, who went round the city report that both old and young thronged the praying grounds […]
Ezekwesili lauds FG on devt in agriculture
Former Vice-President of the World Bank, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, on Friday lauded the Federal Government’s emphasis on agricultural development in the country.
