Ghana to set up World Cup committee
Ghana will set up a World Cup committee for next year’s finals in Brazil as the Black Stars make a third successive appearance.
Court remands driver over criminal breach of trust, cheating
The presiding judge, Mr Albert Maga, gave the order after the accused pleaded guilty to the charges with an excuse that he was on bed rest for over two weeks.
Iyayi’s Death: Autopsy Shows No Bullets – Medical Source
A medical exam conducted to unravel the cause of death of Festus Iyayi showed no evidence of bullets, a source familiar with the autopsy disclosed.
”Kaduna State varsity lecturers still on strike”
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University Chapter, on Tuesday said they would continue with the ongoing strike until directed otherwise by the national body.
Jonathan urged to compel corrupt ministers to resign
A former Commissioner of Agriculture in the late Prof. Ambrose Alli government in the Second Republic, Mr. Eddy Osifo has called on the government to transform the beliefs and attitudes of the people as a first step towards eliminating corruption in the country.
APC/nPDP merger drama: Snakes in the monkey shadow
MONDAY morning, specifically November 25, 2013, Nigeria’s biggest drama in decades is about to begin. The main actors begin to arrive. They are led by a former General, Muhammed Buhari, with his favourite side-kick and former Lagos Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who sees himself and has been acknowledged as the leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
2015: Jega pledges improved Voters Register
Despite the outcry by opposition political parties against the electoral register that was used during the recently concluded Anambra State governorship election, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega yesterday rose in defence of the document insisting that it was credible.
Huge ovation as Obama arrives Mandela memorial
US President Barack Obama received a huge ovation as he arrived an hour late Tuesday at an emotional memorial service for South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.
Judges must “resist temptation of dancing to the whims, caprices of politicians – Jonathan
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, said there was need for increased vigilance on the part of the judiciary especially as it relates to the resolution of electoral disputes.
Three remanded for stealing yam, cocoa
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ court, yesterday, remanded three men, Joseph Linus (23), Sunday Emmanuel (25) and Peter Kehinde in prison custody for allegedly stealing yam and cocoa.
Femi Kuti gets 4th Grammy Award nomination
Once again Nigeria’s Afrobeat icon Femi Kuti has been norminated in the Best World Music Album Category of the 56th Annual Grammy Awards which will place on the 14th of January next year.
