Obasanjo for NIMAREX 2013
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has promised to be part of a three-day Nigeria Maritime Expo (NIMAREX 2013) opening on March 12 in Lagos.
ACN slams Jonathan over Boko Haram menace
Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has said that part of the reasons why the needless Boko Haram crisis has festered was due the to failure of President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government, to show leadership, as he had stayed away from the affected parts of the country, since the crisis started in 2009 for fear of his safety.
Merger fall-out: You’re a failure, PDP tells Okorocha
Apparently angered by his romance with the newly-formed All Progressives’ Congress, APC, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, descended on the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, describing him as a failure and a disappointment to the people of the state.
…As match commissioners go back to school
I have been reliably informed that the Nigeria Football Federation has concluded arrangements to hold a pre-season Match Commissioners seminar in Abuja this week. What this tells me is that the March 9 kick off date of the Premier league may be a reality after all.
Police Games: 4,200 athletes, 500 officials storm P/Harcourt
Four thousand two hundred Police athletes and 500 officials are in Port Harcourt, the capital of RiversState for the 10th Biennial Police Games beginning today through 9th March, 2013, in three different venues in the Garden City.
Recapitalised FMBN, NMFC will boost mortgage penetration – Pepple
Ongoing moves to recapitalise the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) and the impending take-off of the Nigerian Mortgage and Finance Corporation (NMFC) will both go a long way to effectively tackle the low mortgage penetration in the country.Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Ms. Ama Pepple, stated this recently during the inauguration of the Board of Directors for FMBN in Abuja.
