Afcon: Mixed feelings trail Super Eagle’s draw with B/Faso
Some football fans in Birnin Kebbi have expressed mixed feelings over the Monday match between Super Eagles and Burkina Faso.
Yaya Toure: Afcon’s Group D most difficult
IVORY Coast midfielder Yaya Toure says his side are ready to challenge for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations despite the strong opposition that they will face.
NSCDC arrests 4 suspected vandals in Ebonyi
EBONYI State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, said yesterday it arrested four persons suspected to be involved in vandalisation of transformers meant for Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, in the state.
OCT 1 BOMBING: Henry Okah found guilty, faces life jail
A South African court yesterday convicted Henry Okah of 13 terrorism charges, including conspiracy to commit terrorism and bombings that killed 12 people in Abuja on October 1, 2010.
Pipeline vandalism as a metaphor
APART from the menace of terrorism in certain parts of Northern Nigeria, another seemingly intractable menace in the country is pipeline vandalism.
Constitution review: Reps to release result of public sessions Jan 31
ABUJA—The House of Representatives will on January 31, 2013, present the final results of the public sessions it conducted on the review of the 1999 constitution last November. The public sessions took place across the nation’s 360 federal constituencies.
