We’re ready to build vehicle manufacturing coy in Nigeria —Japanese ambassador
Urges FG to check activities of car smugglers BY Emeka Mamah Abuja—The Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Ryuichi Shoji, has said that his country’s auto-mobile industries led by Nissan and others like Toyota and Honda, were ready to set up vehicle manufacturing industry in the country. Shoji therefore appealed to the Federal Government to curb […]
Delta communities send SOS to FG over oil spill
The people of Baterentie, Batren and Deleketa, along Alero Creek axis of Benin River, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State have sent a Save Our Soul, SOS, message to the Federal Government to save them from dying from the hazard of crude oil pollution from the pipeline of Nigerian Petroleum Develop-ment Company Ltd, NPDC, in Oil Mining Lease, OML, 40.
Man City to send Iheanacho to Ghana
FIFA U-17 World Cup winner, Kelechi Iheanacho who left the Super Eagles camp on Monday to seal a deal in England with Premier League contenders Manchester City may have not have his wish to appear in the colours of the Citizens materialise soon.
Don’t divert attention from OBJ’s letter to Jonathan —ACF
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has called on Nigerians not to divert attention to the issues raised by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in his 18-page letter to President Goodluck Jonathan so as not to lose focus on the matter.
Eagles will reach World Cup q/final, says Egwuekwe
Super Eagles defender Azubuike Egwuekwe has tipped Nigeria to reach the quarterfinals of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Call for impeachment of Jonathan, utter rubbish – Senate
THE Senate Tuesday described the recent call that the National Assembly should commence impeachment proceedings on President Goodluck Jonathan over alleged gross misconduct by the opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC, as utter rubbish and arrant nonsense.
Explosion rocks Rivers Deputy Governor’s Office
AN explosion occurred Tuesday at the Deputy governor’s wing of Government House, Port Harcourt.
Effort to get staff aides of the Deputy governor, Engr Tele Ikiru to confirm the development was futile. When Vanguard called his acting Chief Press Secretary Mr Jumbo in the afternoon the phone rang out several times. At the time of this report he had not returned the call. The Police too was not ready to comment on the incident.
150,000 nPDP members defect to APC in Bauchi
By Suzan Edeh Bauchi—About 150,000 members of the Kawu Baraje-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, otherwise known as the new PDP, yesterday, defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC. The former PDP members in Bauchi State were received by an APC chieftain in the state and former Minister of Police Affairs, Dr […]
2015: N-Delta leaders warn OBJ, insist on Jonathan’s 2nd term
Niger Delta Leaders Assembly, NDLA, has warned that it would no longer take kindly to some regions of the country, individuals or groups, taking advantage of President Goodluck Jonathan’s right to a second term to deride the President or hold his office in contempt.
How octogenarian wife of traditional ruler died in the custody of her kidnappers
Nine notorious kidnappers and a native doctor suspected to be masterminds of the kidnap and subsequent killing of 84-year-old wife of Igwe of Abbah-Igogoro in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area, who were recently arrested by the Police in Enugu, have given graphic accounts of how they carried out the heinous crime.
Army will fight to keep Nigeria united, Ihejirika
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said on Tuesday that the Nigerian Army would do all within its power, including fighting, to sustain the unity of the country.
Labour demands industrial policy to promote local competitiveness
Organised Labour has called on the Federal Government to develop an industrial policy supportive of local production through deliberate strategies of promoting competitiveness through aggressive infrastructural support and a mix of well thought out macroeconomic framework that reward value addition and employment generation.
Jonathan unveils Nigeria’s first indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in Kaduna unveiled the country’s first indigenous unmanned aerial vehicle, GULMA, designed and constructed by the Nigerian Air Force.
2014 CAF Champions League: Enyimba, Pillars get Togolese, Congolese opponents
Nigerian Premier League champions Kano Pillars and former African champions Enyimba International have been handed Congolese and Togolese opponents respectively in the preliminary round of the 2014 CAF Champions League.
Second hand clothes,shoes record sales boom
Barely eight days to Christmas, dealers in second hand clothes and shoes in Jos have started making brisk business in sales. A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the various second hand clothes and shoes markets in the Jos metropolis revealed that the traders had been started recording higher patronage. NAN reports […]
Rapists to serve life imprisonment in Katsina
The Katsina State House of Assembly, on Tuesday passed a law that prescribed life imprisonment for those found guilty of rape. The assembly, which amended Section 283 of Katsina State Penal Code Law, Cap 96 of 1991, also provided 14-year jail term and a N50,000 fine for those with lesser offence. The sponsor of the […]
