Visa application from Nigerians to S’Africa double despite xenophobic attacks—Envoy
By Nkiruka Nnorom South Africa’s Consul-General in Nigeria, Prof. Bobby Moroe, has said interest in his country remained high, with visa applications from Nigerians almost doubling in recent months, despite the persistent reports of xenophobic attacks. Moroe stated this in an interview on Nigeria Info FM on Sunday, insisting that South Africa remained safe and […]
UNIJOS moves to end strike
By Taye Obateru Jos – The Senate of the University of Jos has set up a committee to initiate dialogue with the various staff unions towards resolving the impasse created by the current national strike by the various unions. The six-member committee headed by Professor A.E.O. Ogezi was mandated by the Senate at its emergency […]
APGA : Etiaba resigns
By Vincent Ujumadu Awka – THERE was an anti climax in the build-up to the race for the 2010 governorship election in Anambra State yesterday as the son of the state deputy governor, Mr. Emeka Etiaba who was gunning for the office of his mother’s boss, Mr. Peter Obi resigned his membership of the ruling […]
LIBEL: Chime’s aide gives Onoh’s son 7-day ultimatum
By Tony Edike Enugu -THE standoff between Governor Sullivan Chime and the family of the late former governor of old Anambra State has taken another twist with the governor’s chief of staff, Mrs Ifeoma Nwobodo, serving Onoh’s son, Hon Joseph Umannakwe Onoh, a seven-day ultimatum to retract allegations he made against her in a recent […]
I didn’t promise my boys N10m to drop arms, says Boyloaf
FORMER commander of the   Movement for the Emancipation of        the Niger-Delta (MEND), Mr. Victor Ben, alias “General†Boyloaf whose boys were said to have revolted against him in Bayelsa for failing to pay them N10 million he promised them for agreeing to accept amnesty and drop their arms says he never made such a promise […]
Ooni crowns Ogunsua of Modakeke
It was a dream come true for the people of Modakeke-Ife, Osun State,        yesterday, when, for the first time, their traditional ruler, the Ogunsua of Modakeke, Oba Francis Adedoyin, was officially crowned by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade. He was subsequently presented with a staff of office by Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola amidst ovation […]
