After much dillydallying over the appointment of assistant coaches for the Super Eagles, the Nigeria Football Federation yesterday, finally gave approval for the appointment of three coaches to backup Coach Samson Siasia in his onerous task of tinkering the national team to greater heights. Since his appointment and subsequent unveiling in Abuja, Siasia, had been [...]
Suspected members of Boko Haram are behind the killing of three more people at a hospital in Maiduguri, police said on Wednesday. The three victims, including a senior police officer, were killed Tuesday evening when some armed men fired shots into a teaching hospital in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. “An investigation has already [...]
The eight- month reign of Davidson Owumi as the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Chairman was been brought to an end yesterday after the Nigeria Football Federation annulled his election as the league boss. The decision, which was ratified by the executive committee of the NFF at the annual general meeting held in Uyo yesterday, also [...]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has suspended admission into state-owned universities in the South-East for the 2011/2012 session, following the prolonged strike by their lecturers. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, stated this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos. Ojerinde also said the affected institutions had been deleted from [...]
New religious clashes broke out in central Nigeria Sunday, two days after bombings that killed 32 people in the city of Jos. Authorities in Nigeria’s volatile Middle Belt region are trying to contain tensions after clashes broke out between armed Christian and Muslim groups in Jos. News agencies quoted witnesses as reporting that buildings were [...]
Ailing All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu was admitted in a London hospital on Thursday, a source revealed to Saturday Independent. Ojukwu suffered stroke on Sunday and was airlifted on an air ambulance from the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu for United Kingdom on Thursday. His wife, Bianca, and an aide accompanied him. [...]
Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Overseas Scholarship Scheme (OSS) has earned quite a reputation over the years. The programme is designed to meet the long-term capacity requirements of the oil and gas industry through training of young Nigerians in related fields of Engineering, Geological Sciences, Environmental and Energy Studies both at the master’s and doctoral [...]
Odumegwu Ojukwu has been flown abroad for further medical attention. The All Progressive Grand Alliance National chairman, Victor Umeh who confirmed the trip refused to say which country Mr Ojukwu would be taken when the motorcade left Ituku, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu at 11:15am. Earlier in the week, there was anxiety over the [...]
Baring last minute change, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Thursday, January 6, 2011 for the conduct of Delta State governorship rerun elections. Though official confirmation was being awaited last night as at press time, reliable sources at INEC confirmed that the INEC leadership decided to conduct the election to be able to [...]
Wema Bank Plc is set to close 17 branches located in the South-West and Northern parts of the country to enable it operate a regional banking. Group managing director/chief executive of the bank, Mr. Segun Oloketuyi who disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday at press a briefing said that for the bank to operate as [...]
FOLLOWING the exit of three Ministers so far from the Federal Executive Counci, FEC, in the last one week, President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday approved the redeployment of two Ministers. At the end of the FEC meeting, two Ministers resigned from the cabinet, including Adamu Waziri of Police Affairs and Alhaji Isa Bio of the Sport, [...]
Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and three others were on Tuesday discharged by a Lagos High Court of the charge of attempted murder preferred against them over the 1996 attempt on the life of The Guardian Publisher, Alex Ibru. Others set free alongside [...]
For the second day running, Igbo leader and Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu- Ojukwu, has remained under intensive treatment by doctors at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla. He was rushed to the hospital on Sunday afternoon and admitted at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) following his failing health. A source at the [...]
EKITI State Governor Kayode Fayemi Monday presented a N74.7 billion to the House of Assembly. The budget christened: “The Budget of Renewal”, he said, is to liberate the people from poverty. In the proposals, N40 billion representing 55 per cent is for capital expenditure; N30 billion representing 45 per cent goes to recurrent expenditure. The [...]
At a massively orchestrated event attended by thousands of Nigerians at the Expo Hall of the Eko Hotel, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday launched the ‘Bring Back The Book campaign’ by presenting his book ‘My Friends and I’. The book, tagged “Conversations on policy and governance” is a documentation of the President’s interactions with young Nigerians [...]
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan yesterday unveiled the Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu as an international airport and also marked its reopening after it was closed for 10 months for repairs and expansion of the runway. In a speech, the President noted that the request for the airports rehabilitation received speedy approval from the Federal Executive Council [...]
THE remains of the wife of Edo State Governor, Mrs. Clara Oshiomhole, were Friday interred at the country home of her husband at Iyamho/Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State amid tears. The late Mrs. Oshiomhole was buried at about 2.30pm. The event drew the crème de la crème of the society, including [...]
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After bidding for the Nigeria Premier League twice and losing out to rival, Globacom, telecommunications firm, MTN Nigeria, on Thursday, won the rights to sponsor the Nigeria Premier League for four seasons. Details of the agreement have yet to be made public, however, MTN is said to have made a commitment to pay N2.6 billion [...]
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One of the politicians who fought for Nigeria’s independence, Anthony Enahoro died this morning at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) at the age of 87. Mr Enahoro, credited with moving the motion for Nigeria’s independence in 1957, has been a life-long supporter of pro-democracy movement in Nigeria. He was a leader of the [...]
Dora Akunyili, erstwhile Minister for Information and Communications has resigned from her post in the federal executive council as minister with effect from tomorrow. Akunyili who became minister of information after serving as Director General of National Agency for Food and Drugs Control (NAFDAC) said she is resigning in other to join her state governor’s [...]
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The University of Nigeria (UNN) has released her 2010/2011 Supplementary Admission List. Candidates who applied for admission in the University are advised to check their status immediate and proceed with other registration requirement for entry into the school. The list has been made public and it is freely accessible to candidates. To access the UNN [...]
