Nigeria scored a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over a gallant Colombia to earn a quarter-final berth alongside Mexico and at the same time end the hopes of the South Americans. Needing all three points to stay alive in Group D, Colombia burst out of the blocks with a third minute goal as Angie Rodriguez looped a header from a perfect Nancy ... Read More »
Uduaghan Commissions NDDC Hostel, Assures Students Of Job Opportunities DELTA State Governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan has commissioned a block of hostel built by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) with an assurance that President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, state Governors and stakeholders are working to create job opportunities for graduates. The Governor who commissioned the hostel at the University of Benin, ... Read More »
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday endorsed the sack of the Group Executive Director of Exploration and Production of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Abiye H. Membere. Though no reason was given for his sack, Membere, who was in the office on Wednesday, was replaced by Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha. Jonathan also approved the appointment of four other GEDs for the ... Read More »
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Thursday begin a three-nation trip that will keep him outside the country for six days. According to a statement on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President will join other world leaders, including President Barrack Obama of the United States, President Francois Hollande of France, Prime Minister David ... Read More »
The Kano State Government has sent 33 beggars to their states of origin as part of efforts to enforce the law banning street begging in the state. The Director General of the State Hisba Board, Dr Abba Sufi, told the journalists in Kano that the repatriation commenced on Wednesday. Vanguard recalls that Gov. Rabi’u Kwankwaso signed the Street Begging Prohibition ... Read More »
Hell was let loose at the state secretariat of PDP this morning when angry youths carrying disparaging placards turned their Ajilosun office to a battleground over plan by the party’s leadership to conduct primaries to choose the party’s standard bearer for the June 21 governorship poll. In their hundreds, they charged towards the policemen on guard, vowing to resist “any ... Read More »
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Tuesday flagged off the State’s 6th Climate Change Summit saying the only way to save the Planet Earth from the adverse consequences of Climate Change was to reverse the choices made by humanity which have resulted in the change. Fashola, who spoke at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island venue of ... Read More »
The Kwara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the perpetual claims on the political future of Kwara State by President Goodluck Jonathan smears of ignoramus et ignorabimus, and such unwitting claims should be brush-off by Nigerians. The frustration of the Peoples Democratic Party and its Leaders is understandable after the desertion of the sinking party by ... Read More »
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested four undergraduates and three others for alleged involvement in Internet scam. They were arrested in two different locations in Ibadan, Oyo State. The undergraduates are: Otuyalo Damilola, a 400 level student of Computer Science of Lead City University, Ibadan; Adegbuyi Michael, an undergraduate of University of Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia; Ibrahim ... Read More »
Here is what we found on the timeline of the two politicians early Wednesday afternoon Read More »
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