ABIA State commissioner for agriculture and natural resources Dr Kenneth Nwosu is battling for his life in hospital after being shot by unknown gunmen thought to be hired assassins on his way back from work. According to eyewitness accounts, Dr Nwosu was waylaid along the Amakama-Olokoro Road in Umuahia South Local Government Area of the capital on Wednesday evening. His ... Read More »
Former Nigeria international, Ann Chiejine has commended Airtel Nigeria for initiating the Airtel Rising Stars football championship, which is in its fourth season in the country. Chiejine who is coordinating the Enugu Zonal finals of ARS 4 told newsmen in Enugu yesterday that the ARS programme has been able to bring out talented youngsters from the remotest parts of Nigeria ... Read More »
The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, has approved the following as new Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SAN: (1).Dr.Olu Onagoruwa (2). Prof Joash.O.Amupitan (3). Olusola Olaseni Idowu (4). Dr.Ernest .M.Ojukwu (5). Ahamefula.I.E.Ejelam (6). Chike G.Onyemenam (7)). Tawo E.Tawo (8). O.O.Adejuyigbe (9) S.A.Ogwemoh (10) Dr.A.A.Olawoyin (11)). Dr.J.O.Olatnke (12). T.O.Busari (13). Kevin.C.Nwufo (14). Dr.Amuda-Kannike Abiodu n (15). Oluwakemi.A.Balogun (16). Hakeem.O.Afolabi (17). Gerald G.E.Ezeuko. ... Read More »
Coaches handling the Enugu Zonal finals of the Airtel Rising Stars Season 4 Football championships have been battling with the large turnout of kid footballers during the screening exercise. Enugu Zonal co-ordinator Ann Chiejine told our reporter that it is clear Nigerian kids are in search of where to express themselves through football. “The players here are too much for ... Read More »
The Nigerian Army have released a statement explaining their side of what transpired last Friday July 4th where soldiers allegedly beat up some civilians and set some BRT buses ablaze. The statement signed by Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Omale Ochagwuba, says contrary to reports, the Lance Corporal killed by the BRT bus was driving on the main ... Read More »
Stephen Keshi has reportedly demanded a significant salary hike to sign a new contract to remain as Nigeria coach. According to africanfootball.com on Tuesday, Keshi, who announced last week that his contract with the Nigeria Football Federation had expired after the Super Eagles crashed out of the World Cup following their 2-0 defeat by France, told President Goodluck Jonathan that ... Read More »
Tragedy struck at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, on Monday as an undergraduate of the institution was shot in the head by some gunmen. we gathered that the victim, known simply as Sapara, was found lying on his face at King Jaja Hall of the university by fellow students in the pool of his blood early Monday morning. The student, ... Read More »
The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force, Adeniji-Adele Street, Lagos, on Monday paraded a chief of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Itunnu Odeyemi, and eight others, saying they were notorious for snatching exotic cars in the country. The police said Odeyemi was also an APC Local Government Area executive in Efon-Alaaye, Ekiti State. Other members ... Read More »
The Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, has said that the Federal Government is close to finding the abducted Chibok girls. He stated that security forces were working on leads that would soon lead to the rescue of the schoolgirls from Boko Haram captivity. Omeri who said this at his regular news briefing in Abuja on Monday, explained that the ... Read More »
More than 60 women and girls abducted last month by suspected Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria have escaped their captors, sources said Sunday. Local vigilante Abbas Gava said he had “received an alert from my colleagues … that about 63 of the abducted women and girls had made it back home” late Friday. A high-level security source in the ... Read More »
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