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A Caravan Dodge space bus belonging to Alhaja Rafat, wife of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) General Secretary, Dr. Bolaji Ojo-Oba, has been stolen. The vehicle was snatched at gunpoint at Mushin area of Lagos State in the night of Thursday, November 19, 2009.
Newly crowned Africa club basketball champions First Bank Elephants returned to Lagos yesterday after their Sunday defeat of ABC of Cote d'Ivoire to emerge the super queens of the continent. The Nigerian league champions defeated the Ivorian ladies 64-55 in the final match played in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, on Sunday.
For the avoidance of doubt, NFF President Sani Lulu Abdullahi said yesterday that the Federation has not at anytime declared vacant the position of Super Eagles' Head Coach, currently occupied by Mr. Shuaibu Amodu.
The draws for the 2009/2010 season of the Nigeria Amateur League Division One will take place today at the FIFA Technical Centre, National Stadium, Abuja. Secretary of the Nigeria Amateur League, Emmanuel Adesanya said a Seminar on "Amateur League and Grassroots Football" would precede the draws.
Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Development yesterday named former Chairman of the Board of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Olabode George, as one of the notable Nigerians who bought Federal Government houses in Lagos without bidding for them.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been faulted over the statement that it was unaware of the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Calabar that returned Emmanuel Obot, the former aide to ex-Governor Victor Attah, as the authentic candidate of the 28th April, 2007 House of Representatives election into Uyo constituency, describing its Chairman, Professor Maurice Iwu, as a liar.
If a motion by 11 senators sails through today on the floor of the Senate, the Upper House will launch a comprehensive probe into the revenue and expenditure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) since 2007.
The Federal Government is to inject N4.5 billion into the nation's rural economy as a measure to reduce poverty and create employment.
In a move designed to establish a coalition against the spiralling effect of the pandemic, H1N1, otherwise known as Swine flu, the World Health Organisation (WHO), Nigeria and 19 other English-speaking African countries yesterday began a five-day inter-country workshop on the best approach to deploy the new H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine and other ancillary supplies.
THE President of Bauchi State chapter of All Nigerian Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), Comrade Abdullahi Ibrahim Hamza, has cautioned students in all secondary schools in the state against exam malpractice, just as he advised them to be committed in their academic activities.
Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State announced that arrangement had been concluded by the state government to conduct the local government election in the state, adding that about 3,000 persons would be recruited into the State Civil Service, next year.
The successful presentation of this year's budget to the two chambers of the National Assembly today will not guarantee it's early passage, sources have told Vanguard.
Abia State Deputy Governor, Mr Chris Akomas has described Microfinance Banks as veritable tool for the empowerment of the rural masses to change their lives for the better.
One of the major fall-outs of the recent annual retreat of the Senate staged in the serene and beautiful coal city of Enugu was the resolve of the upper legislative chamber to intervene in the horrendous environmental problems posed by erosion menace in the South East of Nigeria.
The journey to Copenhagen has been long and tortuous for both the "Cast & Crew". The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer in 1985 provided the initial platform and framework under which the Montreal accord was to be negotiated by attempting to define Countries' responsibilities for simultaneously protecting human health and the environment against the adverse effects of ...
Endorsement of the proposed $40 million loan by Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, has pitched the opposition against the ruling party. The opposition described the move as incongruous, insensitive and out of tune with reality. Ibrahim Shuaibu, writes on the level of bitterness and unhealthy rivalry the situation has generated as well as the threat by the opposition to stop the state government through a ...
Last week, President Umaru Yar'Adua could not present the 2010 Budget to the National Assembly due to the battle for supremacy between the Senate and House of Representatives. However, Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh, elucidates on the controversy in this interview with Charles Ajunwa
Issues and contentions which arose from the launch of a book by elder statesman and legal practitioner, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi last week, will linger for so long, as the book succeeded in revisiting and rekindling the ethnic rivalry which has long existed between the North and the South. Omololu Ogunmade who was present at the occasion, writes on the degree of controversy the launch has created
The decision of the Federal Government to deregulate the oil sector has generated a lot of controversies from stakeholders. While the labour kicked against it, government insisted that the exercise would benefit the people. Sheriff Balogun in this report, examines the arguments of both sides
Contrary to the rumour that he had been declared wanted in the United States of America, business mogul and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart in Ogun state, Prince Buruji Kashamu, is neither a fugitive nor a wanted man in the U.S.
Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Sokoto state chapter, has called off the strike action embarked upon two weeks ago in the state.
Lagos state branch of the Cattle Dealers Association of Nigeria has decried the state of the cattle market at the Lagos state abattoir in the Agege area of Lagos, saying the market , which is the largest animal market in Africa, is in a sorry state.
While the recent conviction of the former chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority, Chief Olabode George and five others for corruption by Justice Olubunmi Oyewole of an Ikeja High Court still eliciting reactions, many are calling on judges in the country to take up the gauntlet if the fight against graft must succeed.
One down, two to go. Geraldine Iheme became the first Nigerian to be evicted the cutting the number of Nigerians in the house to just two; Kevin and Nkenna.
Unity Bank Plc has assured shareholders of impressive performance and returns including cash dividends by the end of the running financial year, which will mark the first report of the bank following the recapitalization exercise it plans to open soon.
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