At least 700 thousand houses will be renumbered in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, in a vast exercise meant to create a uniform and orderly house numbering system in Nigeria’s most populous state, the government said on Tuesday. “We are trying to create a uniform and house numbering system which will elevate the status of our state [...]
Metu Returns As Nigeria’s Fastest ManPosted: 21 Jun 2012 02:09 AM PDT
Three-time champion, Obinna Metu, has reclaimed the 100m title he once lost to Ogho Oghene Egwero, in a hotly contested final race at the ongoing London 2012 Olympic Trials holding at the Calabar Stadium. Metu, an athlete of the Nigeria Prison Service, NPS, finished the explosive race in a time of 10:11secs to clinch the [...]
3SC Hold Sunshine In Crunchy NPL TiePosted: 21 Jun 2012 02:06 AM PDT
An explosive encounter between Sunshine Stars of Akure and Shooting Stars Sports Club, 3SC of Ibadan, ended in a barren draw Wednesday evening in one of the midweek matches of the Nigeria Premier League, NPL. Although the fans of Sunshine Stars were left disappointed with the outcome of the match, as the vociferous fans of [...]
Brazilian president to lead trade delegation to NigeriaPosted: 21 Jun 2012 01:11 AM PDT
President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil has accepted an invitation from President Goodluck Jonathan to visit Nigeria before the end of the year in furtherance of efforts to boost economic and trade relations between both countries. Jonathan extended the invitation at a bilateral meeting with the Brazilian President on Wednesday during the ongoing United Nations Conference [...]
E/Guinea produces 520,000 barrels of oil dailyPosted: 20 Jun 2012 12:08 PM PDT
Equatorial Guinea’s Prime Minister Vicente Ehate Tomi said Wednesday that his country produced 520,000 barrels of oil a day, in what would be a huge leap in output. Speaking at the 15th Gulf of Guinea Oil and Gas Conference in Malabo, Ehate Tomi said Equatorial Guinea was sub-Saharan Africa’s third oil producer, behind Nigeria and [...]
ACN appoints Alasoadura as Director of StrategyPosted: 20 Jun 2012 11:52 AM PDT
The National Executive Committee of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has announced the appointment of Chief Donald Omotayo Alasoadura as the party’s Director of Organization and Strategy. As a founding father of many political parties past and present, and the coordinator of the presidential campaign of Chief MKO Abiola, Chief Alasoadura is an experienced [...]
Jonathan can rule from anywhere, says MakuPosted: 20 Jun 2012 11:40 AM PDT
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Spokesman of the Jonathan administration, Labaran Maku,has further dismissed the opposition criticism of President Jonathan’s attendance of the Rio de Janeiro earth Summit, when two cities in the country were strife torn. Maku, at a press conference in Abuja today after the Federal Executive Council meeting debunked the critics’ position, saying that the [...]
Bank Manager Docked Over N42m FraudPosted: 20 Jun 2012 09:20 AM PDT
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Mr. Michael Adewole, Branch Manager of Oceanic International Bank Plc, now Ecobank Plc, and four others before Justice A. I. Chikere of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, southsouth Nigeria. They were arraigned on a 20-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, fraudulent [...]
Residents Flee KadunaPosted: 20 Jun 2012 08:56 AM PDT
Following yesterday’s attack on Christians by Muslims in Kaduna, residents have started fleeing the state for the fear of being victims of further reprisal attacks. Yesterday, some of the residents were seen being escorted out of the state by military personnel deployed to quell further bloodshed. They were escorted in their patrol vehicles. The state [...]
Akingbola’s Transactions Were Regular — WitnessPosted: 20 Jun 2012 08:54 AM PDT
A former Group Head of International Operations of Intercontinental Bank Plc(now Access Bank), Mrs Ayoola Akande, on Wednesday defended some of the transactions carried out by a former Managing Director of the bank, Erastus Akingbola, who is standing trial for alleged N47.1 billion theft. Akande was testifying before Justice Habeeb Abiru of an Ikeja High
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