Mission2London: Doreen Amata – Nigerian High Jump Champion
Doreen Amata's father had one wish on his death bed..for her daughter to win an Olympic medal for him. Would she fulfill that dream at London 2012?
Police Rescue Kidnapped Medical Doctor
The police in Imo have foiled the activities of a four-man kidnapping gang in Umuike Amakohia, near Owerri, and rescued one Dr Ifeanyi Okoro, who was being held by the gang. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Vitalis Onugu, told the N...
FG To Stop Rice Importation In 2015 – Official
The Federal Government is putting structures in place with a view to stopping rice importation by 2015, an official said on Monday. Mr Amos Afowowe, Deputy Director, Agro-Processing and Marketing, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, said this in Kaduna wh...
Unity Bank Posts N2.99bn Profit
The Unity Bank Plc has declared a profit after tax of N2.99 billion for the half-year ended June 30. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this represented an increase of 63.4 per cent against N1.83 billion posted in the corresponding period of...
SON Reiterates Fight Against Sub-Standard Tyres
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Monday said that the government would not relent in its efforts to rid the markets of products that were harmful to Nigerians. &...
Housewife Pays Husband N70, 000 To Dissolve 6 Months Marriage
A housewife Ramata Bukola of Omuaran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara on Monday paid N70, 000 compensation to her husband for the dissolution of their marriage six months marriage. The plaintiff had petitioned an Ilorin Area Court seeking the d...
Aviation Stakeholders Urge FG To Invest More In The Industry
Aviation stakeholders on Monday urged the Federal Government to encourage airline operators through investing more in the aviation industry. The stakeholders made the call in Lagos at a conference organised by the publishers of an aviation magazine ``B...
Falana Fault Fire Services Rescue At Dana Plane Crash
Some lawyers on Monday in Lagos faulted the Lagos State Fire Services for acting “too slowly” during the June 3 Dana plane crash in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos. Speaking at a coroner's inquest into the plane crash which took place at Agbado Oke-O...
FRSC Reads Riot Act To Officers
Mr Kehinde Adeleye, Zone 8 Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has warned officers and men of the command not to extort money from motorists. Adeleye, who gave the warning on Monday in Ilorin while on a familiarisation visit to Kwar...
2015 Candidacy: Jonathan, PDP Ask Court To Dismiss Suit
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday asked an Abuja High Court to dismiss a suit filed by a member of the PDP, Mr Cyriacus Njoku. Njoku in a suit filed on March 20, is seeking a declaration of court that President Jonathan’s tenure of office beg...
President Jonathan Laments Oil Theft In Nigeria
Presidential Goodluck Jonathan on Monday described the situation where it is only Nigeria that crude oil is stolen as extremely embarrassing and unacceptable. Jonathan expressed the regret at the presidential maritime security retreat held at the Banqu...
UN Officials Urge Action To Descend On Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
United Nations officials have called for a renewed commitment to tackle HIV/AIDS and end the epidemic once and for all, as over 20,000 delegates from all over the world gathered in the United States capital for the XIX International AIDS Conference. &l...
Leaders, Experts Express Optimism To Total Eradication Of HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Under the theme Turning the Tide Together, more than 23,000 delegates from over 195 countries gathered in Washington, D.C. for the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) to begin the march toward the end of the AIDS epidemic.&n...
2 Supected Drug Traffickers, Others Arrested At Abuja Airport
The Aviation Joint Security Force arrested two drug traffickers and three suspected ticket fraudsters at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday. Mr Vincent Onye, Head, Crime Department of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (...
NOA D-G Urges Clerics To Justify Calling By Ensuring Peace
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has challenged both Christian and Muslim clerics to live up to their callings by championing the cause of peace in the country. Mr Mike Omeri, the Director General of NOA made the call in a statement issued on Mond...