Some oil marketers who were wrongly paid money as fuel subsidy payment have started refunding the funds they fraudulently collected to the federal government. Anambra State Governor Peter Obi disclosed this yesterday to State House correspondents after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja but refused to disclose the amount recovered... Read More
by Akan Ido This epic fight will put any Mohammed Ali fight to shame; on one corner is the All-time world champion, Sleep, while in the other corner is its determined challenger; a well built English bulldog. Burly, surly and cute as can be, this handsome bulldog is not one to take things lying down.... Read More
by Akan Ido The vice chancellor of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Prof. Cyprian Onyeji, who was kidnapped on August 15, 2012, has been released. According to reports, the professor was released at about 11:30pm, Thursday, around Igbariam in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The professor was kidnapped by gunmen... Read More
by Akan Ido The spate of unexplained shootings in the United States of America sadly continues with the shooting a while ago of five people in front of the Empire State Building in New York. The spokesman of the New York Fire Department says it received a call on the shooting this morning and that... Read More
by Akan Ido The inspector general of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has restated his resolve to stamp out corruption in the police force. He said this yesterday during a stakeholders meeting in Minna, Niger State while speaking with newsmen on the progress he has made as the police helmsman. Abubakar promised to reduce the incidence of... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang Arsenal coach, Arsene Wenger, has assured fans of the club, that although he has completed his major transfer moves this summer, there might still be some activity. The window closes on August 31 and Wenger has already sealed deals for Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud and Lukas Podolski, but he is not ruling... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang Maybe because he announced himself as the Lionel Messi of the Premiership, we were put off quite early. In the season’s opener – a feisty tie between Chelsea and Manchester City – Eden Hazard struggled to impress. And a lot of people reached the quick conclusion, that even if he will eventually... Read More
by Tayo Adelekan “Even Angels draw swords when it is time to fight war.” That Nse, is my favorite line uttered by the character you played in Mr & Mrs which was just released on DVD. I saw it when it screened in cinemas and I am a proud owner of a DVD copy. Your... Read More
by Isi Esene The last has not being heard about the case of Cynthia Osokogu, the post-graduate student of Nasarawa State University who was murdered in a hotel at Amuwo Odofin, Festac Town recently. Reports say an unidentified model came forward, yesterday, claiming the suspects held in the murder case are serial offenders who have... Read More
by Isi Esene The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has announced the apex bank’s plan to redesign the N50 note and introduce a N5000 denomination. The governor attributed the proposed introduction of the high denomination note to “inflationary pressures”. Sanusi also announced that three denominations – N5, N10, and... Read More
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