Asaba Tourney Helps Young Karatekas —Kurumeh Published on April 4, 2012 by pmnews · No Comments Head Coach of the Golden Martial Art Academy, Lagos, Henry Kurumeh, says the forthcoming U-17 Karate Championship billed to hold from 10-15 April in Asaba, Delta State, will be an eye-opener for upcoming karatekas. Speaking with P.M.Sports, the coach [...]
President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, Admiral Mike Mullen, former Mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani and first Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Professor John Lipsky are among the array of global business and leadership heavyweights who have confirmed [...]
By Emma Arubi ASABA—FORMER member of Delta State House of Assembly, who represented Oshimili South constituency, Mr. Gabriel Okpuno, was, yesterday, abducted by unknown gunmen and taken to an unknown destination. He was said to have been picked up in front of his residence at Asaba, the state capital. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain [...]
By VICTOR AHIUMA-YOUNG GOVERNOR Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State has called on the Federal Government to apply stiffer measures to curb smuggling of textile materials into the country, warning that if smuggling is not checked, all efforts at reviving the textile industry will come to nothing. Speaking at the just concluded 10th Quadrennial National Delegates’ [...]
| Print | E-mail Written by Tolu Olamiriki Wednesday, 04 April 2012 Share Acommunity leader, Innocent Alison Abugu of Ogbunik in Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State, has appealed to the state government, security agencies, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and other stakeholders in assisting to check the activities of criminals in Onitsha metropolis and its [...]
Delta government says it has stopped the salaries of 44 secondary school teachers in the state for absenteeism. The teachers were alleged to have abandoned their duty posts for over three months without permission. A statement by Mr Abraham Fabau, an official of state’s Post Primary Education Board, in Asaba on Monday, said the sanction was in [...]
| Print | E-mail Written by Alphonsus Agborh, Asaba Wednesday, 04 April 2012 Share CONTRARY to reports that nurses in Delta State had embarked on strike to protest alleged assault on a colleague by the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Otumara, the health workers were at their duty posts on Tuesday. When the Nigerian Tribune visited hospitals [...]
How Delta PDP buried 7 years old factional crisis From PAUL OSUYI, AsabaWednesday April 04 , 2012 More Stories on this Section After a turbulent first tenure of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, the state congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Delta State held recently in Asaba may perhaps be the anti-climax of the protracted crisis [...]
ASABA – Mr. Kingsley Emu, Delta Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, has said that 200 youths were trained in 2011 under the state’s “Livewire” partnership programme with Shell Petroleum Development Company. Emu, who disclosed this in an interview with in Asaba, said the beneficiaries after the training, were given assistance of between N150,000 and N200,000 [...]
Asaba — Delta State council of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has waded into the face-off between the state Ministry of Health and the National of Association Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, Delta State chapter and called for calm. In a statement, Chairman of the state NLC, Mr. Williams Akoregha, called on the Ministry of Health [...]
Gospel Singing Is My True Calling — Tope Alabi
Patricia Temitope Alabi (neeObayomi) is a household name in Nigeria gospel music scene. Born over forty years ago into a catholic family, her parents had received a prophecy when she was seven years old that she would be a “great minister of God”. The actress-turned -singer had paid her dues in the entertainment industry before [...]
Air Nigeria to be privatised in two years –Jimoh Ibrahim
Air Nigeria is to be privatised within the next two years. It is expected that the airline would be on a firm footing by then. Chairman of the company, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, said the airline would focus more on international operations with scheduled flights to Dubai, Rome, Paris and Asian countries. Ibrahim, who spoke on [...]
Fashion Night Out, Ghana 2012 Comes Off This Weekend
Entertainment of Friday, 18 May 2012 Source: – Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (2) « Prev Next » The Ghanaian fashion taste is now on the high and we cannot be blind at the new styles in vogue. Fashion Night Out, Ghana [...]
Nigeria picks 25 players for U-20 invitational tourney
LAGOS, May 19 (Xinhua) — The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has named a 25-man squad for an invitational U-20 tournament in Cape Town, South Africa. Spokesperson for the team Samm Audu disclosed this in a statement reaching Xinhua on Saturday, saying John Obuh, the Head Coach of the national under-20 men’s listed three goalkeepers, eight [...]
Victor Ikpeba, Austin Okocha & the six Legends of the Heineken Champions Planet
SPECIALBy Babajide Alaka The Heineken Champions Planet is located in the heart of Victoria Island. It is a cosy duplex filled with football memorabilia and beautiful hostesses who make sure that fans of the beautiful game never want for anything on match days. In football-speak, the Heineken Champions Planet is football heaven. It is where [...]
Keshi to continue open door policy
Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi stated that he will continue with his policy of giving every player a chance to prove himself despite calls for him to put down a standing team. Former Eagles midfield maestro and technical committee member of the Nigeria Football Federation, Austin Okocha during the week urged the Eagles coach jettison his [...]
