Garlands for Greenlife boss By Sam AnokamFriday December 09, 2011 •Chukwuka • Photo: The Sun Publishing If you were at the residence of Dr. Anthony Obiora Chukwuka recently in Magodo, you would have felt a Nollywood celebrity was being honoured. But Chukwuka is not even an actor, nor has he anything to do with the [...]
NFF canvasses support for Flying Eagles
The Nigeria Football Federation has called on Nigerians to fully support the U-20 National Team, Flying Eagles, as the team has shown commitment to qualifying for the 2013 African Youth Championship to be hosted by Algeria. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, Chairman of NFF’s Media and Publicity Committee, High Chief Emeka Inyama urged ball fans [...]
Age Cheats In Nigerian Football Reach Crescendo
Age Cheats In Nigerian Football Reach Crescendo When ex-international, Adokiye Amiesimaka raised an alarm over the true age of Fortune Chukwudi, former skipper of the Golden Eaglets to the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which Nigeria hosted in 2009, many football fans in the country called him unprintable names. Infact, Amiesimaka was labelled an unpatriotic [...]
Bennett Umunna death: Labour MP’s father killed in mysterious car crash after refusing to pay bribes
By abul taher PUBLISHED: 22:56, 28 July 2012 | UPDATED: 12:39, 29 July 2012 The father of a Labour frontbencher who is tipped as a future party leader died in a mysterious car crash that friends fear was a political assassination. Bennett Umunna, whose son Chuka is Labour’s business spokesman and MP for Streatham, was [...]
Patriotism: A Tool For A Better Nation
KADUNA -Land owners in Kaduna have protested over the non payment of compensation for the land acquired by the Federal Government to build the 215 Megawatt Kudendan Power Plant. Reports say that the protesters confronted the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinelu Nebo, who was inspecting the plant, asking that work at the project be stopped [...]
Delta govt takes over Ashaka-Aboh road
Delta State government, recentlty disclosed that it had taken over the N3.5 billion Ashaka-Aboh Road project, abandoned by the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission in 2007. The State Commissioner for Works, Chief Funkekeme Solomon, disclosed this in Aboh when he briefed the traditional ruler of the community, Obi Imegwu II, on the project, [...]
Flood: Delta gives N18m grant to churches
THE Committee on Management of Federal Government Funds on Flood Disaster in Delta State says it has given N18 million grant to churches affected by the 2012 flood in the state. The committee’s chairman, Justice Francis Tabai (retd), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Asaba that the grants were disbursed through the state [...]
Kidnap Kingpin’s Escape a Mirage – Delta CP
Asaba — DELTAState Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, has described as a “mirage” the escape of Anambra State-born kidnap kingpin, identified simply as Ifeanyi, from police cell, two weeks ago. An Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP and four other police officers alleged to have aided his escape from the custody of the Police Anti-Kidnapping [...]
