Success Digest Awards Holds Published on May 18, 2012 by pmnews · No Comments The sponsors’ dinner night being organized by Success Digest Enterprise Awards will hold on Friday, 25 May, 2012 at Sheraton Hotel and Towels, Ikeja, Lagos. Success Digest Enterprise Awards is an annual event that celebrates and rewards entrepreneurs who have risen [...]
IGP Mohammed Dikko Abubakar From Omon-Julius Onabu in Warri and Victor Efeizomor in Asaba Hell, it seems, was let loose yesterday, as some gunmen, thirsty for blood, swooped on the Delta police command, and succeeded in mowing down no fewer than seven policemen, a member of the Joint Task Force (JTF), including a female officer, [...]
| Print | E-mail Written by Alphonsus Agborh and James Bwala Tuesday, 15 May 2012 Share IT was a dark day for the police in Delta State, on Monday, as the command lost four of its men in an encounter with armed robbers. A Divisional Police Officer in Abraka, Steve Chigbufue, a crime burster, ASP John Danladi and [...]
NAIROBI: Love-struck teenagers, angry parents, rowing couples: Somali youth tired of seeing their homeland portrayed as a war-torn famine zone have started making films to show a different side to their country. “The world knows Somalia for war,” said Adirahman Ali Suge, a 19-year-old writer and film director, part of a group of refugee Somali [...]
By Sam Eyoboka They had barely slept when signs of trouble manifested at about 2 a.m. The wife, a light sleeper, heard an unusual sound at the gates to their premises, peeped out and saw some fully armed persons opening the gate. That marked the beginning of the horrifying night for the Arhere family at [...]
BY FESTUS AHON UGHELLI – STUDENTS of Delta State School of Health Technology, Ofuoma-Ughelli, yesterday, went on rampage over non- payment of their yearly allowance of N104,000. The students were also protesting a N10,000 levy for computer training, N6,000 levy for sports and N4,500 for school uniform and the monthly allowance of N5,000 being paid [...]
By Hakeem Baba-Ahmad “One fifth of the people are against everything all the time.” J.F. Kennedy. ALL columnists are used to having feedbacks, some abusive, others encouraging. Indeed, these feedbacks mean a lot, even if, in many instances, they come from people who have either not read what you have written, or understood it. Since [...]
Asaba – The Delta government has announced plans to hire the services of its university at Abraka, to monitor teaching in schools across the state as part of efforts to curb examination malpractices. The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Prof Patrick Muoboghare, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen, in Asaba. He said that [...]
| Print | E-mail Tuesday, 08 May 2012 Share The Delta State government has said that it will partner with Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in the development and construction of quality roads in the state. The state Commissioner for Special Duties (NDDC and BRACED Commission), Mr Chris Onogba, made this known in an interview with the News [...]
7 May 2012 Last updated at 08:36 The low-budget Nollywood films are hugely popular across Africa Jason Njoku studied chemistry at university and would probably be working as a scientist had he not thought of a magic formula that he has translated into a huge success: Nigerian films plus online distribution equals big money. It [...]
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 [...]
