Much Ado About Appointments

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Pendulum By Dele Momodu. Email, dele.momodu@thisdaylive.com Fellow Nigerians, where are the historians? We need them to tell those losing their sleep over the appointments galore that we’ve seen it all before and there is really nothing to worry about....

41 Insurers Subscribe to Industry Database

thisdayonline Saturday, February 11, 2012 4:08:00 AM CET | info

Commissioner for Insurance, Mr Fola Daniel By Nnamdi Duru Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) said 42 out of the 49 member-companies have subscribed to the Nigerian Insurance Industry Database (NIID) project initiated by the organisation. The Head of Corporate Communications in the association, Mr....

FAAN MD Inspects Remodeling Work at PH Airport

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P’Harcourt Airport By Chinedu Eze The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) weekend inspected the level of work at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers state. Inside source told THISDAY that there is rapid work to expand facilities at the airport,.......

ICPC Visits NAMA, Inspects Facilities

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Acting Chairman of ICPC, Ekpo Nta By Chinedu Eze A three-man team of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) carried out a two day systemic inspection of facilities of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency(NAMA) in Lagos during the week....

Battle for Bayelsa: 34 parties gun for Creek Haven

vanguardngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 4:04:00 AM CET | info

FROM Brass on the Atlantic fringe to Ekeremor, Southern Ijaw to Sagbama, Ogbia to Nembe, Kaiama to Yenagoa, the campaign trains of all the major parties have traversed all the nooks and crannies of Bayelsa state....

South Sudan: Justice Needed to Stem Violence

sudantribune Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:44:00 AM CET | info

Human Rights Watch South Sudan: Justice Needed to Stem Violence Prosecute Those Responsible, Seek International Investigation (New York, February 10, 2012) – South Sudan should urgently ensure an effective and independent investigation into the violent, ethnic-driven attacks in Jonglei state, and.......

AI: SUDANESE YOUTH ACTIVISTS RELEASED

sudantribune Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:44:00 AM CET | info

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SUDANESE YOUTH ACTIVISTS RELEASED The six members of the student-led movement Girifna who were arrested on 25 January have been released from Kober prison in Khartoum, Sudan. Some of the relatives of the students have sent their thanks to Amnesty International activists for their efforts....

Zawahiri says Somalia's Shabaab joined Qaeda

DailyNation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:39:00 AM CET | info

Somalia's Al-Shabaab fighters have joined ranks with Al-Qaeda, the terror network's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri announced...

Obama's Africa aide to lead US energy investors to Nairobi

DailyNation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:39:00 AM CET | info

The State Department's top diplomat for Africa is due to arrive in Nairobi on Saturday as the head of a delegation of US private energy investors....

Kenya to discipline errant officers serving in N. Eastern

DailyNation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:39:00 AM CET | info

Kenya's security agencies have vowed to take disciplinary measures against officers who violate the rights of citizens in the ongoing security operations in North Eastern....

Care centre seen as the last hope

DailyNation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:39:00 AM CET | info

Nine years ago, Fred Ikutwa crawled into Nairobi Hospice with Kaposi’s sarcoma — cancer of the legs — that left him immobile for about two years....

Drivers, conductors not the only ones rendered jobless

DailyNation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:39:00 AM CET | info

Until March last year, Mr Stephen Kiarie earned a living fitting seats in newly imported 14-seater matatus...

Hospice ordered to leave KNH

DailyNation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:39:00 AM CET | info

Anxiety has gripped patients and health officers at the Nairobi Hospice after Kenyatta National Hospital gave them a two-month notice to vacate their premises inside the hospital’s compound....

Workaholic ex-public service boss hits 80 mark

DailyNation Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:39:00 AM CET | info

Mr Simeon Nyachae, the former Cabinet minister, celebrated his birthday this week....

Litondo beats top US actors to bag award

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George Clooney’s latest film, The Descendants, has been described by critics as the “best acting of 2012” and has won many prestigious awards...

Jigawa guber poll: S’Court affirms Gov Lamido’s victory

vanguardngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:04:00 AM CET | info

The Supreme Court, yesterday, upheld the election of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa state, just as it dismissed an appeal lodged before it by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and its gubernatorial candidate in the state, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, for lacking in merit....

FG warns varsities against excesses

vanguardngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:04:00 AM CET | info

Federal Government has, warned universities across the country against encroaching beyond their approved mandate....

Army To Deploy 700 Soldiers For Peace Mission In Liberia

guardiannewsngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:19:00 AM CET | info

AUTHORITIES of the Nigerian Army have concluded plans to deplore over 700 troops to Liberia on a peace keeping mission, urging the soldiers to avoid acts that would ridicule the good image of the country abroad. Speaking to the troops, the Commander of the Infantry Corps, Major General Mohammed.......

Rights Activists Remember Beko Ransome-Kuti, Restate Call For Confab

guardiannewsngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:19:00 AM CET | info

THE call for a national conference to lay a new foundation for living together by the various nationalities in the country resonated yesterday as human rights activists and other citizens marked the sixth anniversary of Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti’s death in Lagos....

Education Will Solve Nigeria’s Security Challenges, Says Minister

guardiannewsngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:19:00 AM CET | info

MINISTER of State for Education, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has declared that the security challenges facing the nation will be resolved through a functional educational system. Speaking in Abuja while receiving the Deputy Head of Mission of the Israeli Embassy in Nigeria, Mr George Deek, Wike.......

Clerics Decry Insecurity, Crime, Economic Hardship

guardiannewsngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:19:00 AM CET | info

DISTURBED by the numerous ills in the country, the Anglican Diocese of Owerri’s Council of Knights and Ladies of St. Christopher, rose at the weekend from its 2012 yearly meeting, urging more proactive measures to be put in place by governments and individuals at all levels to curb insecurity,.......

Group Raises Alarm Over Blackmail Syndicate In N’Delta

guardiannewsngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:19:00 AM CET | info

A GROUP in the Niger Delta, Harmony Group, has raised the alarm over the existence of a blackmail syndicate which it accused of fuelling various crises in the region. The group in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Ebiotu Joe-Mene and Public Relations Officer (PRO), Dr....

‘Being Rated Along With Universities Shows Excellence In Auchi Poly’

guardiannewsngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:19:00 AM CET | info

Dr. Philipa Idogho, an alumnus and first female Rector of Auchi Polytechnic in Edo State, spoke to some journalists, including GODWIN IJEDIOGOR about her stewardship in the last four years and how she is taking the institution to greater heights, especially in academic excellence and infrastructural development....

‘Northern Leaders and Politicians Should Be Blamed If The Country Breaks up’

guardiannewsngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:19:00 AM CET | info

The National Coordinator of the Ijaw Monitoring Group (IMG), Comrade Joseph Evah, spoke to Journalists on Boko Haram insurgence, saying Northern leaders and politicians are behind them. He however advised President Jonathan not to change his security chiefs but strengthen them, adding that ‘State of.......

‘Lifestyles, Diets That Shame Cancer’

guardiannewsngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:19:00 AM CET | info

Prof. Ifeoma Okoye is a Professor of Radiology and Radiation Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu. She has been at the forefront of the fight against cancer right from her student days and now with her Breast Without Spot (BWS) initiative, she is set to take her message to 99....

‘Unless Nigeria Dialogues, There Will Be Greater Boko Haram Across Tribes’

guardiannewsngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:19:00 AM CET | info

Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, lawyer and human rights activist, spoke to CHIJIOKE IREMEKA on issues bothering on the security of the country, mounting speculations on possible collapse of Nigeria by 2015 and the threat of Boko Haram. A FORMER American envoy sometime ago predicted that Nigeria is most likely to split by 2015....

Who Wins AFCON 2012?

guardiannewsngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:19:00 AM CET | info

THE title of this article is a repetition of the one I wrote when the African Cup of Nations was about to kick-off some weeks ago. I had gazed into my AFCON 2012 crystal ball and proclaimed what I saw - a ‘dream final’ between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. I believed it then....

Ghana, Mali In Redemption Clash

guardiannewsngr Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:19:00 AM CET | info

IN a match where no ambitious team wants to play, Mali and Ghana will lock horns in a third match for the bronze medal at the Estadio de Malabo today in Equatorial Guinea. The game’s kick off time is 21h00. Both sides were defeated by scores of 1-0 in their semifinals. Ghana were humbled by the Zambians while Mali were beaten by the Ivory Coast....