As the troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) intensified effort to contain the activities of the insurgents in north-east Nigeria, the people of Borno have also taken their destines into their hands. Borno state has been the epicenter of the activities of the Islamist sect. The insurgents have claimed responsibility for series of deadly attacks leading to loss of thousands of lives across the northern part of Nigeria. They also claimed responsibility for attacks on the United Nations building and Police Force headquarters in Abuja, as well as Christmas Day bombing at a Catholic Church at Madallah, near…
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Following the successful completion of the nationwide registration of participants for the season three of the Airtel Rising Stars (ARS 3) national U-17 Tournament for boys and girls, the zonal championship of the competition will hold from July 22 to August 9 across six centres. Over 4000 registered youngsters from secondary schools and academies will feature in the championship slated for Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu, Port Harcourt, Kaduna and the FCT, Abuja. According to Airtel’s Chief Operating Officer/Executive Director, Deepak Srivastava, the registration exercise was hugely successful as thousands of youth indicated interest in beginning their journey to football stardom through…
The Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted to hospital and is in the early stages of labour, Kensington Palace has said. She travelled by car from the palace to St Mary’s in Paddington, west London, with her husband the Duke of Cambridge. The couple do not know the gender of their first child, who will be third in line to the throne. The BBC’s Nick Witchell said there was likely to be no more news until the official announcement of the birth. The world’s press have been camped outside St Mary’s for days in anticipation of the birth. The due…
At least 47 people were killed and almost 300 injured when two shallow earthquakes struck northwest China early Monday, an official told AFP, as rescuers battled to reach survivors in the remote, mountainous area. “More than 21,000 buildings were severely damaged and more than 1,200 have collapsed,” said the official at the earthquake bureau in Gansu province, where the 5.9 and 5.6 magnitude tremors struck. The official said 296 people had been severely injured, adding that there have been 371 aftershocks. The US Geological Survey said the initial 5.9 magnitude quake hit at 7:45 am (2345 GMT Sunday), with…
From Sam Ade, Abuja: The home based Super Eagles are billed to jet out to Abidjan on Thursday ahead of their campaign for qualifying match for the CHAN tournament. The team’s Scribe, Dayo Enebi Achor, confirmed that “All logistics have been perfected by the NFF Leadership. Hopefully by Thursday the team should be off to Abidjan to complete the process of qualifying for the first time for the CHAN tournament after two near misses”. As the technical crew intensified preparation, the Head Coach Stephen Keshi has changed the training schedule from morning to evening time to coincide with the time…
The Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of the Security Challenges in the North headed by the Minister for Special Duties, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki has been described as a huge scam and a scandalous contraption which ought not to have been set up in the first place. A democracy friendly Non -governmental Organization-HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA [HURIWA] which made the observation has therefore, called for immediately disbandment of the committee and demand that the members return to the public coffers all expenses incurred so far in the ‘merry go round’ by this committee. In a statement endorsed by…
Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State has said he would remain on the path of principle as the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum. Amaechi stated this in Port Harcourt on Saturday when staff of the NGF Secretariat under his leadership visited him. Amaechi enjoined the staff to remain neutral in the face of the forum’s current leadership crisis, assuring them of regular salaries. He took advantage of the visit to undertake an unscheduled inspection of some ongoing and completed projects within the state capital. This, according to the governor, was to acquaint them with projects embarked upon and those…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has told the leader of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Muhammadu Buhari and his ally, the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Ahmed Tinubu to stop parading themselves as saints and democrats, saying Nigerians already know their dictatorial antecedents. The ruling party took stock of activities of the two men and submitted that they are bitter because they know that “they will lose the 2015 general election despite the so called merger of their parties which is built on deceit, corruption and falsehood and as such want to invent excuses” ahead…
· Re-introduces 2-PLUS-1 Offer Leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria has rolled out an assortment of pocket-friendly tariff plans for BlackBerry users on its network. The telecom giant has also reintroduced BlackBerry Pay-For-Two-Get-One-Free plans, tagged Airtel 2-PLUS-1 Offer, which enables customers to make upfront payment for two subscriptions of any of the daily, weekly or monthly service options and get the third subscription free of charge. Similarly, Airtel has also adjusted the tariff for its BlackBerry Complete and Absolute plans. The subscription charge for the BlackBerry Complete service has been adjusted from N1400 to N1000, while the rate for…
From Sam Ade, Abuja : Stephen Keshi, Super Eagles coach is planning to give midfielder, Mosa Igiebor another chance to return to the national team. He however charged the Real Betis of Spain midfielder to buckle up if he must pick a shirt in the team. Specifically, Keshi noted that the gifted player must imbibe the spirit of team work. The Eagles coach said Igiebo’s none inclusion in the team for the FIFA Confederation Cup in Brazil was as a result of the injury he coped prior to the FIFA organised competition. “Nosa Igiebor was not invited for the last…