The International Criminal Court on Thursday postponed the trial of Kenya’s president on crimes against humanity charges until February, but the African Union said that’s not enough time and stepped up pressure for a one-year deferral. The judges made the announcement while an AU ministerial delegation was meeting behind... Read more
Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) Disown NOPA
Opinion October 31, 2013
The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has warned a group, Nigerian Online Publishers Association (NOPA)against parading itself as the body of Nigerian on-line publishers and dissociated its members from the latter which claims to be represent Nigerian online publishers. In a statement on Wednesday October 30, OPAN,... Read more
Alhaji Aminu Maigari, President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday led the ‘super Golden Eaglets’ from Al Ain to the historic city of Sharjah-about 25 minutes drive off the commercial city of Dubai-ahead of their quarter-final match against Uruguay on Saturday. The journey which took about two-and-half hour... Read more
By Emeka Ugwuonye, Esquire It is important to speak professionally on this matter for a number of reasons. There is really no case against Ms. Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, in any real sense of the term. What there may be is a pent-up sense of frustration, which... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The National Water Conference has called for appropriate short, medium and long term investments in the sector, including the construction of more dams, to effectively utilise Nigeria’s major river systems. This was part of a 10-point resolution made available to our correspondent at the end of... Read more
The one-week old massive protest embarked upon by the people of the four Eket core oil producing communities in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria against the operation of Exxon Mobil, has been suspended. A statement by representatives of the communities under the aegis of Eket Federal Constituency Vanguard said... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The choice on who succeeds the Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke in 2015 has pitched the governor against the Senate leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN). Already there are disagreements between the governor and his deputy, Efiok Cobham over the same issue. The... Read more
The last may not have been heard of the visit of Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu’s visit to President Goodluck Jonathan as the Alhaji Kawu Baraje-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied the alleged resignation of Governor Babangida Aliyu from its fold. Reliable sources told... Read more
As Brazil and Nigeria jostle to become the first four-time titlist at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup level, the Golden Eaglets have been tipped to best the boys from the land of Jogo Bonito by United Arab Emirates’ National Newspaper. In its preview of the second round of matc... Read more
Coach Manu Garba (MFR) said he already has a winning strategy in place to dismantle Iran in Tuesday’s 2013 Under-17 FIFA World Cup Second Round Match at the Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain. The match which would kick-off at 8:00 pm local time (5:00pm... Read more
