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Archive for June, 2010
Archive for June, 2010
Jun. 30 | President Jonathan remarks:
1. Let me begin by expressing gratitude to the Almighty for making it possible for us all to witness the swearing-in of the new Independent National Electoral Commission team. With the Senate’s gracious confirmation of...
Jun. 30 | Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday banned the country’s football team from international competition for two years following their dismal showing at the World Cup, his office said.
“President Goodluck Jonathan has directed...
Jun. 30 | The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, has decried the low ranking of African universities worldwide.
The minister spoke on Sunday in Abuja at the Forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
She said that to reverse the trend, the African...
Jun. 29 | The Presidency has refuted media reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has submitted a report of its investigation concerning the alleged N2.3b scam to the President, describing the report as not only false but misleading.
In...
Jun. 28 | By Tope Folarin
As the immigration debate rages on,in, I I’ve been thinking about my own relationship with immigration.
Growing up, I always thought of America as a destination.
A place where most people, regardless of where they lived, wanted to be.
My...
Jun. 28 | Scotland Yard has admitted that police raided the Hendon home of a diplomat attached to the Nigerian High Commission after the warmth given off from his heating system was mistaken for signs of a cannabis factory.
Officers searched the house of the...
Jun. 28 | AP - Global engineering firm Technip Monday agreed to pay a 338-million-dollar fine for scheming to bribe Nigeria officials, the US Justice Department announced.
US officials had alleged that the Paris-based company was “engaged in a sophisticated,...
Jun. 27 | The arrest tally from rioting in downtown Toronto climbed above 500 on Sunday, including four who climbed through the sewer system and emerged near the lock-down area where world leaders were attending the G-20 summit.
Police said they hoped protests...
Jun. 26 | IOI, South Africa - Nigeria could face a ban by world football governing body Fifa following government interference in the way football is run in the country, officials have disclosed.
The National Sports Commission (NSC), which is headed by...
Jun. 25 | Once again, President Goodluck Jonathan has promised Nigerians that his government is determined to conduct a free and fair election in 2011. The president who spoke at a Pre G8/20 summit reception In Toronto, Canada where he will be meeting with leaders...
