Education Minister Charges Nigerian Universities to win Zain Africa Challenge Top Laurels
January 29, 2010 by tim · Comments Off
The Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Egwu has charged the Universities representing Nigeria at the 2010 edition of the Zain Africa Challenge to ensure the country maintain its top rating in the continent.
Sell nation’s refineries – Amaechi – Vanguard
January 29, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Ameachi of Rivers State has called on the Federal Government to sell its refineries to private operators for effective management.
According to the governor, government has never been known to be productive in running businesses.
Why fuel scarcity may not abate – IPMAN – Tribune
January 29, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The zonal chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Western zone, Chief Olatunji Aderoju, on Thursday, raised the alarm on the lingering scarcity of petroleum products in the country, saying the situation may worsen, as Federal Government had reneged its promise to make the products available at affordable prices.
15 days after, Haitian girl rescued from rubble – The Guardian
January 29, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
From the rubble of a home near the destroyed St. Gerard University in Haiti, a teenage girl was yesterday rescued 15 days after an earthquake devastated the city.
The Associated Press (AP) said that Darlene Etienne was rushed to a French military field hospital and then to the French military hospital ship Sirroco, groaning through an oxygen mask with her eyes open in a lost stare.
Kidnapped Edo CAN chairman regains freedom – The Punch
January 29, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Chairman, Edo State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Peter Imasuen, who was kidnapped on Sunday on his way home from the church, has been released after five days in his captors’ den.
Senate to Probe NAFDAC’s Denial of Access to Kano Airport – Thisday
January 29, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Senate Committee on Health yesterday said it would investigate the alleged refusal by the authorities of the Kano International Airport to allow the National Agency for Food Drug and Administration Control (NAFDAC) to perform its statutory functions.
Ex- bank workers lay siege at meeting – The Nation
January 29, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Trade Union Congress (TUC), the umbrella body of the Association of Senior Staff of Banks Insurance and Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI), yester held a stakeholders meeting over non-payment of severance allowance of sacked bank workers.
Banks toxic assets grow, govt defends body on bad loans – The Guardian
January 29, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
Nigerians banks are still reeling under the burden of heavy toxic waste. As at yesterday, the Federal Government said the toxic waste in the banking system was N1.35 trillion.
Some senior government officials, who defended the “Bill for Act to Establish the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria and Related Matters (AMCON) at a public hearing organised by the House of Representatives, said the quantum of non-performing loans in the system was unhealthy for the economy.
Woman gives birth to baby boy at AC rally – The Punch
January 29, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
A woman was delivered of a baby boy at the mega-rally held at Onitsha by the Action Congress to mobilise support for the candidate of the party in the February 6 governorship election in Anambra State.
Lawyers join Anambra judiciary workers protest – Vanguard
January 29, 2010 by Bunmi Awolusi · Comments Off
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Anambra State, yesterday joined judiciary workers in a protest against the continued closure of courts, following the non implementation of the consolidated judiciary salary scale being demanded by the workers.
