Sunday 20 December 2015

Army donates food items, gifts to widows, wives of officers on battlefield

The 81 Division, Nigerian Army, says it has donated various food items and gifts to wives of the officers and soldiers on the battlefield.

Jonathan: The Making of an African Legend

When Vince Lombardi (June11, 1013 – September 3, 1970) said, “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand,” he probably had in minds the likes of former Nigeria’s president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

Gunmen abduct Dickson’s younger sister

Gunmen have abducted a 26-year-old younger sister of Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Seriake Dickson, Nancy Dickson, and her sales girl in Bayelsa State.

Teen died shielding three girls from gunfire in US shooting

A US high school footballer has been hailed a hero after he died shielding three girls from gunfire during a shooting spree in Tennessee

John Terry rejects "rumours of player power" at Chelsea

Chelsea captain John Terry has used today's programme notes to deny rumours that dressing-room unrest led to the departure of manager Jose Mourinho. 

66 soldiers on death row saved

For the 66 soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny and other offences in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East, the good news is that they will no longer face the firing squad.

Diezani plots to relocate from UK

Embattled ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke,  is on the verge of leaving her present abode in the United Kingdom for the Commonwealth of Dominica  where she has reportedly  acquired the citizenship.

Obama names Nigerian into human trafficking council

United States President Barack Obama has named a Nigerian-American journalist and Anti-human Trafficking advocate, Bukola Love Oriola, as a member of the US Advisory Council on Human Trafficking.

Obagoal bags American citizenship

Nigeria international Obafemi Martins will no longer count as a foreigner for Seattle Sounders as he has been listed as an American following the issuance of a Green Card to the ex-Inter Milan forward.

UNICEF donates to orphanage homes in Kaduna

Members of staff of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Kaduna Office, has donated food items worth N400, 000 to orphanages in Kaduna as part of its activity to mark the 2015 end of year celebration.