Over 170, 000 travel by water every day – LASWA

THE Lagos State Waterways Authority LASWA has completed the ridership exercise on users of water transport in the state and disclosedthat  more than 175,000 commuters use the water ways on a daily basis.

Enyimba’ll bounce back – Kalu

Former Abia state governor Orji Uzor Kalu blew his trumpet Wednesday,following Enyimba’s goalless outing in Gabon even as he promised to fight for the team in the next Senate.

Enyimba players in action

Kalu who is working for a place in the National Assembly,said it was time to breathe fresh air into the Elephants who he described as the Heart and Soul of Abia.
“I congratulate Enyimba, they did not let the people down.Their days of hunger will soon be over,change is imminent in Abia and as soon as that change comes, they will be born again.I shall take their case to the Senate to cleanse the injustice meted out to the boys in 2003,”Kalu said.
The Pillar of Sports reminded Nigerians of the plight of a team that broke a 35-year- old jinx,but got nothing from the Federal Government.
“Enyimba got nothing for winning the country’s first CAF Cup in 2003.That is unfair.When Shooting Stars lifted the Winner’, Cup in 1976,they got money.Rangers retained the trophy in 1977 and were rewarded.Green Eagles became Landlords for winning the Nations Cup in1980.Why must the Aba squad be left out?”,he asked.

Messi leads Argentina against Eagles

Reigning FIFA Player of the Year, Lionel Messi will be leading other Argentine super stars to play against the Super Eagles in a FIFA-accredited friendly match on June 1st at the Abuja National Stadium.

ACF security parley: Ex-Generals lament state of insecurity

THE Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, convened round-table meeting on the security situation in the North ended in Kaduna, yesterday, with retired military generals, retired intelligence chiefs and ex-police big wigs from the North insisting that more needed to be done on the rising tide of mass murder and destruction of properties in some of the Northern states.

Northern alliance against Jonathan does not exist-Lar

THE pioneer National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Solomon Lar, said yesterday that talks of an impending northern alliance against the Presidential candidate of the party, President Goodluck Jonathan, only exist in the imagination of its protagonists.

FRSC identifies causes of accidents

Mr Habu Dauda, the Sector Commander of the FRSC in Katsina State has attributed the increase in road accidents in the state to  lack of patience among drivers.

FOI bill: It is all about accountability in govt- ACN

The ACN National Secretary, Sen.Lawal Shuaibu, said in Abuja that the FOI bill was not about pulling down the government but about transparency.

Arms shipment: I was misled by Aghajani – Jega

A Nigerian, Alli Abass Jega,  standing trial alongside Azim Aghajani, an Iranian, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, for arm importation yesterday, told the court that he (Jega) was misled by Aghajani to use his name and office address to bring in the seized consignments of arms and ammunition.

IFC village phone programme empowers women in Africai

The International Finance Corporation, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, yesterday disclosed  that its Village Phone programme has provided credit to nearly 6,000 women and trained close to 10,000 to set up phone service businesses in Madagascar, Malawi and Nigeria, increasing the economic participation of women in some of Africa’s most rural communities.

Jega, Oritsejafor for students’ summit

INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, have confirmed their intention to participate in the upcoming first Nigerian Tertiary Institutions Summit in Abuja between March 15 and 16, 2011.

Lenten: Fashola urges Christians to pray for successful polls

As Christians commence this year Lenten period, today, with the marking of the Ash Wednesday, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has stressed the need for faithful to use the period to seek the face of God on behalf of Nigeria and all Nigerians for a successful general elections

Bauchi air crash: Adeola, other ACN chieftains escape death

PROVIDENCE averted what would have been a disaster, yesterday, as the aircraft conveying the Vice Presidential candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Mr. Fola Adeola, and other party chieftains to Bauchi for a campaign rally crash landed at the city’s air strip

Martins: Instant Blues legend!

The last time Birmingham City won the League Cup was in 1963 when they defeated local rivals Aston Villa 3-1 on aggregate. It was their only major title in 48 years until Obafemi Martins changed all that on Sunday at the Wembley Stadium with a last-gasp winner that ensured the Blues won the Carling Cup at the expense of favourites Arsenal 2-1

Schoolboy aides arrest of his abductors

A 12-year-old schoolboy (name withheld), who was kidnapped two weeks ago, has aided the police to arrest his kidnappers.

Democracy has come to stay says army chief

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has declared that democracy has come to stay in the country and advised officers and men of the force to remain committed to the sustenance of democracy.

PDP vs ACN over Lagos

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, were yesterday mobilsing for a show of political supremacy in Lagos in five rival major political campaign rallies in the nation’s commercial capital

Jonathan’s aide, Abba-Aji, vows to scuttle FoI Bill

Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on National Assembly Matters, Senator Mohammed Abba Aji, vowed yesterday to ensure that the president does not sign the Freedom of Information, FoI, Bill into law even as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media, Senator Ayogu Eze assured that the Senate will pass the Bill, in accordance with the yearnings of Nigerians