Sports: Eaglets :2 VS Mali :1

Nigerian Golden Eaglets Sunday at the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar. Cross River State defeated the Junior Eagles of Mali 2-0.
The Nigeria U-17 got the curtain raiser on 26mins, through Wilfred Nididi and the second goal was scored at the 88th minutes of play by Alhassan Ibrahim.

Sports: A Rampant Manchester City Moved To The Top

Manchester City went top in the Premier League by crushing Aston Villa 5-0 on Saturday, but third-placed Chelsea have now gone four games without a win after losing 2-1 at West Bromwich Albion.
David Silva’s scrappy 43rd-minute goal put City ahead at the Etihad Stadium, before penalties from Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez — awarded for handballs by Andreas Weimann and Barry Bannan — made it 3-0.

Job Vancacy: Medical Representative @ Novo Nordisk

The Middle Africa region covers 761 million people in 46 countries. Novo Nordisk has an established presence with human insulin and modern insulin in Africa and our focus today is to sustain the growth of the market and support the communities living with diabetes.
We are looking for a Medical Representative to be based in Akure, Abuja, Kaduna, Uyo, Enugu reporting to the Regional Manager- Nigeria. The expected start date in position is 1st of January, 2013.

News: Police Kill Four Suspected Robbers

The Police in Nasarawa State on Saturday killed four armed robbery suspects that had been terrorising  motorists  plying the Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga road.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Abayomi Akeremale, told t reporters in an interview, that the police over-powered the hoodlums and killed four of them during an exchange of fire.

News: Wife Stripped Naked By Her Husband

Mrs, Abosede Ademola pleaded with a Lagos Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, sitting in  Agege to dissolve her nine-year-old marriage on the grounds of being stripped naked by her husband, Azeez, who also tied her like a ram. The 35-year-old woman, who resides at  7, Community Street, Adiyan, Lagos, pleaded that the court grants her custody of the children.

News: Sex Tears Couple Apart

A 27-year-old woman, Mrs. Morufat Awinle, told an lgando Customary Court sitting in Lagos that after  her husband, Musibau, stopped her from having more children,  he insisted on having sex with her everyday.
The mother of three however informed the court that whenever she refused  to have sex with him, he would beat the hell out of her. She claimed that her husband lacked  care for her and their children, adding that this forced her to relocate to her parents home.

Job Vacancy: Technical Officer-Clinical Services @ FHI 360

Position Title: Technical Officer-Clinical Services   Location:                    State Office Supervisor:                State Program Coordinator                         Basic Function: Under the direct supervision of the State Program Coordinator and technical guidance from the Zonal Senior Technical Officer, the Technical Officer-Clinical Services will provide technical and programmatic support to implement high quality care and support activities with primary focus on clinical management of HIV/AIDS, TB, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS, reproductive health/family planning(RH/FP) and integrated medical services at the state and local government levels.

News: Bakassi Legal Backing For Fresh Case

DISTURBED by the maltreatment, violence and rape of Bakassi people by Cameroonian gendarmes and the failure of Cameroon to observe the Green tree agreement (GTA) Bakassi indigenes, lawmakers and other stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to file a fresh case to recover the Peninsula.
Coming 37days after Nigeria lost Bakassi to Cameroon on account of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, judgment of October 10, 2002, the stakeholders and participants of a National Dialogue on Bakassi organized by Project Nigeria and Citizens’ Advocacy Group at Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, recently, said with a fresh avalanche of facts Nigeria could recover the territory or minimize the loss, if the needful was done.

News: Jonathan Warned Against Fuel Price Hike By NLC

 

The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned the Federal Government against any surreptitious move to increase the price of petroleum products in the country.

NLC President, Mr. Abdulwahed Omar, warned in a statement on Friday that any increase in the price of fuel would lead to a crisis as the congress would call out Nigerians to resist it.

Omar called on President Goodluck Jonathan to focus government attention on the need to frontally tackle the corruption that had held the nation’s oil sector hostage.

News: Flood In Bayelsa

Scenes of floods in Bayelsa

Tempers rose at various flood relief camps in Bayelsa State following an eviction order issued to the victims by the state Emergency Flood Management Committee.

The committee, headed by the deputy governor of the state, Rear Admiral John Jonah (retd.), had ordered the victims to leave the camps and go back to their communities.

But the displaced persons, who spoke to us on Saturday, accused the committee members of working at variance with the promises of the government to resettle them.

Job Vacancy: Financial And Citizen Services Agent @ Nigerian Postal Service (Nipost)

The Nigerian Postal Service in conjunction with One Network has concluded arrangements to upgrade the network of postal outlets as a renewed shared services platformfor the provision of financial, postal and other citizen services in every neighbourhood across Nigeria. This is an opportunity for small scale entrepreneurs and investors to participate in the provision of Mobile Money, Money Transfer, Bill Payments, National Identity Registration, Insurance, Microfinance, Education and Examination Enrolment, Courier as well as other Postal Services to people living in their neighbourhood and earn commission from providing these services on daily basis.
We require the services of the below position:
Job Title: Financial and Citizen Services Agent

Job Vancacies: Production Operation Advisor @ WTS Energy

WTS Energy is an Oil and Gas company in Nigeria and Abroad, we seek the following for urgent and long term employment
Job Title: Production Operation Advisor (Offshore)
Job Code: WTMD01915
Job Location: Offshore, Nigeria
Job Responsibilities:
Responsabilities for an Production Advisor (Offshore) will include but are not limited to the following;
To coordinate the safe execution of Production Operations activities of the offshore assets as single cohesive unit
Ensure efficient and safe operations and maintenance on board the FPSO including well control of subsea systems using competent personnel and in accordance with the code of practice in the Oil and Gas industry
To ensure that company production targets are met and export quality crude is produced on the FPSO
Mentor and train National Production Engineers.
Review work performance of production team in all aspects of procedures and production facilities
Provide advisory role to the Offshore Field Superintendent

News: A 28-year Old Suspected Facebook Fraudster Arraigned

A 28-year old suspected Facebook fraudster, Benjamin Asuahor, of Eleko town in Lagos State was on Thursday arraigned before an Abuja Magistrates’ Court, Life Camp for alleged cheating.
The accused, who appeared before Chief Magistrate Rahmatu Gulma, was also charged with criminal breach of trust and criminal intimidation, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

News: Nigerians Deported From UK Over Scams

At least 60 Nigerians resident in the United Kingdom have been deported because of various criminal offences.
We learnt that some of the deportees had contravened immigration rules.
While some were deported for their involvement in crimes such as rape, stealing, smoking and selling of hard drugs, others used fake visa or engaged in fake marriages.
Some of the deportees told us at the airport that they had lived in the UK for long but could not get residence permit.

Polities: You Can’t Appoint Council Officials Mr Governor Says Court

An Ado Ekiti High Court has ruled that the state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, does not have the constitutional power to appoint key officials of local governments in the state.

Justice Isaac Ogunyemi had, in his ruling on Monday, said the governor did not have the power to appoint secretaries, personal assistants and supervisors for the local governments.

Polities: PDP And ACN Supporters Clash In Ekiti Again.

No fewer than seven persons  were seriously injured in Ado-Ekiti Thursday as supporters of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and those of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed over the pasting of the posters of former governor of the state, Mr Ayo Fayose.

News: Kaduna To Legalize Vigilante Groups

Kaduna State Government on Thursday said it would legalise operations of vigilante groups to assist in securing the lives and property of people at the grassroots.
The Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kish Adamu, represented by his Permanent Secretary, Mohammed Aminu, told newsmen after the state executive council meeting in Kaduna. Adamu said the incessant security challenges witnessed in the state neccessiated the need for the government to legalise vigilante groups to assist in safeguarding the people.
He said the council had approved a draft bill on the establishment of vigilante service, which would be submitted to the State House of Assembly for passage into law.

News: Poor State Of FCT's Camp Facility By Corps Menmbers

Some corps members of the 2012 Batch C at NYSC FCT camp in Kubwa, on Thursday decried the poor state of the camp facilities.
They called on the FCT authority to assist in providing facilities, especially toilets to assist the thousands of corps members posted to the territory.
Some of the corps members have resorted to using the near-by bush as toilets.

News: A 73-year Old Nigerian Woman Drug Suspect Died In Brazil

A 73-year old Nigerian woman, held for suspected involvement in drug peddling by Brazilian authorities has died in a hospital in that Country.
Mrs. Hafsat Awosade, a grandmother, was reportedly held early last year by Brazillian security authorities with illicit drugs. She died last week.
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa(ACN-Lagos), who announced this at a press briefing yesterday, regretted that Mrs. Awosade died before she was found guilty of allegations of drug dealing.

News: Grandfather Graduated With First Class Honor In UI.

A grandfather, Mr Aderemi Alli, was among the 21 first class graduates produced by the University of Ibadan (UI) at its convocation on Thursday in Ibadan.
The university graduated a total of 1,582 students for the 2011/2012 academic session with 243 graduating in Second Class (Upper Division) and 920, Second Class (Lower Division). A total of 135 of the students graduated with Third Class and 203 Pass.