A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Sunday morning off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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Saturday, July 30, 2011
Niger Insurance Plc Jobs for Marketing Officer
Niger Insurance Plc, one of the leading insurance companies in Nigeria is recruiting Marketing Officers
As a result of our continuous business expansion, there is need to employ self motivated marketing officers.
As a result of our continuous business expansion, there is need to employ self motivated marketing officers.
Libyan rebel commander shot dead
Libyan rebel commander Gen Abdel Fattah Younes was shot dead by a militia linked to his own side, a rebel minister has said.
Ronaldo joined the European Central Bank
Cristiano Ronaldo, the most expensive footballer in history, has joined the European Central Bank (ECB) on a free transfer. Sources say the authorities want his help on the sovereign debt crisis – by kicking the can further down the road.
Chelsea wins Villa 2;0
Fernando Torres scores his second goal for Chelsea in a 2-0 pre-season victory over Aston Villa in Hong Kong. Josh McEachran scores Chelsea's first.
Nigeria; Pastor Oritsejafor response to Sultan on Islamic Banking
Responding in a telephone interview last night, NIREC co-chairman, Pastor Oritsejafor thanked the Sultan, who he described as a personal friend, for endeavoring to speak out at last, saying that the whole
Ranking of Universities in Nigeria
| WORLD RANK | UNIVERSITY | SIZE | VISIBILITY | RICH FILES | SCHOLAR | |
| 3499 | University of Ibadan | 3,764 | 5,753 | 7,770 | 1,715 | |
| 3753 | University of Ilorin | 5,085 | 10,254 | 2,065 | 2,122 | |
| 3806 | Ahmadu Bello University | 4,153 | 9,868 | 6,315 | 1,569 | |
| 3879 | Obafemi Awolowo University | 5,785 | 9,527 | 5,206 | 1,610 | |
| 3942 | University of Lagos | 5,238 | 10,558 | 5,513 | 1,544 | |
| 4554 | University of Benin | 5,995 | 5,991 | 12,491 | 1,634 | |
| 4833 | University of Agriculture Abeokuta | 5,401 | 12,807 | 9,596 | 1,177 | |
| 5376 | University of Jos | 6,052 | 11,504 | 3,923 | 2,360 | |
| 5396 | University of Nigeria Nsukka | 3,249 | 11,404 | 9,401 | 1,858 | |
| 7169 | Covenant University | 6,718 | 12,994 | 6,563 | 2,389 | |
| 7937 | Auchi Polytechnic | 4,940 | 4,498 | 18,122 | 7,229 | |
| 8376 | National Open University of Nigeria | 10,190 | 11,092 | 6,048 | 4,330 | |
| 8881 | University of Port Harcourt | 6,262 | 11,370 | 9,765 | 5,505 | |
| 9258 | Federal University of Technology Akure | 11,185 | 12,730 | 12,677 | 1,906 | |
| 9790 | Babcock University | 9,769 | 11,606 | 6,943 | 7,229 | |
| 11563 | Pan-African University | 10,046 | 10,426 | 15,391 | 7,229 | |
| 11616 | African University of Science & Technology Abuja | 12,135 | 8,711 | 15,297 | 7,229 | |
| 11677 | Usmanu Danfodiyo University | 12,793 | 11,322 | 9,783 | 7,229 | |
| 11985 | Lagos State University | 13,209 | 11,669 | 9,764 | 7,229 | |
Barclay asia cup; Chelsea 2; Aston Villa 0
Chelsea defeated Aston Villa to claim the pre-season cup in Hong kong; Fernando Torres scores only his second goal for Chelsea in a 2-0 pre-season victory over Aston Villa in Hong Kong. Josh McEachran scores Chelsea's first.
Islamist militia behind the killing of Libyan rebel
An Islamist militia was behind the killing of Libyan rebel commander Gen Abdel Fattah Younes, who was shot dead on Thursday, a rebel minister has said.
Ali Tarhouni said Gen Younes was killed by members of the Obaida Ibn Jarrah Brigade, a group linked to the rebels.
Gen Younes defected to the rebels in February after serving in the Libyan leadership since the 1969 coup which brought Col Muammar Gaddafi to power.
Meanwhile Nato says it bombed Libyan state TV transmitters overnight.
The Libyan Broadcasting Authority said three of its technicians were killed and 15 other people injured in the attack in the capital, Tripoli.
The alliance said it had disabled three satellite transmission dishes through a "precision air strike".
Last Minutes Shopping for Ramadan as prices Rise
Like other Ramadan, prices of food items in the market tend to climb high and this year is not an exception, because most Muslim households buy foodstuff in bulk in preparation for the fasting period in which a variety of mouth-watering meals are prepared.
A survey of local Markets in Lagos, Nigeria shows that many people are trying to get what they will need for the fasting period and this has resulted in to high prices of food stuff.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Policemen nabbed for Robbery
Four mobile policemen have been arrested in connection with a bank robbery at the Owutu, Ikorodu branch of a new generation bank in January this year.Investigation by detectives at the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, of Lagos State Command, revealed, yesterday, that the mobile policemen were on their way back from another successful operation, when they were arrested, Monday.
Vanguard gathered that on reaching Iyana-Ipaja, they were accosted by policemen on stop-and-search and that they introduced themselves as policemen to their colleagues on duty. They also displayed their identification cards.
however, one of the policemen was said to have spotted a mask kept carelessly on the driver’s seat, consequent upon which he called the attention of the leader of the team, who summoned the mobile policemen for questioning.
Not satisfied with their explanation, they were reportedly taken to SARS, Ikeja for further interrogation.
Police sources said during preliminary investigation, one of them was discovered to have once been arrested over a robbery incident. The detectives, it was gathered, visited his home where they discovered his bank documents, with figures in his account running into millions of naira.
Sources said they eventually opened up on their atrocities, yesterday.
Police sources to Vanguard that they confessed to storming a commercial bank in Ikorodu in January and broke into the bank’s vault, carting away millions of naira, before leaving the bank unchallenged.
Police sources said the leader of the gang was a sergeant who was promoted to the rank of an Inspector recently, adding that one of them is attached to the Port Terminal, Apapa.
It was gathered that they were five in number. But the fifth policeman, a Corporal, reportedly escaped when he got wind of his colleagues’ arrest. The Corporal, it was gathered, headed straight to his duty post at one of the Mobile Squadrons in Lagos, after Monday’s successful operation.
He was said to have been manning the gate, Tuesday morning, when he got wind that the bubble had burst and reportedly feigned sickness.
Vanguard gathered that on reaching Iyana-Ipaja, they were accosted by policemen on stop-and-search and that they introduced themselves as policemen to their colleagues on duty. They also displayed their identification cards.
however, one of the policemen was said to have spotted a mask kept carelessly on the driver’s seat, consequent upon which he called the attention of the leader of the team, who summoned the mobile policemen for questioning.
Not satisfied with their explanation, they were reportedly taken to SARS, Ikeja for further interrogation.
Police sources said during preliminary investigation, one of them was discovered to have once been arrested over a robbery incident. The detectives, it was gathered, visited his home where they discovered his bank documents, with figures in his account running into millions of naira.
Sources said they eventually opened up on their atrocities, yesterday.
Police sources to Vanguard that they confessed to storming a commercial bank in Ikorodu in January and broke into the bank’s vault, carting away millions of naira, before leaving the bank unchallenged.
Police sources said the leader of the gang was a sergeant who was promoted to the rank of an Inspector recently, adding that one of them is attached to the Port Terminal, Apapa.
It was gathered that they were five in number. But the fifth policeman, a Corporal, reportedly escaped when he got wind of his colleagues’ arrest. The Corporal, it was gathered, headed straight to his duty post at one of the Mobile Squadrons in Lagos, after Monday’s successful operation.
He was said to have been manning the gate, Tuesday morning, when he got wind that the bubble had burst and reportedly feigned sickness.
President Jonathan on Single term
President Jonathan’s commitment to a single term for the President and Governors is borne out of a patriotic zeal, after a painstaking study and belief that the constitutionally guaranteed two terms for Presidents and
Governors is not helping the focus of Governance and institutionalization of democracy at this stage of our development. A longer term for lawmakers would also help to stabilize the polity.
President Jonathan is concerned about the acrimony which the issue of re-election, every four years, generates both at the Federal and State levels. The nation is still smarting from the unrest, the desperation for power and the overheating of the polity that has attended each general election, the fall-out of all this is the unending inter and intra-party squabbles which have affected the growth of party democracy in the country, and have further undermined the country’s developmental aspirations.
In addition, the cost of conducting party primaries and the general elections have become too high for the economy to accommodate every four years. The proposed amendment Bill is necessary to consolidate our democracy and allow elected Executives to concentrate on governance and service delivery for their full term, instead of running governments with re-election as their primary focus.
This clarification has become necessary in the light of certain reports in a section of the media that the proposed Bill is meant to elongate President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure.
Nothing can be more untrue. The energy that has been devoted to speculations on the content of the likely bill is akin to an attempt to force the abortion of a non-existent pregnancy. The details of the Bill will be clear in terms of its provisions when it is forwarded to the National Assembly for consideration. The President makes it clear that his push for a single tenure for the office of the President and that of the Governors is not borne out of any personal interest. The proposed amendment will not have anything to do with him as a person; what he owes Nigerians is good governance, and he is singularly committed to this. Besides, it is trite law that the envisaged amendment cannot have a retroactive effect. This means that whatever single-term tenure that is enacted into law by the National Assembly will take effect from 2015.
The President also states that the greater good of Nigeria is greater than the ambition of any one individual. The envisaged Bill is part of the Jonathan administration’s transformation agenda aimed at sanitizing the nation’s politics. The President believes that this single move, when actualized, will change the face of our politics and accelerate the overall development of our nation. If the proposed amendment is accepted by the National Assembly, the President assures that he will not in any way be a beneficiary.
(Sgd)Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity)
State House,
Abuja
Governors is not helping the focus of Governance and institutionalization of democracy at this stage of our development. A longer term for lawmakers would also help to stabilize the polity.
President Jonathan is concerned about the acrimony which the issue of re-election, every four years, generates both at the Federal and State levels. The nation is still smarting from the unrest, the desperation for power and the overheating of the polity that has attended each general election, the fall-out of all this is the unending inter and intra-party squabbles which have affected the growth of party democracy in the country, and have further undermined the country’s developmental aspirations.
In addition, the cost of conducting party primaries and the general elections have become too high for the economy to accommodate every four years. The proposed amendment Bill is necessary to consolidate our democracy and allow elected Executives to concentrate on governance and service delivery for their full term, instead of running governments with re-election as their primary focus.
This clarification has become necessary in the light of certain reports in a section of the media that the proposed Bill is meant to elongate President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure.
Nothing can be more untrue. The energy that has been devoted to speculations on the content of the likely bill is akin to an attempt to force the abortion of a non-existent pregnancy. The details of the Bill will be clear in terms of its provisions when it is forwarded to the National Assembly for consideration. The President makes it clear that his push for a single tenure for the office of the President and that of the Governors is not borne out of any personal interest. The proposed amendment will not have anything to do with him as a person; what he owes Nigerians is good governance, and he is singularly committed to this. Besides, it is trite law that the envisaged amendment cannot have a retroactive effect. This means that whatever single-term tenure that is enacted into law by the National Assembly will take effect from 2015.
The President also states that the greater good of Nigeria is greater than the ambition of any one individual. The envisaged Bill is part of the Jonathan administration’s transformation agenda aimed at sanitizing the nation’s politics. The President believes that this single move, when actualized, will change the face of our politics and accelerate the overall development of our nation. If the proposed amendment is accepted by the National Assembly, the President assures that he will not in any way be a beneficiary.
(Sgd)Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity)
State House,
Abuja
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