News Desk (Early Edition) Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Yinka Craig, ace broadcaster, dies of blood cancer - Govs, Nigerians mournACE broadcaster and sports analyst, Mr. Olayinka Craig, is dead. He died on Tuesday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America. He died of blood cancer which he had been battling since 2006. He was aged 60. MORE>>>
UN meeting on Bakassi put on hold
UN spokesperson, Michele Montas, told UN reporters that the postponement was because "President of Nigeria, Umaru Yar’Adua, will not be attending this year’s ordinary session of the General Assembly’’ MORE>>>
EFCC recorvers fake $2.1m in Kano
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it had recovered fake $2.1 million (about N247.8million) from a fraudster, Emmanuel Okoro, in Kano. MORE>>>
Newcastle FC’s Nigerian consortium place deposit of £200 miilion
Football circles in Nigeria and the United Kingdom are buzzing over the mysterious eight man consortia that are said to be in talks to purchase the English Premiership side Newcastle United. The group said to be in the Nigerian oil industry are represented by UK football agent Chris Nathaniels. MORE>>>
Nigeria improves on corruption ranking - Now 121st in the world
The efforts of the Federal Government at ridding the nation of corruption may have started yielding results as Nigeria further improved in the latest assessment of nations with corrupt practices globally. MORE>>>
Nigerian patients love to deny illnesses – CMD, others
Medical experts, including the Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Prof. Akin Osibogun, recount their experiences about patients who prefer spiritual homes to orthodox medicine. NIYI ODEBODE writes. MORE>>>
Exit of Mbeki
In a subdued television address he announced that he had submitted his letter of resignation to the speaker of parliament and would officially leave office once parliament chooses an interim successor, as it is expected to do within a month. MORE>>>
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