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Medal Table

State G S B Total

Delta 42 36 36 104

Rivers 32 21 25 78

Lagos 18 18 30 56

Edo 13 9 19 41

Bayelsa 13 7 12 32

Plateau 5 6 12 23

Ogun 4 11 15 30

Ondo 4 5 8 17

A/Ibom 3 8 8 19

C/River 3 6 6 15

…as at 7 p.m.

Written by Olayinka Olukoya- Abeokuta
Wednesday, December 5, 2012



GUNMEN, on Tuesday, abducted the wife of a member of the Ogun State House of Assembly representing Ijebu North East State Constituency, Honourable Samson Onademuren, Mrs Folashade Onademuren, the woman was reported to have been whisked away in a white Opel Astra car, at a construction site along Lewu Street, Obalende area of Ijebu- Ode.


It will be recalled that no fewer than six residents of the state were kidnapped in the outgoing year.


Confirming the development, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mr Muyiwa Adejobi, said the Command had started investigating the the matter.


He said that the state Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, had paid an on-the-spot assessment to the scene to strategise on her rescue.


The Police Command urged members of the public with useful information on the whereabouts of the woman which could lead to her release.


He said, “At about 1330 hrs, the case of abduction of one Mrs Folasade Onademunren, was reported to the command. She was taken away in a white Opel Astra car, at a construction site along Lewu St, Obalende, Ijebu by some hoodlums.


“The command is investigating assidiously. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Ikemefuna Okoye was at the scene to strategise on her rescue. We urge the public to assist in giving the police useful information that will lead to her rescue as soon as possible.”

1wolex85: First of all, don't eva compare lagos tolls to what fg is planning. A private company expanded the road and ALTERNATIVE route was provided (tho I dnt think dat one alternate route is sufficient). They are abt to start collecting toll on anoda part of the same expressway,do u know y dey are just startin? They were puttin anoda alternative route in place. Take lagos-ib expressway for instance, d govt just wnts to introduce tolls witout 1st fixing the road thru a private firm (gej always puts d cart b4 d horse).
Secondly,stop lying to prove ur point, wen did lastma start beating pple? D most dey can do is to impound ur car and extort money from u unjustly. I'll come to the subsidy issue when I av time

by Emmanuel Obe, Awka

A team of investment consultants from the United States has proposed to build a world-class hospital in Anambra State.

The team, which visited Governor Peter Obi in Awka on Monday, said the hospital, when completed, would employ more than 40 doctors and 1,000 nurses.

A member of the team, Dr. Maria Todd, said the hospital would also create opportunities for capacity development for other workers including technicians and engineers.

She explained that the hospital with advanced health facility could extend services to the West African sub-region, noting that the state had the potential to drive the process.

The traditional ruler of Ifite-Dunu, Igwe Emeka Ilouno, who is part of the team, said they wanted to key into the achievements recorded in the health sector by the Obi-led administration.

He noted that the group was responding to the governor's call to stakeholders to make the state attractive for investment.

Obi said with the right leadership, Nigeria could effectively harness its abundant potential to become a major player in world economy.

Establishing such world class hospital in the state, he said, was important to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Ibrahim Adekunle, “Limousine Tricycle” was one of the five selected inventions on the BBC’s coverage of the Maker Faire Africa, an exhibition for inventors which took place in Lagos. The picture of a regular tricycle popularly called Keke Marwa, but stretched to contain more seats. It carries about 10-13 people. He calls it a “Limousine Tricycle” and said he built it after cutting a normal tricycle into two and adding more seats and parts in between.

Five officers of the Central African Republic (CAR) Special Force have completed a 14 week training programme at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry in Jaji, Kaduna State.

The personnel are among the 159 officers from Nigeria who participated in the training which ended on Thursday.

The training was for Commanding Officers’ Course 24, Company Commanders’ Course 55, Young Officers’ Course 117, Senior Infantry Non Commission Officers Course two and Infantry Non Commission Officers’ Course 17.

The Commandant of the school, Maj.-Gen. Kenneth Osuji said the exercise was a blend of conventional warfare and military operations in non war situation, designed in response to current national security challenges.

He said the exercise was also meant to update the officers’ knowledge on various tactics in conventional warfare.

The commandant expressed satisfaction with the standard of the training and commended the officers for a good outing.

Earlier, the Chief Instructor, Tactics Wing, Col. Bulama Biu said a total of 159 students drawn from various military formations in the country and CAR participated in the training.

Biu said no casualty was recorded during the exercise which included both classroom and field work.

The News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the training covered areas such as converting insurgency, cordon and search tactics, dissidents dispersal and tactical field operation in conventional warfare.

Selected officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Customs Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, FRSC and NDLEA participated in the training.

Posted by: Okodili Ndidi Posted date: November 30, 2012

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha yesterday announced a 50per cent reduction in the tuition fees of non-indigenes in state-owned tertiary institutions.

The governor said his administration would pay the balance as an extension of its free education programme.

Okorocha spoke in Owerri, the state capital, when the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and Student Union Governments (SUGs) of tertiary institutions in the state visited him at the Government House.

The gesture is for non-indigenes in Imo State University, Imo State Polytechnic and College of Health Sciences, Amaigbo, whose counterparts of Imo origin are enjoying free education.

Okorocha restated the commitment of his administration to making education free at all levels.

The governor urged his counterparts in other states to adopt similar measures to create opportunities for Nigerian students in other tertiary institutions to enjoy free education.

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