Imo Herald

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Big solar storm strikes the Earth, raises fears of disruption

Lionel Messi

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has become the first ever player to score five goals in a single Champions League match following Wednesday’s 7-1 thrashing of Bayer Leverkusen at Camp Nou

South Africa on the map

The South African government has issued an apology to the Nigerian government over the deportation of its citizens from the Johannesburg Airport, a gesture that was equally reciprocated by the Nigerian authorities causing a diplomatic row between the two countries.

L-R: Muhammad Lawal Bello, vice chairman, NERC; Sam Amadi, chairman, NERC, and Patrick Umeh, commissioner, Finance and Management Service, NERC, during the signing of the Independent Electricity Distribution Network Regulation and Embedded Generation in Abuja, yesterday. Pic by Tunde Adeniyi

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has signed into effect regulations for two critical licence types that would allow independent interests to generate and distribute power.

Aba Special Zone of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the public of fake Power Horse energy drink in circulation in the local market.

Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Mr Olugbenga Ashiru

Nigeria on Wednesday night deported 33 South Africans on arrival in the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

Arsene Wenger has been charged with improper conduct by UEFA after confronting referee Damir Skomina following Arsenal’s 3-0 win over AC Milan on Wednesday night.

Milan survive Arsenal onslaught

AC Milan survived an almighty scare against a rejuvenated Arsenal to scrape into the Champions League quarter-finals 4-3 on aggregate on Tuesday despite being thrashed 3-0 by the London side who almost pulled off mission impossible.