South Africa's Vodacom beat expectations with both its full-year profit and dividend, helped by a surge in mobile data usage that showed its diversification beyond voice revenue is paying off. Vodacom, which operates mainly in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania, is fighting to defend market share from competitors such as MTN Group and India's Bharti Airtel,…
15 May 2011 Portuguese goal machine Cristiano Ronaldo equalled the all-time league record of 38 goals with a brace in Real Madrid's 3-1 victory at Villarreal on Sunday. Ronaldo made it nine goals in his last three games with a 22nd minute free-kick and a last minute strike to stay on course to pick up the Pichichi trophy for the…
The Anambra State government has been rewarded with $750,000 (N120 million) by the European Union and UNICEF in recognition of its performance in EU/UNICEF joint projects. The state commissioner for budget and economic planning, Chinyere Okunna, who is also the authoring officer for EU/UNICEF programme, said yesterday in Awka at a contract signing ceremony, that Anambra was one of two…
The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said that four percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is lost to trauma every year. The minister said this in Abuja on Monday at the inauguration of a course on trauma and fracture management organised for Nigerian orthopaedics by an association which focuses on the study of internal fixation of fractures.…
The Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko on Monday challenged the newly elected members of the National Assembly to always address the fundamental needs of the electorate in their legislative business so as to rekindle their hope in the nation's democracy. The governor stated this in his office during a courtesy call on him by the members-elect of the Senate and…
Ego and Nyore's new videos Singer, Ego last week premiered a new video titled ‘I Believe'. The video which is a dedication to the crises ruined Jos city, Plateau State, relates the account of two journalists who visited the state after the crisis in January. The video was premiered on Bellanaija.com and was directed by Kemi Adetiba. The Imo State…
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16 May 2011 Nigeria international Victor Nsofor will not go down with relegated West Ham and hopes to stay up in the English top flight with either Fulham or Aston Villa. The 24-year-old striker has already told MTNFootball.com exclusively that he will be a free agent at the end of the season after Italian club Inter Milan failed to evoke…
16 May 2011 The draw for the 2011 African Champions League group stages has set up some intriguing ties in a competition that is once again dominated by north Africa. In fact, Group B of this years competitions looks likely to be an all-north African affair as Mouloudia Alger (Algeria), Al Ahly (Egypt) and Esperance (Tunisia) will be joined by…
16 May 2011 Injured striker Emmanuel Emenike and Chibuzor Okonkwo, who is nursing an ankle injury, are in the Eagles squad for next months top games. MTNFootball.com has again scooped that despite their injury problems both Emenike and Heartland defender Okonkwo remain very much a big part of coach Samson Siasias plans for the double-header against Argentina and Ethiopia in…
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15 May 2011 Togo have dethroned Nigeria as champions of the sub-regional WAFU Cup winning 3-2 and so doing, halted Samson Siasias winning streak as Eagles coach. Since taking charge of Nigeria in December, Siasia has won his first six games, but Togo stopped this impressive run Saturday afternoon. The Hawks of Togo thus pocked the cash prize of $25,000.…
I have always wondered what it takes to be the minister of any ministry, especially in Nigeria; but since I discovered that there are no special training programmes to qualify individuals for such positions, I have shifted my curiosity to why most ministers of the Federal Republic behave like ‘local almighties'. Those of us who have reason to visit one…
"You will find your knicker inside the portmanteau in the bedroom. Drink the rest of the ovaltine in that tumbler in the pantry, and don't forget your nib in the parlour before you rush off to school." This model sentence portrays what could have been said by any mother in Nigeria to a schoolchild on a morning in 1953. Knicker,…