The Nigeria Football Federation have said they cannot commit on a resumption date for recently appointed technical director Tom Saintfiet. NFF general secretary, Musa Amadu, told MTNFootball.com that the federation's biggest challenge...
Gay and lesbian athletes from dozens of countries that outlaw homosexuality, should seek asylum in Britain during the Olympic Games in London to escape persecution or even death at home, a prominent human rights activist said on Tuesday. The advice cam...
Two private investigators were on Tuesday arrested for alleged 20,000 pound bribery in connection with the investigations into money laundering charges against former Delta governor James Ibori. The officers, who were alleged to have been hired b...
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ian Martin, has welcomed the successful conclusion of voter registration ahead of the country’s legislative election scheduled for June....
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has been given a key role in the G8’s next phase of a shared commitment to achieve global food security. The Alliance made this known in a statement on Wednesday. It said the Scaling Seeds and ...
A pastor, Mr Jimoh Ajose, on Wednesday urged a Badagry Customary Court to dissolve his six-year-old marriage, accusing his wife, Mrs Abosede Ajose, of using charms on him. The pastor, who lives on Gboko Street, Igborosun, Badagry, alleged that aside us...
The Senate has challenged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to name the ``criminals and rogues'' alleged to be members of the National Assembly. Senate spokesman Enyinnaya Abaribe announced the Senate's position at a news conference on Wed...
Suspected armed robbers on Wednesday killed a police Inspector and one civilian at marina area of Sokoto metropolis. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that Alhaji Aliyu Musa, commissioner of police, confirmed the incident. Mus...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and an NGO, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), have called for diligent prosecution of those indicted in the fuel subsidy probe report. The groups made the call on Wednesday while reacting t...
A Black polythene bag placed in a water chamber beside the Baptist model Nursery/primary school by the ever busy Ahmadu Bello way on Wednesday, caused panic as people thought it contained an explosive. The news went round Kaduna and its environs that a...
The World Gala Premiere of Nollywood movie - LAST FLIGHT TO ABUJA will hold at the Troxy Cinema, 490 Commercial Road , London, E1 0HX on Friday, June 8th, 2012 from 6.30pm.
Of late, stories about the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, both sweet and sour, have been in the news. In this interview with KAZEEM AKINTUNDE, Aregbesola speaks on the steps he is taking to restore a healthy socio-economic life for his people, a...
Former Super Eagles captain and Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ambassador, Nwankwo Kanu has described Mikel’s involvement in Chelsea’s historic win of the European Champions League as another milestone for Nigerian players. Nwankwo, who ...
The President of the Nigeria Polo Federation Francis Ogboru has said he is very impressed with the just concluded Unity Polo Tournament held in Abuja. The week long tournament which was hosted at the Guards Brigade Club Abuja had 21 clubs with over 80 ...
The travel travails of the Super Eagles are yet to be over just a day before the international friendly in Lima against Peru. On Sunday, drug incident at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, forced the cancellation of the Iberia Airliner that the Sup...