In rudimentary economics, land is classified as one of the basic requirements for production of goods or services. But the rising crave for this free gift of nature among a few rich class in Nigeria, especially within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT...
Jose Callejon is full of ambition ahead of the 2012-13 campaign, and has vowed to do his utmost to help Los Blancos to success. Callejon stressed that he’s determined to help Real Madrid to win more silverware next season after winning the 2011-1...
The Nigerian Super Eagles yesterday began the quest for a place at the 2014 FIFA World Cup on a good note with a slim 1-0 win over the Brave Warriors of Namibia in Calabar. The victory gave the Nigerian side the needed maximum three points at stake. Th...
The Abuja home of Flying Eagles assistant coach Samuel Abimbola was burgled Sunday morning. Abimbola, who is away on official duty with the Nigeria U-20 team in South Africa, disclosed that his family were away at Sunday service when the incident happe...
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic completed his third career comeback from two sets down yesterday to pull out a 4-6, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 victory over No. 22 Andreas Seppi and keep his hopes alive to win a fourth straight Grand Slam tournament. Djokovic won...
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will arrive Lagos, Nigeria tomorrow afternoon from Johannesburg, South Africa, officials have disclosed. The Nigeria U-20 team featured in the Cape Town International Challenge and was eliminated in the first round of a gr...
Salah Mejri who led Tunisia to their first Olympic qualification with dominant displays in the low post last summer at the Afrobasket in Madagascar has predicted that Nigeria will not survive the Olympics playoffs for a place in the London Olympics. Th...
The Katampe chiefdom in the Bwari area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) at the weekend, honoured a philanthropist, Chief James Jephthah with the traditional title of Sardauna Katampe I. Secretary of the traditional council, Mr. Ismaila Ji...
Despite stiff opposition, the Rivers State House of Assembly recently passed into law, a controversial bill that provided for the payment of pensions to governors and their deputies. Tagged the “Rivers State Public Office Holders (Payment of Pens...
Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Smart Adeyemi has commended the chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Micah Jiba over impressive projects implementation in the council. Adeyemi, gave the commenda...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Friday shared the sum of N703.55 million among its six area councils – Abaji, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and Kwali. The money is part of the April 2012 reven...
Former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Audu Ogbeh and chairman BUA Group, Alhaji Abdulsamad Ishaku Ibrahim are among those that will this week hold a fund raising dinner for the gubernatorial campaign of the Edo State governor, Com...
A 23-year-old woman, Blessing Eyo Okon, was recently electrocuted when a Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, cable cut and fell at the corridor of her hair dressing saloon as a result of a heavy rainstorm. The incident occurred at 25 Mo...
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the State House of Assembly seem to be at logger-heads following the refusal of the government to sign into law the amended act of the State Traffic Management Agency (TIMARIV). The House had emb...
Alarmed state governors last month disclosed of plans to hold a summit in June over the security situation in the country. Chibuzo Ukaibe, in this analysis, x-rays the issues likely to dominate the discussion. This month of June is quite significant fo...