Kano Pillars’ head coach, Baba Ganaru, fears his team face an early exit from the 2013 Caf Champions League. Ganaru thinks inactivity now threatens his side’s campaign in Africa’s premier club football competition. The coach, who was ...
The two UEFA Grade A Coaches from Manchester United, England have described the Glo Soccer Academy as a “fantastic programme.” Speaking at the Academy house in Lekki, Lagos, Adam Temple, one of the Manchester United coaches said the Academy...
The parliamentary staff association of Nigeria has granted hosting right of the 2013 parliamentary games to Rivers state. The decision, which was taken at the end of the 4th national executive council meeting of the Parliamentary Staff Association of N...
FCT contingent for the 18th National Sports Festival tagged ‘Eko 2012 Games’ which kickoff tomorrow in Lagos, will depart Abuja yesterday with 148 and 65 officials for Lagos ahead of tomorrow’s opening ceremony at the Teslim Balogun S...
Globacom Limited and the Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Friday unveiled the top five nominees for the 2012 African Footballer of the year Award which Ghana will host for an unprecedented fourth time on December 20. At a joint Press Confere...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arraigned a husband and wife before a chief magistrate court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja for assisting husband to jump police bail. The police has in their charge sheet alleged that one Chris Ozobia cons...
Victims of demolition exercises and low-income earners in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will soon get respite, as the FCT Minister, Sen. Bala Mohammed, has approved the allocation of 50 hectares of land to build the first phase of the Abuja Socia...
A prominent native doctor in Urhomehe in Orhiomwon Local Government Area of Edo State, Israel Odaro, has threatened to sue the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Major General Charles Airhiavbere (rtd) for defamation of ...
Due to its failure to clear the roads of abandoned vehicles, the Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen has accused operatives of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) of allegedly facilitating auto accidents around the Ovia bridge mouth, in Ovia North...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the new banking model is taking root in the country as it has issued merchant banking licence to two institutions one of which is poised to bring in N16 billion into the Nigerian economy. Speaking at a workshop or...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it has considered the IMF’s Work Programme for the next twelve months, with focus on key policies that, building on the latest reforms, will secure recovery and lay the found...
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has said the framework that would define the mode of operation for Agency Banking will be out by the middle of December this year. Sanusi while speaking at the Enhancing Financia...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has allocated not less than one hundred million naira as compensation to plots and farm owners in respect of the agency’s proposed building of its North West Zonal Office permanent site in Kaduna. N...
Fifteen customers of Enterprise Bank have emerged winners in the just concluded MoneyGram International 2012 Back-To-School promotion, which was tagged ‘MoneyGram Gear Off To School.’ In a statement, the bank said the promo, which ran for s...
No fewer than 500 out of the over 1500 Batch C corps members currently undergoing orientation in Sokoto State have conveniently secured their redeployment, a reliable source has said. While blaming the decision by the NYSC national headquarters for sof...