Head coach of the Nigeria national team, Stephen Keshi has identified Anthony Laffor as the main threat his side will face when the Super Eagles face Liberia’s Lone Star in the final round of qualifying for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Both na...
Following the government pronouncement last week after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting that there would be no government’s official delegation to the 2012 Olympics in London, Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission ...
Rivers State Governor has asked players and officials of Dolphins to go all out and give him another League trophy. Rivers State Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has charged Dolphins to win the Nigeria Premier League again and return to government hous...
Former Super Eagles Coach and founder of SiaOne Soccer Academy, Samson Siasia has called on Nigerians to beware of an alleged fraudster called Nigel Aisosa who claimed to be organizing a football Academy Camp this Saturday at the NYSC Camp, Kubwa in Ab...
For many indigenes of Ibese, a sleepy town in Egbado north local government area of Ogun State, June 25, would forever, remain evergreen in their mind. That was the day crisis broke out between the Yoruba and their Hausa brothers. To many indigenes of ...
These are not the best of times for Chris Okotie, pastor and head, Household of God. Since he announced his separation from his second wife, Stephanie two weeks ago, many Lagosians have been wondering whether it was proper for the man of God to divorce...
Minister of Information Labaran Maku on Tuesday in Abuja advised journalists in the country to agree on a template of ethics that would protect the integrity of the profession and professionals. Maku gave the advice at a two-day conference on the role ...
Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Tuesday urged parts of the Northern region where violence is persisting, to embrace peace for the overall economic transformation of the region. Yakowa made the appeal in a statement signed by his Special Assistan...
Malam Mohammed Garba, President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, said his union would on Wednesday hold a crucial meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, on the payment of the ``weigh-in''...
Former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has called on the Federal Government to reform the Nigeria Police Force to enable it to tackle corruption and insecurity in the country. Ribadu made the call on Tuesd...
The Supreme Court in Abuja on Tuesday confirmed Akwa Ibom as the owner of the 76 offshore oil wells claimed by Cross River. Delivering the judgment, Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour held that Cross River was stripped of its littoral status by the cedin...
The Osun Government on Tuesday said it would stand as guarantor to enable 40 of its indigenes operating as commercial drivers in the FCT to access car loans from commercial banks. Mr Segun Bada, the Senior Special Assistant to the Osun Gover...
The President of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Mr Mustafa Shehu, said on Tuesday that the society would work with organisations willing to help curb cases of building collapse in the country. Shehu made the pledge in Abuj...
Governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors` Forum (NGF) are to meet on Wednesday to find a lasting solution to the country`s security challenges. A source, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on grounds of anonymity, said&n...
Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy President of Senate and Chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Review, on Tuesday reiterated the National Assembly's commitment to the norms of democratic process. Ekweremadu made this known at a National Conference ...