The Iberian derby takes centre stage in the European Championship as Portugal takes on defending champions Spain in the semi final today. Portugal is chasing its first ever international title while Spain is gunning for its third consecutive internatio...
One of the main features of the 18th African Athletics Championship (AAC) which kicks off today at the Stade d’Lamite in Port Novo, Benin Republic will be the rekindling of the age long rivalry between Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya in the track...
Telecommunication operators in Nigeria will step out of their intense commercial rivalry to embrace each other in another competitive atmosphere filled with passion, fun and thrilling excitement of sports at the University of Lagos Sports Complex from ...
History was made recently with the commissioning of a modern computer Laboratory. The event took place at Government Junior Secondary School Kana Agwada, Kokona Local Government area of Nasarawa State. The computer laboratory was a project which was bu...
Chief Abdulkareem Adebisi Akande is an elder statesman, former governor of Osun State and presently the National Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). He recently met with journalists in his country home, Ila-Orangun, Osun State, where he d...
Following the crash of the high profile marriage between Pastor Chris Okotie and his wife, Stephanie, less than four years after divergent views have been expressed by Nigerians, especially Christians on the development. While some described the ...
A Federal High Court in Ikeja, yesterday granted an interim injunction restraining the federal government from renaming the University of Lagos as Moshood Abiola University, Lagos. President Goodluck Jonathan had on May 29 announced in a na...
The military Special Task Force (STF) said in Jos yesterday that two explosives planted in a residential area in Tudun Wada Area were discovered on Sunday. This is contained in a statement by its Media and Information Officer, Captain Salisu Mustapha. ...
The proposed merger talks between the two leading opposition parties, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Congress for Progressive Change (ACN) is progressing and very soon it will be formalised. The two parties have been meeting at the topm...
As the rainy season reaches its climax, the Tin Can Island Port-end of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, main access road to Nigeria’s major seaports, has returned to its usual nightmarish state, causing more pains and distress for motorists and commu...
Nsukka United FC yesterday emerged overall champion in the Enugu State 2012 football league after humiliating 2nd placed team, Ingas FC of Enugu 2-0. A total of 16 teams participated in the well organised grassroots soccer tournament put together by th...
Nigeria’s senior basketball team, D’Tigers will today continue preparation ahead a place in the Olympics with a Super Four Invitational Championship in Brazil. The team which had to engage Chinese clubs converged in Houston, Texas in the Un...
Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams says she has no thoughts of retiring, despite her shock Wimbledon first-round defeat by Elena Vesnina. The 32-year-old American, who suffers from Sjogren’s Syndrome, was beaten 6-1 6-3 by the Russian wo...
Wayne Rooney has described England’s quarter final exit as a horrible way to go out. England was eliminated by Italy at the quarter-final stage through penalty shoot-out. After an uninspiring 120 minutes, the Roy Hodgson boys again came dow...
Nigeria striker Yakubu is due to arrive in China to seal a move to Guangzhou R&F. Officials from Guangzhou and Yakubu’s representatives have been negotiating the deal. The Blackburn Rovers striker, who scored 17 league goals last season, is n...