Barcelona midfielder Xavi believes the Camp Nou atmosphere will play a key role in inspiring the Catalans to come from behind to beat Chelsea in their Champions League semi-final second leg today. Barca went down 1-0 in last week’s first leg at S...
Arsenal striker Robin van Persie has been named the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year. Van Persie, 28, has scored 27 Premier League goals this season for the Gunners - his most fruitful campaign for the club - and was humbl...
France coach Laurent Blanc is being considered by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich as the club’s permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas. While Roberto Di Matteo has been undertaking his own extended job interview as the Blues’ interim boss,...
Gov. Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State says those indicted by the House of Representatives’ report on fuel subsidy should be given fair hearing to ascertain their level of involvement in the alleged scam. Yuguda stated this while fielding question...
The London 2012 Olympics Ant-Doping Laboratory on Monday received the seal of approval from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). ``With the approval, the London 2012 Anti-Doping Laboratory will be able to operate and attain the highest standards of sam...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it is fast tracking the completion of 57 ongoing projects valued at N1.3 trillion spread across the oil-rich Niger Delta region. The Managing Director of the commission, Dr Christian Oboh, stated this ...
Russian scientists from the Institute of Aerospace Instrumentation have discovered deposits of silver and traces of gold and oil in central and northern parts of Taraba. Mr Valery Shaposhinkov, the Economic Counsellor of Russian Embassy in Nigeria, dis...
The Federal Government on Monday said it would build two emergency power plants in Lagos to ensure adequate power supply in the state. President Goodluck Jonathan said this at the opening of the 6th Lagos Economic Summit tagged: ``Ehingbeti 2012``. Jon...
Thirteen persons have been confirmed dead while 43 others were injured in a ghastly motor accident at Kwanar Gwanti village in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina State. The FRSC Unit Commander in Daura, Alhaji Abdullahi Galadi, said on Mon...
‘There’s an important person in that building, right?’ the cab driver asked. ‘Important musician?’ I nodded, too tired to let any curious driver drag me into a conversation. He got the message and left me alone the entire ...
Crime generates an estimated 2.1 trillion dollars in global annual proceeds and the problem may be growing, a senior U.N. official said on Monday. This is 3.6 per cent of the world's gross domestic product . "It makes the criminal business one...
Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, has berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over attempted arrest of Chief Robert Clarke (SAN), within the court premises. The officials of the commission had on April 16, har...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says subscribers will not pay for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service scheduled to begin in September. A statement titled `Nigeria Mobile Number Portability - Business Rules and Port Order Processes&rsqu...
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened for the week on a positive note as market indices recorded further appreciation due to price gains by some blue chips. The All-Share Index, which opened at 21,756.50, appreciated by 0.10 per cent...
The National Identity Management Commission on Monday emphasised that the enrolment of all Nigerians into its data base will help to address security challenges in the country. Abdul-Hamid Umar, the Deputy Director, Corporate Communication, told the Ne...