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The eyes of soccer fans across the globe will be focused on Manchester tomorrow when English champions, Manchester United, will be taking on league leaders, Manchester City, in one of the most eagerly-awaited derbies between the two for years. Accordin...
Spanish league leaders, Barcelona, will welcome Sevilla to the Nou Camp today. Barcelona, who have an unbeaten run this season will take on Sevilla, who has not lost a match this season. The tie against Sevilla will be a tricky one as Sevilla are high ...
The Super Falcons of Nigeria will today take on Cameroon in the second leg qualifier of the London 2012 Olympics. The Super Falcons are heading to Yaoundé with a slim 2-1 advantage and need a draw to qualify for the Olympics. Nigeria has participated ...
With the recent release of Sunday Time 2011 Rich List and Forbes 2011 highest-paid soccer players, the below are Africa’s top five richest footballers of 2011. Samuel Eto’o Estimated net worth:$40 millionAnnual salary: £7million2010 E...
Friends of Benjamin Foundation, a Non Governmental Organisation would in a few days, organise a million-man march to press for the early detection and cure of breast cancer in Nigeria. The national coordinator of Friends of Benjamin and the organiser o...
It was in South Dallas, Texas, that a future star was born under the name, Erica Wright. The girl who was delivered to the world on February 26, 1971, has a sister and a brother. Her father walked out on her mother, herself and her siblings when she wa...
Actress Tayo Odueke widely known as Sikiratu Sindodo is said to be planning a thanksgiving prayer - with light refreshments. Information made available to us revealed that the session is pegged for an event centre later this month. Details are being ke...
24-year old University of Benin student, Lynn Uke, has become the third contestant to be voted out of the 3rd season of popular music reality TV show, Glo Naija Sings.Lynn, who performed Cher’s Do You Believe’ as part of the top 8 last week...
Disturbing images of a blood-stained and shaken Muammar Gaddafi being dragged around by angry fighters quickly circulated around the world after the Libyan dictator's dramatic death at Sirte, his home town. The exact cir...
Four men, including a septuagenarian, were on Friday charged before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly cutting off a man’s hand and leg with a machete. The accused -- Edike Emeka, 49; Dic...
``The position of the Federal Government to back the National Transitional Council (NTC) of Libya has been vindicated,’’ Mr Damian Agwu, spokesperson, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in Abuja on Friday. ...
Your private hajj company should be able to present a number of package options to you for your hajj trip. It smacks of inexperience and disorganisation to explain hajj packages verbally without any written document or a brochure. Gone are the days whe...
According to Islam, it is the function of the husband to provide for the family expenses, including the personal expenses of the wife, and that the wife has no liability in this respect. The wife may have enormous wealth and may possess many times more...
The Senate yesterday unanimously confirmed one Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) and eight Resident Electoral Commissioners.The Senate also urged the authorities of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the Ministry of Transpor...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Gombe State is to engage the services of 1,052 ad-hoc staff for the conduct of the Balanga/Billiri Federal Constituency by-election fixed for October 22. The INEC Administrative Secretary in Gombe...