26 January 2011 TP Mazembe will look to further entrench their reputation as the dominant force of African club competition when they host FUS Rabat in the CAF Super Cup on Saturday in Lubumbashi, DR Congo. The reigning African champions, who claimed a second successive African Champions League title last year and became the first team from the continent to…
25 January 2011 Real Madrid confirmed on their website on Tuesday they had signed Manchester City's Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor on loan till the end of the season. The 26-year-old has been brought in to add urgently needed firepower after Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain underwent surgery to fix a slipped disc earlier this month and is expected to be out…
26 January 2011 Round 17 of the Absa Premiership is a little disjointed with two teams in the South African top flight having to take part in CAF competitions over the weekend of the 28th-30th of January. This combined with the fact that one league match was postponed in the last round due to bad weather and a water logged…
25 January 2011 The year 2010 was a tumultuous one for South Africa as the country hosted the FIFA World Cup and on the field the national side showed signs of improvement. But that is now all in the past and the country will look to 2011 to keep the steady progress of the past 12 months going. It promises…
25 January 2011 Going past the four-goal mark is proving to be a bridge too far for strikers in the Nigeria Premier League. Rather than any of the strikers notching his fifth goal of the season at the weekend, two others were happy to make the four-goal club Ekigho Ehouson (Warri Wolves) and Abdulrahman Bashir (Bukola Babes). This means that…
Mobile Web West Africa will hold at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria from February 2-3, 2011 starting from 8am.
D'Banj aka the Kokomaster, born Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, has revolutionised the Nigerian music scene since he released his debut album 'No long thing' in 2005.
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The Ondo State government yesterday honoured some of its late sons and daughters who had made their marks in their callings and contributed to the development of the state and Nigeria in general.
In order to stem the tide of inter and intra-union’s squabbles in Ekiti State, the state government has presented 140 vehicles to members of transport unions in the state.
Nollywood star actress, Mercy Johnson, who is currently in Enugu shooting a movie in which she plays a widow, had to cut her whole hair for the movie.
The Budget Office of the Federation has stressed the need for Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) to continue ongoing projects rather than initiate new ones at the expense of the former. Bright Okogu, the Director-General of the Budget Office, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday that the principle formed the thrust…
The Bank of Uganda said on Monday it was intervening in the foreign exchange market by selling hard currency, helping to push the shilling up to levels last seen nearly three weeks ago. The Ugandan shilling slid to 2,327/,331 per dollar on Monday before the central bank stopped selling an unspecified amount of hard currency. The rate reversed and the…
Guinea plans to boost its stake in mining projects to at least a third, its newly elected president said, a move that could rattle some of the world’s biggest mining companies. Rio Tinto and RUSAL have multi-billion dollar bauxite operations in the West African state, while Vale, Chinalco and others have planned major investments in iron ore. “There will be…
24 January 2011 Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Nicolas Anelka and Ramires were all on target as Chelsea ended their miserable run of away form with a 4-0 victory at Bolton here on Monday to keep alive their dim hopes of the Premier League title. Carlo Ancelotti's side had fallen away from contention for the title with a record of one…