It has been three months of endless auditions, selections and screening. The organizers have combed the nooks and crannies of Nigeria in search of the first ever Nigerian Idol, and last Saturday, they unveiled the 13 final contestants who will go on to compete for the prize. Like Timi Dakolo, Omawumi, Ruben Studdard, Kelly Clarkson and other Idol finalists, the…
5 February 2011 Lionel Messi hit a hat-trick as Barcelona made history by winning a record 16th successive Spanish League match to beat the previous best of Alfredo Di Stefano's 1960-1961 Real Madrid. Messi scored all the goals in the 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou as the defending champions opened up a 10-point lead over Real Madrid…
5 February 2011 South Africa created the first shock of the 2011 African Nations Championship with a come-from-behind 2-1 victory against Ghana in Sudan Saturday. Most of the winning team play for third-tier league clubs as Premiership and first division sides refused to release their stars for a tournament restricted to home-based footballers. Ghana, runners-up to the Democratic Republic of…
6 February 2011 Dolphin have reopened a four-point lead at the top of the Nigeria Premier League after a 1-0 home win over closest rivals Sunshine Stars. Dolphin thus have 30 points from 14 matches, while Sunshine Stars stay on 26 points. Ghanaian striker Owusu Addae was the match hero for the Port Harcourt side with a 20th minute strike…
The Association of Republic of Niger residents in Taraba State has warned its members against participating in the ongoing voter registration. Its chairman, Mohammed Warsu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jalingo on Thursday that he has told his people that the exercise was meant for only Nigerians. “I have also told them that participation of foreigners in the…
The Ondo state government has declared Friday, February 4, a work-free day to enable full participation of the civil servants in the registration exercise. Clement Faboyede, Commissioner for Cooperative and Community Development, told journalists that this is to offer the final opportunity to those who have not been able to register. Mr.Faboyede revealed that, access to social services like education,…
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has challenged the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) to intervene in the ownership crisis between Osun and Oyo States over the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso. Receiving members of the YCE, led by its national chairman, Adeyinka Adebayo, a retired major general, on a courtesy visit in his office in Osogbo yesterday,…
Weird MC and Darey Starting from this February, young people across the country have been advised to watch out for a one-of-its-kind event called ‘Champagne Conversations’. Billed to be an evening of classy champagne cocktails, beautiful ballads and banters, interspersed with wild and wicked works from some of the best contemporary Nigerian music makers, the networking event aims to bring…
julius AgwuOne of Nigeria’s most gifted comedians, Julius D’Genius Agwu will be giving couples resident in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja an opportunity to celebrate their valentine in a classy romantic gathering. The show which is its first edition, will take place at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. It will feature great acts like Darey, MI, Waje, Iyanya and…
Fragrance is a young Nigerian singer who relocated to Lagos from Warri in anticipation of fame and fortune in exchange for her musical talents. Her experience so far has not matched her expectations as she still lives off her siblings back in Warri. Four years and counting, the fair skinned beauty has risen past a disappointing recording contract and is…
The federal government will integrate all activities in the country’s mining and steel sectors into the mainstream of the national economic framework, as part of efforts to diversify the country’s revenue base from oil. Musa Sada, the minister of mines and steel development, said in Abuja during a meeting with the World Bank Task Team Leader, Ekaterina Mikhaylova, that the…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) yesterday said it exceeded its projected 2010 tax collection targets by about 13 per cent, and almost 30 percent above the figure for the previous year. The Executive Chairman, Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, said the agency recorded over N2.83 trillion in tax revenue receipts, against a target of N2.5 trillion projected for the year and a…
The continuous killing of notable politicians and security operatives by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in Borno State has prevented the State House of Assembly from functioning. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the House last sat on January 18, and adjourned for one week but is yet to resume. The members of the assembly including the…
The Bayelsa State government has warned that those who fail to register will be sanctioned. said it will The Secretary to the State Government, Gideon Ekeuwei, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Yenagoa. Mr Ekeuwei had earlier said the state government will constitute a Special Task Force to ensure that persons who are 18 years and…
The Bauchi state House of Assembly has passed a bill which seeks to establish the Bauchi State Social Development Institute in Ningi. The passage of the bill followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Education presented by its chairman, Mohammed Aminu Tukur, member representing Lere/Bula state constituency. When established, the institute will offer one year course…