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Chairman beach volleyball committee of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVF), Engr Musa Nimrod is confident that Team Nigeria will qualify for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games’ men and women beach volleyball events. Nigeria narrowly missed...
Team Nigeria youth athletes who cleared the gold medals in the 100 metres in both boys and girls categories of the maiden edition of the Africa Youth Athletics championship in Warri, Delta State where the IAAF instructors and other observed are eyeing ...
The Ondo and Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Delta teams have emerged champions of the second edition of Samsung Beach Volleyball Championship for Men and Women respectively In the competition played at the Jabi Lake beach volleyball court, the teams...
English Premier League leaders will today slug it out again with foes Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter final replay. Man Unite talisman, Robin van Persie believes the FA Cup quarter final replay against Chelsea will be a scrappy affair, admitting he will ...
The Nigeria Olympic Committee has urged the Athletics Federation of Nigeria to take advantage of the hosting of the African Youth Athletics Championship in Asaba in the nation’s preparations towards the Youth Olympics, Commonwealth Games in Glasg...
The Senate met Nigeria’s security chiefs last Wednesday in an executive session. Of course, the increased terror campaigns recorded in most parts of the country’s north as well as fresh terror threats in other regions topped the agenda. EDE...
Special Adviser on Communications to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, Isa Umar Gusau, had a chat recently in Abuja with journalists, responding to views which were in sharp contrast with those of his boss on the issue of dialogue and amnesty fo...
The World Bank has unfolded plans to spend $5 billion (about N785 billion) on 27 projects across the country in the next five years. Also, the African Development Bank (AfDB) sealed a pact to provide two sovereign guaranteed multi &nd...
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said it will boost its revenue generation through non- aeronautical bases when the remodelling works across the airports are completed. This is coming as the airport authority disclosed that it ...
A new competition in the high-end smartphone segment will get tougher with the entry of Sony Mobile Communications’ new Android smartphone into the Nigeria mobile devices market. With the launch of its much-awaited smartphone, Xperia Z, in Lagos ...
With enormous potential in Nigeria’s maritime, the country’s shipping industry remained largely undeveloped, with local investors’ vessels in a comatose state. In this report, SAMSON ECHENIM x-rays the challenges and possible solution...
Vitesse striker Wilfried Bony has hinted that he would be interested in a move to Chelsea in the summer transfer window, but that he is focused on his current club for now. The prolific attacker has caught the attention of a number of clubs with his fi...
Enugu Rangers have said they are “studying” an offer of 12 million Naira (about $75,000) tabled by Warri Wolves for AFCON star Sunday Mba. Sunday Mba is in the middle of a transfer saga between Warri Wolves and Rangers international. The Ni...
Egypt’s U-20 side claimed their fourth African Championship title after beating Ghana 5-4 on penalties following a 1-1 draw. Midfielder Hossam Ghaly converted the decisive spot kick in the sudden death after Ghana’s Michael Anaba rattled th...
Odilim Enwegbara, a leading economic thinker, is an MIT educated specialist in money and finance. In this interview with KEHINDE AJOBIEWE he bares his mind on issues surrounding the growing crises in the PDP and also speaks on the Nigerian economy. Exc...