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A mild drama ensued yesterday before the Code Conduct Tribunal (CCT) when the lawyer to former Governor of Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), canvassed fierce argument that his client would not enter the do...
A total of 1,532 motorists have been arrested for committing 1,782 traffic offences since the ``Operation Sanity’’ in the Federal Capital Teritory (FCT) was launched on Oct. 18, according to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRCN)....
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos on Wednesday ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to produce Nollywood star, Babatunde Omidina, aka `Baba Suwe,’ physically in court on Nov. 1. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ...
With the continuous expression of frustrations over the falling state of football in Nigeria, erstwhile board member of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Imo State FA chairman, Amanze Uchegbulam has asked football authorities to look inward and...
Nigeria national U-23 coach, Austin Eguavoen will today leave for Italy in continuation of his tour of Europe for players that will prosecute the upcoming Eight Nation CAF U-23 championship billed for Morocco next month.Eguavoen, who left the country l...
The Nigeria Football Federation assistant secretary general technical, Mr Emmanuel Ikpeme may have given an inkling as to what may be the fate of embattled Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia this week. The NFF chieftain yesterday said the coach should co...
Former Super Eagles star and assistant coach, Daniel Amokachi has hit out at the Nigeria Football Federation for delaying or playing ‘politics’ with the sack of Samson Siasia even after the coach failed to deliver on the mandate given him. ...
Troubled Super Eagles’ head coach, Samson Siasia has declared that he is not ready to accept a pay cut. Siasia currently earns N5 million per month as Nigeria manager. But his failure to lead the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2012 Africa Cup of...
For the sixth time, the Federal High Court Abuja yesterday failed to sit on a substantive matter instituted against the former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Sani Lulu Abdulahi and three erstwhile officials, Amanze Uchegbulam, Taiw...
The Supreme Court yesterday fixed October 31, 2011 for judgment in the multiple appeals pending before it in respect of a petition on the outcome of the Borno Governorship election.Result of that April 26 election is a subject of litigation befor...
The Fray! Shuaib Shuaib examines the likely contenders for the 2015 presidential polls especially from the spectacle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The last presidential election took place only six months ago, yet names of possible...
With the current precarious security situation in the country it is imperative for the management in every organisation to review its security system and put in place necessary measures to stem the rising tide of internal insecurity. GABRIEL EWEP...
Mr Chinedu Eze, reporter with Thisday Newspaper resides in Lagos. He was in the nation`s capital, Abuja for an assignment at the National Assembly in 2008. From the airport, He picked up a taxi to the National Assembly Complex and on alighting from the...
The Naira shed weight at the official and interbank market yesterday following the easing of the Net Open Position (NOP) of banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), closing N150.01 and N160.20 respectively.The CBN had on Friday increased the NOP from...
The World Bank projects in various sectors of the economy in Nigeria have hit over $4 billion, MS Marie-Françoise Marie-Nelly, the bank’s country representative in Nigeria said yesterday in Abuja.Addressing journalists on the bank’s ...