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FIFA has spent $70 million on helping to develop soccer in Africa as a legacy from the 2010 World Cup, but proper governance is needed if the sport is to thrive on the continent, officials said on Wednesday.
Football enthusiasts have urged Nigerians not to bemoan the president’s two-year ban on the country's participation in international competitions but use the period to rediscover the nation’s soccer prowess.
Dr Magnus Kpakol, the National Coordinator of NAPEP, on Friday solicited the cooperation of the organised private sector in the effort by the Federal Government to eradicate poverty.
The Adamawa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday announced the arrest of four drug suspects.
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has assured Nigerians that the House would enhance budgetary appropriations and intensify legislative intervention for the armed forces.
The Nigerian Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a draft Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Nigeria Police Reform Trust Fund.
The Director of Basel Convention Regional Coordinating Centre for Africa for Training and Technology Transfer, Prof. Oladele Osibanjo, says Nigeria will pilot the e-waste Africa project.
The Federal Government has earmarked N970 million for the rehabilitation of Kaura-namoda water works in Zamfara State.
Nigerian football enthusiasts on Wednesday expressed great expectations on Thursday’s 2010 World Cup Group Two game between the Super Eagles and Greece in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Retired Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, the Chairman of the ICPC, said on Wednesday that the war against corruption must succeed for the country to tackle poverty.
The Nigeria Football Supporters' Club is grooming trumpeters to join in cheering the Super Eagles to victory in their match against Greece in Bloemfontein on June 17.
The Plateau Police Command said on Wednesday in Jos that it had been fair to all in the implementation of the state government's ban on commercial motorcyclists.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Monday in Abuja fixed the dates and venues for the group preliminaries round of the 2010 Federation Cup.
The National Agency for Food, Drug, Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has impounded fake drugs valued at N500 million in Lagos.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have arrived in South Africa ready to erase the memories of missing out on the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ and desperate to get among the South Africa 2010 challengers.