Flying Eagles coach has named a 20-man squad for the 2013 African Youth Championship (AYC) qualifier in Tanzania this Sunday, July 29. Mallorca of Spain youth team striker Cedric Omoigui was the surprise inclusion on the squad, which is dominated by pl...
Ibadan the Oyo State capital has been picked to host the South-West zonal elimination competition for the 18th National Sports Festival (NSF). Lagos State, hosts of the event will also participate in the competition on a non-scoring basis, an official ...
The Kwara State government is eager and happy to host the 2013 African Youth Championship between Nigeria and Tanzania in Ilorin. The state’s sports commissioner Kayode Towoju described as an honour for Ilorin to stage a qualifier on August 11. N...
Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger has repeated his determination to keep Arsenal’s striker Robin van Persie at the English Premier League club, describing the Dutchman as “world class”. Wenger spoke in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, ...
The ambition of Nigeria’s captain, Joseph Yobo to secure a permanent move to Turkish Super Lig giants, Fenerbahce has hit a snag. English Barclays Premier League side, Everton, have insisted on a £4 million transfer fee for the 31-year-old....
Some clergymen on Sunday in Lagos advised the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mukhtar, to address corruption in the judiciary and ensure quick justice delivery. Monsignor Gabriel Osu, spokesman, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, noted th...
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar has approved the release of a new e-mail address to enable the public communicate directly with him on issues relating to crime. The address is policemonitor@npf.gov.ng. This is contained in a state...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a police corporal, Pepple Boma, who allegedly shot a man to death while on duty at Makoko waterfront on Saturday. The spokesperson for the command, Ms Ngozi Braide, disclosed this in an interview with the New...
Men and women have attractions for each other. It is however a common practice for men to always make the first advances. This has posed the question on whether it is right and proper for women to also make the first move. Kehinde Ajobiewe writes. A bu...
Jewelry are ladies best friend, because they do not cheat or leave. From time to time, ladies indulge themselves in some real jewelry collection, and it is important to know how to keep them shining as the first time you bought them. Clean your jewelry...
Barely two years after a major demolition exercise that hit the slums dotting the landscape of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), more residents are now at their wits end as more 19 communities have been penciled down for demolition by the Developmen...
Wild jubilation greeted the Wednesday’s announcement by the federal government ending the six months old state of emergency in Suleja, but residents woke up the following morning to still see soldiers on the streets. Though the soldiers claimed t...
In this interview with Paul Dada, the General Manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, speaks on the activities of his agency and the ordeal his men faced trying to save the lives of victims of the re...
Hon. Simon Mwadkwon is the member representing Riyom/BarkinLadi Federal Constituency of Plateau State who escaped death recently during the mass burial of victims when attackers ambushed them at the event. The lawmaker describes the partial state of em...
As Lagos State Government turns bulldozers on structures built on Makoko waterfront, the assistant monarch of the slum settlement Mr. Timothy Huntoyanwha was yesterday shot dead by the security officials deployed to monitor the ongoing demolition...