A FIFA investigator says that the first stage of his probe into international match-fixing has turned up no evidence implicating South Africans. A handful of Bafana Bafana games in the run-up to the 2010 World Cup are under investigation, including fri...
Sam Emehelu, a consultant to the Nigerian Golf Federation (NGF), has said that the implementation of the federation’s developmental programmes would produce world-class players like Tiger Woods and Ernie Els. Emehelu told NAN yesterday in Lagos t...
Working for Roman Abramovich will be “hell” for the next Chelsea manager, according to former Blues boss Luiz Felipe Scolari. Abramovich is looking for his eighth permanent manager since 2003 after sacking Andre Villas-Boas on Sunday. &ldqu...
Director of Technical at the Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme yesterday dismissed insinuations in a section of the media that the FIFA Technical Centre, otherwise known as the Goal Project, where the technical crew of the U-17 National ...
The Federal Governmment has formally protested the deportation of 125 Nigerians last week from South Africa for not possessing a valid yellow fever certificate before entering the country. The 125 passengers were aboard Arik Air which landed at the Oli...
Worried that local government administration in the entire South Eastern States have not been run in compliance with constitutional prescription of democracy since 1999, a non-governmental organization (NGO), Human Rights Writers’ Association of ...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday swore in five new resident commissioners in Abuja. The new commissioners are Prof. Jato Jacob from Nasarawa State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaji from Ekiti, Barrister Austin Okogie from Edo, Nasir Ol...
An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos yesterday remanded a man, Odion Ukhoria, at the Ikoyi Prisons for allegedly killing his wife. Ukhoria, 41, whose plea was not taken, is facing a charge of murder. The Magistrate, Mrs. F.M. Kayode, ordered...
The Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs. Rose Chineyere Uzoma, yesterday queried the 35 percent service delivery rating given to them by the Service Compact for All Nigerian (SERVICOM), and demanded to see the criteria us...
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha, has congratulated former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on his 75th birthday. Governor Okorocha prayed God to grant President Obasanjo, good health and wisdom to continue his service to the country...
After four days of staying away from their bank accounts as a result of the weekend and two days public holiday declared by the Anambra State Government for the burial of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, customers of respective banks in Anambra State e...
Three weeks after the traditional rulers in Edo South Senatorial district assured Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole of their support and prayers for his re-election bid, the traditional rulers in Edo Central Senatorial district have followed s...
Senator Andy Uba has expressed his preparedness for the rerun election to fill the vacant position of the senator representing Anambra South Senatorial district in the National Assembly. The Independent National Electoral Commission(I...
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have summoned the Managing Director of Lagos State Signage and Advertising Agency (LASAA), Kayode Noah; the state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Toyin Ayinde and the General Manage...
The Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, has said that investments of up to $100 billion were needed for the country to produce, transmit and distribute 40,000MW of electricity by year 2020. The minister who was speaking on a topic entitled: &ls...