Edo State contingent to the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, began their quest to reclaim their rightful place in Nigerian sports by winning four gold, 2 silver and one bronze medals in the opening day events Wednesday.
COMMISSIONER for Police Rivers State command, who is also the Chairman of the Garden City Games security sub committee, Mr Suleiman Abba mni has assured all the participants at the Sports Festival of adequate security.
Ijesha Youth Association, IYA, has hailed the nomination of Erelu Olusola Obada, former Deputy Governor of Osun State for a ministerial post by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, has announced plans to set up a security trust fund aimed at boosting operations of security agencies in the state.
NATIONAL leaders of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Thursday, met with the Ondo State council and declared that the N18, 000 Minimum Wage was not negotiable.
EMINENT lawyer, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, has called for stiffer penalty against pharmacists and others involved in selling drugs that endanger peoples’ health.
Following the oppositions that has trailed the nomination of Dr. Olusegun Aganga, the former Finance Minister, by President Goodluck Jonathan, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members from Lagos Island, held a peaceful demonstration, yesterday, in support of Aganga’s candidacy.
The lady of songs and one of Nigeria’s most prominent musicians and actresses, Christy Essien Igboke is dead. She passed on to eternity Thursday morning after a brief illness her husband of more than 31yrs, Edwin Igbokwe confirmed to Vanguard.
Organisers of the friendly international between Nigeria and Argentina on September 6 are considering providing a chartered aircraft to fly the Super Eagles from Madagascar to Dhaka.
Nigeria may sell another set of Eurobonds by the end of 2012 to diversify its funding and to provide a liquid yield curve for international debt, Morgan Stanley said.
No fewer than 52 athletes were disqualified by the Main Organizing Committee of the on-going National Sports festival holding in Port-Harcourt Rivers State, in the combat sports from almost all the 36 states and Abuja on the ground of being over weight at the weigh ins.
The German female team have defeated the Nigerian Super Falcons 1-0 in the onging FIFA Women Football in Frankfurt Germany.
The Super Falcons who are the African champions put up a good fight but it was not enough as the German team scored in the 54th minute of the 2nd half through the foot of [...]
Football’s governing body FIFA has criticised Falcons coach Eucharia Uche for branding homosexuality as ‘dirty’ and admitting she forced lesbians out of her team. “FIFA is against all forms of discrimination,” Tatjana Haenni, FIFA’s head of women’s competitions, told German television channel ARD.
Nigeria’s lady of songs Christy Uduak Essien-Igbokwe is dead details of how she died are yet unknown
The singer and actress who would have been 51 in November had her first album (Freedom) in 1976 at aged 16 and wedded Edwin Igbokwe three years later.
She followed up with other albums ; ‘Patience’, ‘Time Waits [...]
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