Nigeria’s Super Falcons will tomorrow play Cameroon in the first leg of the London 2012 Olympic final round qualifying match against the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon.
ANOTHER controversy has hit the government of Oyo State as Peoples Democratic Party in the state, yesterday alleged that Governor Abiola Ajimobi, asked the Federal Government to refund N19 billion purportedly spent by the immediate past government under Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala on construction of Federal Government roads.
Eagles coach, Samson Siasia confirmed last night that he and many ex stars of the Eagles will be in Sapele today to play a football match to open the newly built Sapele Stadium.
A United States-based human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch, HRW, said, yesterday, that every effort to curb corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Nigeria might not yield the desired result if the executive arm of government and the political establishments continue to interfere in activities of the commission.
A does of what to expect from Super Eagles players when they battle Madagascar on September 4 in a 20112 African Cup of Nations qualifier will be on show this weekend as the Nigerian gladiators play for their respective European clubs in league matches.
Leader of Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra,MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazurike and 280 members of the organisation were, yesterday, remanded in prison custody for allegedly conspiring to overthrow Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime and other governors of the South- Eastern states through unlawful means in order to enthrone Biafra.
Immediate past vice-president of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Special Adviser on Labour Matters to ex-governor of Imo State, Mr. Ikedi Ohakim, Chief John Onyenemere, has been kidnapped.
The ovation was still loud when Patrick Ekeji stood from his chair, turned to me and said “this is good for sports.”I waited to hear more from him but he looked sideways and repeated, “This is good for sports, this is good for sports.”
THE suspension of the President of the Court of Appeal, PCA, Justice Isa Ayo Salami on Thursday, August 18, 2011 ,by the National Judicial Council, NJC, should be of grave concern to President Goodluck Jonathan, Nigerian politicians and of course Nigerians in general.
FIFTEEN youths were, yesterday, paraded by the Joint Task Force, JTF, at Abonnema in Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State for illegal oil bunkering operations.
THOUGH it is painful that the Lady of Songs, Christy Essien-Igbokwe, MFR, has gone to sleep forever like every mortal will do, she will forever be remembered for all her positive contributions which are too numerous to be exhausted in a single short write-up like this.
In less than twenty -four hours from now, star actress, Mercy Johnson will be getting married to her Prince Charming, Odiase Okojie. But that is no longer news. The news today, is that Mercy’s mother, Elizabeth and father bared their minds on the raging controversies trailing the most anticipated marriage in the country.
It was on the eve of his sixth anniversary of his successful coup d’état on August 26, 1991 that President Ibrahim Babangida announced the creation of nine new states. Thought it was a military regime that governed with military fiat, the proclamation of the nine new states was, however, heralded by high level underhand politicking.
“I have not lost anything, Allah has simply taken back what He gave in trust”. This was the philosophical declaration of Alhaji Sunusi Bello, 55, who lost six members of his family, his wife and five children in Kano. Tragedy occurred when a 50 years old mud house he inherited from his late father at Warure quarters in the old city of Kano caved in early Sunday morning.
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