The UN Security Council on Wednesday pushed back a decision on the Palestinian bid to join the United Nations in a move that will give more time to international efforts to revive direct talks.
An Owerri-based industrialist and rubber merchant, Chief Emeka Egeonu, has been gruesomely murdered by yet-to-be identified hoodlums in his Akwakuma, Owerri North local council area residence.
Sunderland defender Titus Bramble was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sexual assault and possession of hard drugs.
Stoke manager Tony Pulis says his club should not have to keep playing away games in the Premier League following Europa League dates, just days after Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson blamed television schedules for creating “ridiculous situations” for teams playing in Europe.
Officers of the Department of State Security, SSS, in Bauchi State, Tuesday, stormed Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, filling station at Gidan Mai area of Bauchi metropolis and arrested six persons for allegedly hoarding kerosene.
Professional Players’ Association chief Gordon Taylor fears Carlos Tevez’s refusal to come on as a substitute for Manchester City may not be the last such incident as top clubs adapt to the demands of the modern game.
South Africa will replace conflict-hit Libya as hosts of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, the organisers said in a statement on Tuesday.
THE overwhelming power of the media in shaping public perception of government policies and programmes is recognised all over the world. Needless to say that government appreciates these awesome powers and knows that what the media report about them can make or mar their policies, activities, success or failures.
Manchester City star Carlos Tevez on Wednesday denied refusing to come off the substitutes bench during his team’s Champions League defeat at Bayern Munich.
THE Yoruba Socio-Political group, Afenifere, yesterday expressed concern over the state of the nation and asked President Goodluck Jonathan to deal with the myriads of problems threatening the continued existence of Nigeria with “a strong political will irrespective of whose ox is gored.”
Shareholders of Oceanic International Bank Plc (troubled bank), yesterday, approved a proposed acquisition deal with Ecobank Transnational Incorporated,ETI, to restore the bank to required capital adequacy and liquidity levels required by Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN.
AHEAD of the 51st Independence anniversary and continued threat posed by Boko Haram, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika, said yesterday, that despite successes recorded by the Army in its onslaught against the group, there was still need for better performance.
The Code of Conduct Bureau said, yesterday, that 15 former governors will soon be charged to court for lying in the assets declaration forms they filled while in office.
Chief Victor Baribote yesterday met the media in Lagos and showed that he may run a transparent and possibly dynamic league which which could improve the lot of the Nigerian player.
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