As the 10th Edition of the 2009 Abesan Unity Cup kicksoff on Monday, August 24th 2009, Philanthropist, Bayo Olugbemi has urged the technical crew of the U-17 national team to visit the venues of the competition in order to fish out talents, as Nigeria prepares to host the world come October .

VIOLENCE, rigging and snatching of ballot boxes Saturday marred the House of Assembly re-run election in Akoko Edo constituency, of Edo state, just as the Leader of the House of Representatives, Col.Tunde Akogun (rtd), and the Senator representing Edo North, Alhaji Yisa Braimoh, described the election as a charade and called for its cancellation.

Former Rangers Assistant coach Sylvanus Okpala is confident that Super Eagles will defeat the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in the 2010 World Cup qualifier slated for Abuja on September 6.

With little over one week left until volunteer applications for the 2010 FIFA World Cupâ„¢ close on 31 August, people the world over are responding in their numbers as applications fast approach the 50,000 mark.

Bayelsa State government has declared every August 22 as a work free day in the predominantly riverine state in honour of militants in the state who day surrendered a total of 520 guns including 14 gunboats to the Presidential Committee on Amnesty.

Poor Federal Government budget implementation has become a major hallmark of the present administration, a situation many members of the public blamed on the perceived delay in contract and procurement processes by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) formerly as Due Process office

INTER-AGENCY collaboration between the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has ensured that over 400 passengers were rescued from a distressed Sao Tome flagged vessel.

Poor risk management has been fingered as one of the principal reasons for the current state of the nation’s financial institutions, particularly the banks.

TRADERS at the Lagos International Trade Fair complex, under the aegis of Auto Spare Parts Machinery Dealers Association have vowed to resist renewed attempt by Lagos State government to enforce the state’s 2004 tax law enacted specifically for the traders, saying that it amounts to multiple taxation.

By Wole Mosadomi Minna – Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has called on the Federal Government to come to the aid of the state towards solving the numerous ecological disasters  affecting  the State. He cited the Muregi and Akare Communities among others as areas that are associated with ecological problems occasioned by the […]

… to build one classroom block per school By Vincent Ujumadu Awka -  The Anambra State government is to build one classroom block in every secondary school in the state before the end of the year as part of efforts to improve infrastructure in the education sector, the governor, Mr. Peter Obi has said. Exchanging […]

By Wole Mosadomi Minna – The target set by the Niger State Government of providing portable water to the people of the State this year is no longer realizable just as the State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu apologized to the people for the set back. Last year while speaking at the “Jamma Forum” (Peoples […]

By Jimitota Onoyume Port Harcourt – Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has threatened to call out its members in Rivers state on strike should the management of Remm/Siramex, an oil servicing company in Port Harcourt fail to address what it termed abuse of its expatriate  quota. Meanwhile, workers of the […]

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa  – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it will incorporate the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) in the monitoring of its projects in Bayelsa. The Bayelsa State representative in the NDDC Board, Elder Tony Orubo disclosed this while receiving the executive members of the IYC led by its Secretary General, Comrade […]

MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND), yesterday, called for the release of militant leader, Mr Soboma Jackrich , aka Egberipapa , who was arrested December last year by the JTF after he came to honour an invitation for a peace parley by the Amayanabo of Buguma