But Keshi refuses to accept that the best his side can aim for now is a place at the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola instead. Finishing third in the group, which also includes Benin and Sudan, would put Mali into the frame for Angola.

THERE were fears, yesterday evening, that militants and soldiers clashed in Sama, Asari-Toru Local Government, Rivers State while the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) in an online statement blamed the clash on the security operatives.

The sack of former Rang-ers International Technical Adviser, Christian Chukwu (MFR), is still generating tension in Enugu, the Coal City State capital. Chukwu’s old colleagues, known as Ex-Rangers International Footballers Association, rose from their explosive meeting, Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Enugu, with a strong-worded letter addressed to the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime, expressing their displeasure on what they called, “mal-administration and removal of the Technical Adviser, Mr. Christian Chukwu (MFR)”, adding that, “Rangers International FC is now being managed by non-starters and mediocres – in track suits”.

By Emeka Mamah Kaduna – The Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA) has distanced itself from the reports credited to its President, Hajiya Haratu Aliyu, purportedly criticising the sacking of five chief executives of commercial banks by the Central Bank (CBN). The chamber said it supported the decision of the CBN to […]

Avinoam Porot is inhis 60s. He is an Israeli journalist who would always remind you that he is from a beautiful country.
A walk from our Abba Hotel on Lietzenburger street to Savignaplatz train station on our way to the Olympic Stadium brought out the best he knew of Nigeria.

By AbdulSalam Muhammad Kano -  The Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Usman Bayero Nafada, has assured Nigerians that the House will deliver an amended constitution to the country before the 2011 general election. Nafada told journalists in Kano that efforts are being  put in place to ensure that the Natioanl Assembly completes […]

By Enyim Enyim Onitsha  – Onitsha traders in Ose Okwuodu market have protested the imposition of N500 levy by the new market executive,  recently installed by the Anambra state government. The traders in a peaceful protest marched through the major streets of Onitsha. Mr R. L O Fidelis, who led the protest said, they were […]

By Sam Eyoboka Lagos – AS part of its corporate social responsibility of ex-raying, anatomising, analysing and proffering solutions to the various challenges facing Nigeria, the Foursquare Gospel Church will today hold its annual Samuel Odunaike Memorial Lecture 2009 and Leadership Foundation Dinner. The theme of the programme scheduled for the Sheraton Hotel and Towers […]

INCREDIBLE! Usain Bolt smashes his own world record to win the world 100m title in Berlin. Tyson Gay was second in the third fastest time ever and Asafa Powell claimed bronze

ABUJA – Reports from the magnetic resonance imaging scan that ruled out 22 players from the Golden Eaglets’ camp is causing a stir at the Nigeria Football Federation as it has forced the federation to withdraw from the Council of East and Central Africa Football Association.

By Ifunanya Okafor Lagos – CAMPAIGN for Democratic Workers Rights (CDWR) has called on the Lagos State government, authorities of the Lagos State Police Command and Lagbus Assest Management Limited to release the remaining five of the seven BRT workers arrested on Monday during a strike and protest over improved conditions of service. The group […]

By Victor Ahiuma-Young Lagos-The two unions in the nation’s petroleum industry, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), have petitioned the Federal Government, lamenting that their position on government planned deregulation of the downstream oil industry had unfortunately been interpreted by […]

A staunch member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Andrew Aganbi, has called on Deltans in general and Waferians in particular to keep their cool in the face of the world soccer governing body FIFA clampdown on Warri Stadium for the forthcoming Under 17 soccer fiesta, Nigeria 2009.

Ibrahim Gusau is worried.The high standards of athletes here are scaring to the Nigerian officials. And daily, it dawns on them how low Nigeria has descended in track and field where they once flexed muscles with some of the best in the world.

By Chidi Nkwopara Owerri – Imo State Governor, Chief  Ikedi Ohakim, has said that no amount of blackmail or falsehood will deter him from accomplishing his administration’s set goals for the people of the state. Ohakim stated this while addressing Imo political stakeholders at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Owerri. “It is most unfortunate […]