The First Nigeria Navy Service Co’s Cup kicked off last Sunday at the Navy Town football field, in Ojo Lagos with NNS Wey team defeating NNS Damisa 7-4 in the opening match.

It is no more news that the World Athletics Championship was held last week and it coasted well in Berlin. The World Championship is the equivalent of the Football World Cup event loved by everyone, a version(U-17) of which is to be hosted by Nigeria this year.

Former Chairman of the Gombe State Football Association, Alhaji Ahmed Gara Gombe has taken his battle to rid sports of injustice and corruption to his home state with a call on the state governor, Alhaji Mohammed Danjuma Goje to investigate the sports commissioner, Alhaji Ahmed Yayari over an alleged ‘missing’ N12 million budget for the club’s FA Cup campaign.

The city of Kano will be agog today as the state football team, Kano Pillars, Nigeria’s flag bearers in the 2009 Africa Champions League aim to topple Al Hilal Omdurman of Sudan in the fourth leg of the group stage of the competition.

A one time junior national team captain, Franklin Howard has commended the united approach by players, coaches and administrators towards ensuring Nigeria beats Tunisia in the 2010 World Cup qualifier on September 6 in Abuja. Speaking in Lagos, Howard, captain of the 1981 set of Flying Eagles commended the total commitment shown by players and coaches of the national team towards making a success of the remainder of Nigeria’s group matches against Tunisia, Kenya and Mozambique.

Economic decisions are made on the basis of trade policy options and trade offs. How much of a given thing do we need to give up in order to achieve a given objective

As public sympathy begins to wane on the Central Bank governor’s action that led to the sack of five banks chiefs a fortnight ago as more light is shed on the issues raised, the governor last Friday went abroad to garner support among the international community

GlaxoSmithKline Nigeria Plc (GSK) has launched a new product called Cafenol Extra.Speaking during the public presentation of the product, the Managing Director of the company, Mr. Sameer Goel said that Cafenol Extra was developed after years of research and innovation.

Trans-Nationwide Express Plc (TRANEX) said it recorded N481 million in turnover for the 2008 financial year compared to its previous turnover of N383.3 million, indicating a 25 per cent growth over year 2007.

Fresh energy crisis is pummelling the industrial sector as manufacturers who use natural gas have shut down their production to protest new gas price being slammed on them by local gas companies.

Members of the organized private sectors already catching cold as a result of the CSR Commission Bill currently before the National Assembly have commenced efforts to stop it before it is passed, Franklin Alli reports

Attempt by insurance companies to actively participate in the nation’s oil and gas business is being short-circuited as some members now work towards the dissolution of the association formed to actualize the idea, Patience Saghana reports

The current built of Dan Esiekpe, Group Managing Director/CEO of IMS Limited, hardly says anything about this once agile footballer whose love for the round leather game dictated the schools he attended in his growing up years.

This week’s article, “Banks and Money Laundering”, exposes the conscious complicity of our banks in the unpatriotic and economically destructive and possibly criminal involvement in money laundering.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration has reaffirmed that there is no going back on the introduction of property tax for land owners in the territory, while putting on hold work on the N50 billion Abuja millennium tower project.