Former Eagles captain and coach, Christian Chukwu has written off the Harambee Stars of Kenya who are poised to snatch a win against Nigeria in the November 14 qualifiers and win a ticket for the 2010 Nations Cup in Angola.

As the Nigeria 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup gradually moves to its final stage, discerning football enthusiasts are also shifting their focus to the impending 2010 World Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Kenya.

THE Urhobo Consultative Forum (UCF), UK branch, has appealed that former Governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori be given a fair hearing, saying no one is guilty until proven so.

As the countdown to the December dead line for the achievement of 6,000 megawatts power generation promised Nigerians by the Federal Government begins, hapless Nigerians who are no longer strangers to unfulfilled promises by their leaders, are watching to see how this 8th wonder of the world would be performed.

IN ONE of the biggest land deals in African history, white South African farmers have acquired access to 40,000 square miles of land along the northern banks of the Congo River to develop as agricultural land.

Following the crisis rocking the Nigerian financial sector, First Securities Discount House Limited (FSDH) has announced its plans to reinforce its risk management processes to ensure its stability and growth in the years ahead.

For corporate social responsibility initiatives to have the desire transformational impact on the lives of people across Nigeria, organizations have been advised to go beyond rhetoric and match lofty words and plans with action. In addition, stakeholders were advised to partner the government in a collective manner to drive this change, as it is the key to achieving the developmental objectives of Nigeria.

Lekki, the fastest growing axis of Lagos, one of the world’s fastest growing cities, is set to have an ultramodern business district.

The bearish trend on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued, Wednesday, as losses on the share prices of blue chip companies in the Petroleum (Marketing) and Insurance sub-sectors dragged down the performance indicators — the market capitalisation and All-share index by 0.29 per cent each.

Ecobank Group is partnering with Western Union and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to bring in N22 million worth of diaspora business investment in Africa

ABUJA – THE immediate past governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Professor Chukwuma Soludo said Thursday that he was emboldened by the experience his father, Pa Simeon Soludo went through during his kidnap and subsequent release after nine days.

Since April 2003 governorship election in Anambra, the state has not known peace literarily speaking. It has been series of cases over the state governorship seat. The first casualty of the series of litigations was former governor Dr. Chris Ngige who was sacked by the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu in an appeal petition filed by Governor Peter Obi, the All Progressive Grand Alliance APGA candidate. Obi himself has fought and won three major legal battles.

The recent postponement of zonal sittings of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review from November 2009 to next month has once again put a big question mark on whether the constitution amendment exercise which the National Assembly has embarked upon would be concluded within the life span of the present federal legislature.

Before its recent unity rally that produced a new executive, Edo State People’s Democratic Party PDP had been bogged down by multiple internal crises. But all that came to an end at the rally attended by stakeholders in the state .The new chairman, Mr Dan Orbih spoke on how the party plans to recapture the state from Action Congress AC. Excerpts:

ENUGU—GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has inaugurated a 13-member State Advisory Committee on Private Sector Development to serve as a bridge between the government and the private sector as part of efforts to eliminate bureaucratic bottlenecks and all the barriers that impair investment. Inauguring the committee headed by  Dr. Anthony Nebo at the Government […]