HAIRMAN of Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi has doused the fears of many soccer fans over the qualification ticket of the Eagles for the 2010 World Cup.

SUCH expensive display of patriotism of chartering an aircraft to honour national assignment is rare in Nigeria and with Nigerian millionaire footballers.

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa — The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has called on  visiting Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, to visit the Niger Delta to appreciate the suffering of the people. Describing the bilateral agreement signed between Russia and Nigeria in the area of oil exploration as worthless in the face […]

After thinking deeply and weighing Nigeria’s chances of qualifying for the first World Cup to be staged in Africa, coach Amodu Shuaibu heaved a sigh of relief and enthused, “we can’t make mistakes again.”

The ancient commercial city of Kano on Thursday witnessed an historic event, as officials of the MTN reaffirmed the company’s commitment for polo, with the presentation of N20 million sponsorship cheque ahead of this year’s MTN Kano International Polo Tournament.

The next leg of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) monthly classic after its resuscitation in Makurdi last month begins today, June 26, at the University of Lagos Sports Complex, Akoka.

His words, “the President address will either offer hope or dismay. If he breaks away from the tradition and fear of the past where other regions are afraid of fiscal federalism then we have a problem on our hands. If he makes a bold step, then Nigeria will turn around for the better.

SUPER Eagles coach Shuaibu Amodu could as well go to sleep without fighting in his dreams after the barren draw he obtained in Rades, Tunisia that has brightened the chances of the Super Eagles flying to the Rainbow nation.

AS Nigerians remain in the middle over the qualification of the Super Eagles, a member of the Presidential Task Force has described as ‘Golden’, the all important barren draw they snatched from the Lion’s den in Tunisia.

Ghana took a giant stride towards their second successive World Cup finals with an impressive win in Sudan.
The Black Stars beat their hosts 2-0 and now top Group D with a perfect nine points from three games.
Matthew Amoah had a great season with NAC Breda in the Netherlands and he capped it with two goals for his country on Saturday.

United Nations World Tourism Organization affiliated offices (Osaka and Korea) were recently audited with regards to the various programs that are using the UNTWO logo.

I hereby grant amnesty and unconditional pardon to all persons who have directly or indirectly participated in the commission of offences associated with militant activities in the Niger Delta;

The bearish trend recorded in the Nigerian capital market, in the last couple of days, continue to attain a worsening dimension, as the value of listed equities, driven by losses on the share prices of majority of quoted companies, dipped Wednesday, by N224.23 billion.

Union DICON Salt Plc, is to sell 51 per cent of its shareholding to a prospective core investor.This was disclosed by the Chairman of the company and former Minister of Defence, Lt Gen. Theophilus Danjuma. Danjuma who spoke at an extra- Ordinary General Meeting of the company at Command Guest House, Kaduna lamented the sorry state of affairs in Union DICON which he attributed to mismanagement by the former foreign technical partners.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development says the world economy is near the bottom of the worst recession in post-war history. The body that represents the 30 most industrialised nations said that those economies would shrink 4.1 per cent this year. But it adds that recovery is likely to be “weak and fragile” for some time.