By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—Imo State government has called on the Federal Government to take note of the wrong perception of Nigeria in respect of the Niger Delta  problems, adding that such negetive  perception should be urgently addressed. Governor Ikedi Ohakim drew Federal Government’s attention to the problems of the area, when he played host to […]

By Dennis Agbo ABAKALIKI—A faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Ebonyi state, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest at the NLC National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abakaliki, praying the national officers to remove the state chairman of the council, Mr David Ogba. The protesters carried placards with unprintable allegation against Ogba and why […]

THE most current issue with our football is whether Austin Jay Jay Okocha, former captain of the national team should be recalled to active service. These are desperate times and the tendency persists to think that the past holds lots of promises, more promises than the present.

By Onochie Anibeze Enyimba club chairman, Felix Anyansi-Agwu, has frowned at the federation for enlisting them for CAF Cup without allowing them to determine on which platform they would play in the continent. CAF Cup is usually foAr the team that wins FA Cup and the third placers in the national league of the countries […]

…blame government for failing to provide effective healthcare system By Innocent Anaba, AbdulWahab Abdulah and Chioma Obinna There is a dangerous trend in the healthcare delivery service across the country, which Nigerians have lived with all these years and have expressed disgust over the development. It is the demand for cash deposits before a patient […]

SPORTS in Anambra State may have suffered neglect in the past due to lack of commitment from the previous administrators who relegated sports to the background.

AFN President, Solomon Ogba, yesterday ordered that the top three winners in all the events of the Mobil Athletics Championship will face doping tests. Mobil starts next week.

BELIEVE it or not, Henry Okah has become a force to be reckoned with in the Niger-Delta struggle. The Federal Government had calculated his being kept in the coolers would kill the spirit of the struggle, but, for the nearly two years he was in detention, militants in the Niger-Delta region continued their devastation of oil facilities with more deadly brutality

The International Air-port Abuja will be agog today as athletes jet in, preparatory to the Mobil Championship holding next week.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria said yesterday that it was inviting students living in Abuja and its environs to tomorrow’s Grand Prix that will showcase top athletes from many countries.