By Tony Ubani FEDERATION Cup champions Enyimba of Aba still savouring their victory over Sharks may still break the hearts of the Port Harcourt side in going continental. The Aba Elephants finished third in the Globacom Premier League to win a ticket to carry Nigeria’s cross in the Confederations Cup. The Federation Cup victory also […]

According to the Federal Government, subsidy removal intervention plan the government in collaboration with local governments will provide vans and trucks to farmers’ cooperatives to haul products to major distribution centres and cities which it believes will help mitigate the cost of hiring vans to haul agricultural produce and reduce the cost of transporting goods into cities.

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. Governor Peter Obi hopes this should be a thing of the past with the new stadium he built in Onitsha and his resolve to re-engineer sports in the state.

SUPER Eagles Captain Nwankwo Kanu and former Africa’s fastest female sprinter, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi were the toast of the youths in Anambra state at the commissioning of the newly constructed Onitsha North Mini-Stadium by Governor Peter Obi.

By Tony Ubani President of Nigeria Football Federation, Sani Lulu Abdulahi has praised Governor Babatunde Fashola and indeed Nigerians for trooping out in their thousands to watch the Federations cup final at the Teslim Balogun Stadium. The absence of fans in stadia have been a major headache to the NFF and sponsors but at the […]

By Fidelis Ebu ABUJA — Staff of the   Nigeria Premier League yesterday suffered humiliation as they were forced out of their offices by court bailiffs as well as officers from the Abuja Environmental Protection Board. The stern-looking bailiffs and AEPB officers had arrived the premises of the NPL at about 9:30 a.m. and immediately ordered […]

By John Egbokhan Former Super Eagles’   Coach, Augustine Eguavoen, is angling for a  contract extension from Enyimba, as his one year deal nears it end with the end of the football season. The former Super Eagles’ defender, who is  relishing his spell at two-time CAF Champions League winners, Enyimba, who, at the weekend, lifted the […]

Patients may return to the hospitals this morning as the unions have suspended their one week old strike.
Post offices, radio stations and the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), are also to resume work today as the striking unions yesterday evening called off the strike following a confirmation that the Federal Government has commenced the payment of 50 per cent of the arrears owed its employees.

By Fidelis Ebu ABUJA — Staff of the   Nigeria Premier League yesterday suffered humiliation as they were forced out of their offices by court bailiffs as well as officers from the Abuja Environmental Protection Board.

President of West African Bar Association, Mr. Femi Falana, said yesterday that special courts would not enhance the ability of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in the anti-corruption war.