Ceding 76 oil wells to A-Ibom has caused hardship – Imoke
The governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, said that the ceding of 76 oil wells from the state to Akwa Ibom State in June this year has caused untold hardship to the state, noting that President Umaru Yar’Adua had taken a critical look into the matter and has ordered for a review of the directive.
Amodu to meet Technical Committee
Super Eagles´Head Coach, Shuaibu Amodu, just back from the 2010 African Nations Cup Draw in Angola, will on Tuesday lead his technical crew to a meeting with the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation at the NFF Secretariat in Abuja .
Galadima rules out foreign coach for Eagles
ERSTWHILE Chairman of Nigeria Football Association, NFA, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima, has appealed to Nigerians angling for a foreign Technical Adviser to sheathe their sword as such hasty decision would scupper Nigeria’s chances at both the Nations Cup in Angola and the World Cup in South Africa. Galadima said instead of hiring a foreign coach, the technical committee of the NFF, should bring a consortium of coaches to tinker the team with Amodu Shuaibu.
Why fuel scarcity persists
By Mike Ebonugwo THE recurring decimal of fuel scarcity in Nigeria was the issue that occupied the attention of parliamentarians at a bus-stop gathering in Ikotun, Lagos on Tuesday.
NOC brouhaha: Ekeji terms it ‘executive rascality’
THE purported disqualification of Sports Minister and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, NSC, Engr. Sani Ndanusa, has definitely hit the sour note with Director General of the NSC, Dr. Patrick Ekeji, describing the action as “executive rascalityâ€.
Amateur League holds seminar, draws in Abuja
The draws for the 2009/2010 season of the Nigeria Amateur League Division One, will take place tomorrow at the FIFA Technical Centre, National Stadium, Abuja .
Access Bank customers to watch live UEFA games
With the Super Eagles qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa still reverberating across the globe, one of Nigeria’s leading banks, Access Bank Plc, is tantalising its customers with an opportunity to watch live UEFA Champions League games anywhere in Europe in a promo described as unprecedented by soccer followers.
Gov Imoke to flag off Obudu Mountain Race
Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, will officially flag off the fifth Obudu international mountain race and the first African mountain running championships this weekend at the Obudu Ranch Resort in Obudu, Cross River State.
Sani Emmanuel dedicates award to less privileged
MOST Valuable Player, MVP, and Silver shoe winner of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, Nigeria 2009, Sani Emmanuel, has dedicated his award to less privileged youths as he also promised to fund a foundation that would cater for them.
Sani, a product of My People FC, a club owned and funded by Pastor TB Joshua of Synagogue Church of All Nations made the pledge yesterday in a Thanksgiving Service which was attended by former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba among other dignitaries.
Re-branding: Nigerians should tell our story, not foreigners — Akunyili
“Nigeria and Nigerians are not as bad as the world take us and that should not stop us from telling our story. We have to tell our story to the world, no one knows our story like us.†declared Minister of Information and Communication Mrs Dora Akunyili.
Babalola advises states, LGs to upscale infrastructural development
The Honourable Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, on Thursday advised the three tiers of government to look inwards to generate sustainable resources to meet the minimum requirements and needs of their economies, particularly the infrastructural development. He gave the advice in Ibadan, Oyo State at the 2009 Ibadan Week Conference organised by the Jericho Businessmen Club at the Banquet Hall of Premier Hotel.
