Travellers on the Oporoma-Ogboinbiri waterway in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State have described as humiliating the practice where they (boat passengers) are made to raise their hands over their head as a mark of surrender at the Joint Task Force checkpoint.

THE Zone 5 division of the Nigerian Police handling the murder case of Messrs Isaac Ukanefimoni and Ovuoke Obie has arraigned six suspects before the Magistrate Court II at Agbarho, Delta State.

* Glo/CAF Awards By Tony Ubani, who was in Accra NIGERIAN football, in Accra,  faced the truth its officials need to embrace – that the country’s football is fast dwindling and something drastic has to be done about the downward trend.  And the truth was that in Africa, the best 11players were selected without one […]

The Senate President, Senator David Mark, believes that with the hiring of Lars Lagerback to pilot the Eagles’ affairs for the 2010 World Cup finals, and the calibre of talents available that the Eagles are capable of playing in the final in South Africa.

THE people of Ekogbene community in Burutu local government area of Delta State have appealed to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to assist them in recovering a N9m government owned 3-bedroom bungalow built for the community but now converted to private use by the contractor.

A PROFESSOR of Industrial Relations, Dafe Otobo, weekend in Ibadan, called on the nation’s leaders to be transparent in the management of the country’s resources, stressing that the current economic situation in the country was worsened by lack of transparent management, which has continued to take its toll on employment, turnovers and profits of firms, among others.

While the IAAF world indoor championships was being concluded yesterday in Doha, Oatar, without Nigeria on the medal list, Blessing Okagbare was on the other side of the Atlantic making history.

Father of a set of triplets who were delivered prematurely at a Lagos hospital, Mr Kehinde Onilude, has made a passionate appeal to public spirited Nigerians to come to the aid of the family and save the children from being thrown out of the hospital due to their inability to meet the hospital bills of maintaining the triplets in the incubators.

Nigeria’s chances of qualifying for the second African Nations Championships suffered a major dent when the home-based Super Eagles were beaten 2-0 by Niger Republic on Saturday.

Sponsors of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) organised national women league Zenith Bank Plc has cut down the sponsorship funding of the league from N15 million from the last year edition to N10 million.