Veteran coach and former Nigerian international, Paul Hamilton, has described Nigeria’s elimination by Niger from the second African Nations Championship as unfortunate and regrettable.

Executive Director, Ondo State Football Agency, Mike Idoko, has warned the Globacom Premier League contenders that Sunshine Stars of Akure are poised to snatch the trophy this season after a deserved 1-0 victory over Kwara United of Ilorin at the Akure Stadium on Sunday.

Chairman of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Electoral Committee, Rev. Moses Ilo, yesterday, ruled that former Sports Minister and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Sani Ndanusa is qualified to contest for the NOC presidency.

Peoples’ Daily, Nigeria’s latest daily newspaper which 43 Northern Nigerians founded about a year and half ago, was formerly presented to the public in Abuja Monday at a crowded ceremony replete with elite of Northern politics, businessmen, and some of the most acclaimed Nigerian Journalists of all times, among others.

All roads lead to Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital as the Rock City hosts the draw of the first WAFU Cup of Nations competition.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has warned accountants in Lagos State against leaking sensitive information that would jeopardize both their personal and state interest.

THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday revealed that its joint venture operations have recorded over 400 million metric standard cubic feet of gas production per day (mmscf/d) with implications for improved power generation and supply across the country.

IF the power sector is to attract the necessary investments to bring about the needed growth required for Nigerians to realise their dreams of uninterrupted power supply, a total overhaul and reformation of the sector may be unavoidable afterall.

Germany’s BANK IM BISTUM ESSEN has indicated interest to invest in Nigeria’s microfinance sector through Enugu-based Umu-chinemere Pro-Credit Micro Finance Bank Nigeria (UPMFB) Limited.

The Chairman, Lagos State Microfinance Institution (LASMI), Mr. Sikiru Alabi-Macfoy, says the outfit has so far given out N5 billion as loans to the active poor in the state.

An expert in the Nigerian capital market, Mr. Babtunde Adeyemi, has called on the authorities in the financial market, to, henceforth, stop banks and insurance firms from owning stockbroking firms, as this will help reduce sharp prices, especially price manipulations and prevent a recurrence of situations that led to the crisis in the capital market.

The Managing Director of GTBank Asset Management Limited, Mr. Nicholas Nyamali has blamed the crisis faced in the Nigerian economy on poor managerial and administrative skills in managing issues in the corporate and public sectors of the country.

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Adeyemi Ikuforiji, day dissolved all the House committees and the committee set up to investigate the allegation of financial misappropriation against Governor Babatunde Fashola.

THE Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has disclosed that it plans to beam its searchlight on the nation”s mining sector in order to enahce accountability and transparency in the sector.

DESPITE the slowdown in the economy brought about by the global financial crisis, an expert in the oil and gas sector has stated that the liquified petroleum gas (LPG) industry remained buoyant and has enjoyed steady increase over the past months.