President General of Nigerian Football Supporters Club Dr. Rauf Ladipo has called on Nigerians to sheathe their swords and support Super Eagles Technical Adviser Lars Lagerback as the Swede prepares to lead Nigeria to the first World Cup to hold on African soil. Ladipo said the overwhelming call for a foreign coach came as a result of Nigeria’s poor performance in Angola, where Nigeria won bronze but did so in a tasteless manner.

Member of the Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Association, Alhaji Alili Galadima was confirmed dead in an automobile accident on Friday evening.

On a night, Ivory Coasts’ Didier Drogba clinched his second African Footballer of the Year, Globacom, the Official Sponsor of the annual Awards ceremony has been commended by the President of Ghana who described the company as one all Africans should be proud of.

Ikoyi Hotel, one of Nigeria’s most sucessful and pivotal inns has undergone a rebirth. It now known as Southern Sun Ikoyi Hotels. Representing a timely change of brand and image, the 100% Nigerian ownership of the hotel remain unchanged but management is now being exercised by The Southern Sun Hotels, the largest and one of the most successful hotel groups in Africa .

As controversy continues to trail the recent approval of new licences to private firms to build 18 refineries in the country, stakeholders are divided over the development. While some said that the exercise may fail as those granted the licences are the same people importing petroleum products into the country, others are of the opinion that government must be strict about such companies meeting the deadline or revoke their licences.