Coach Austin Eguaveon will put his coaching acumen to test as the national under-23 team prepares to stake a claim, to a London 2012 Olympics slot when they file out against Morocco in the African qualifying tournament on Saturday.

Apprehended king-pin of the Boko Haram sect in Niger State, Ahmed Hassan Ezimakor, yesterday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the sect would not relent in its terrorist activities until it is satisfied that the death of its former leader, Mohammed Yusuf, is dully avenged.

To help boost the fight against hunger and poverty in Africa, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accepted to be a “Goodwill Ambassador ” of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA).

Federal Government has terminated the contracts for the construction of Lots 1-3 of the Skill Acquisition Centre projects at Iguelaba, Edo State, following inability of the contractors to make progress in execution of the projects.

LET me begin this piece by simply stating that my government’s commitment to delivering quality education for the good people of Anambra State is total.

Former Super Eagles defender Taribo West has advised the senior national team manager, Stephen Keshi to be more proactive in his bid to build a formidable team for the country ahead of the the 2013 Nations Cup and 2014 World Cup qualifiers next year.

We usually start well. We usually proffer workable solutions but like an intractable terminal disease, everything we say to promote growth of our football fades away just as the euphoria of starting afresh dims.

Enyimba of Aba coach, Okey Emordi has revealed why he resigned from the club, after a fruitless chase for continental and local titles in the 2010/2011 League season.

NATURAL gas is in the news again—ushered in on a new wave-crest of conflict and controversy, arising from the Federal Government’s extension of the deadline for extracting firms to end gas flaring to December, 2013.

Workers in the three tertiary institutions owned by the Bauchi State Government- Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, College of Education Azare and AD Rufa’I College for Legal and Islamic Studies, Misau, have embarked on indefinite strike over salary adjustment.

Starcomms Plc, one of the leading Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) operators in the Nigerian telecommunications industry has debunked allegation that it has opened discussion with another operator on the possibility of being acquired.

Against the backdrop of the e-payment system for teachers which it introduced to replace the over-the-counter salary payment inherited from the past government in Oyo State, Governor Abiola Ajimobi has assured that no civil servants would be sacked, except the lazy and indolent ones.

Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria, CLASFON, has urged the Federal Government to take urgent steps to address the security challenges facing the country.

THERE was a twist in the Sokoto State governorship race Thrusady as hundreds of women and youths from the state stormed the National Secretariat of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, to purchase expression of Interest and nomination forms for Senator Abubakar Umar Gada.

The Arab League on Thursday served a new ultimatum on Damascus, giving it less than 24 hours to allow monitors into the country or face sanctions, while for the first time calling on the United Nations to help resolve the crisis.