NPL should be more professional  – Ogunbote

NPL should be more professional – Ogunbote

As the 2011/2012 season of the Premier League resumes soonest, Sunshine Stars coach Gbenga Ogunbote, has advised the manag-ement of the Nigeria Premier League to focus on a good and planned programme that will better the league.
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ICC seeks to confirm Kadhafi son arrest

ICC seeks to confirm Kadhafi son arrest

The International Criminal Court, which wants to try the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam, said Saturday it was seeking confirmation of reports from Tripoli of his arrest.

Torres hitting form, says Villas-Boas

Torres hitting form, says Villas-Boas

Fernando Torres is approaching the sort of form for Chelsea that made him a fans’ favourite at Liverpool, according to his current manager Andre Villas-Boas.

Kadhafi’s son Seif ‘arrested’ in south Libya

Kadhafi’s son Seif ‘arrested’ in south Libya

Ousted Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi’s fugitive son Seif al-Islam and one-time successor has been arrested in the south of the country, a senior National Transitional Council official said on Saturday.

Ex-servicemen threaten to blow up pipelines over arrears

Ex-servicemen threaten to blow up pipelines over arrears

The leadership of military pensioners in the South-South region has threatened to blow up pipelines and disrupt the peace of the area if the Federal Government refuses to commence the payment of the 53 percent pension arrears owed them since four years.

Bayelsa: Massive security as PDP holds primaries

Bayelsa: Massive security as PDP holds primaries

Over 15,000 police personnel are to provide security in Bayelsa State as the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, defies a court injuction and goes ahead with today’s governorship primaries in the state.

Boko Haram: Members are largely Nigerians – Immigration PRO

Boko Haram: Members are largely Nigerians – Immigration PRO

The Federal Government recently promised to upgrade our border posts with a view to checkmating activities of illegal aliens into the country. The pronouncement came on the heels of serious agitations and complaints about the porosity of our borders and the threats it poses to the security of the nation coupled with on-going massacre of innocent Nigerians by the dreaded Moslem fundamentalists, Boko Haram. In this interview with…

Boko Haram: Suspects used handsets to detonate bombs, SSS tells court

Boko Haram: Suspects used handsets to detonate bombs, SSS tells court

The State Security Service, SSS, yesterday, narrated before a Federal High Court in Abuja, how six suspected members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, used GSM handsets to detonate Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, that led to the death of 28 persons between March and July this year.

Bafarawa to ACN: You can’t query me

Bafarawa to ACN: You can’t query me

Apparently miffed by what he saw as an attempt to denigrate or belittle him and other northern elements within the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, former Governor of Sokoto state, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa yesterday gave reasons why he left the ACN, a party he sought to fly its flag for the last April Presidential election saying the party no longer serves his needs and those of his supporters, as it is being run by a cabal whose main interest was to amass wealth and power at the detriment of other Nigerians.

The power brokers in Jonathan’s Presidency

The power brokers in Jonathan’s Presidency

THERE are many definitions of politics. One of them is the art or science of determining who gets what, where and when. In any government, there are men and women who have the ears of the ruler and can influence allocation of resources, appointments, projects and day-to-day decisions of the administration. Such people are known as power brokers.

Blame NFF if Eagles fail again – Okonkwo

Blame NFF if Eagles fail again – Okonkwo

Former Falconet coach, Emmanuel Tetteh Okonkwo has asked Nigerians not to blame Keshi if the Super Eagles fail to qualify for the 2013 Nations Cup in South Africa and 2014 World Cup in Brazil.