As the Weightlifting International Championship gets underway today in London to test-run facilities ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games, President of the Nigerian Weightlifting Federation, Chimdi Ejiogu has expressed satisfaction over the recognition given to the country.

Chizzy Ibebuike is a graduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Gradually, she started rising on the job and today she is the Marketing Director/Representative (Nigeria) at Empowerment Plus Institute (EMPIN).

Kaduna (crocodile in Hausa), went wild again last Wednesday after a bombed went off on a busy street, reverberating through the town, killing and injuring people and tearing down the heart of men and women of goodwill whose tears could not put the ensuing flame that has become so common place in this northern city.

Chita Agwu has acted in over 20 movies and is still counting. She is also a TV presenter of an Igbo programme known as ‘Akanchanwa’ which will soon be showing on Africa Magic.

Warri Wolves Football Club have promised their teeming fans a better 2011/2012 season as the club unveiled a new General Manager for the club, Tony Rafua.

Newly appointed coach of Insurance Football Club of Benin, Bright Omokaro has set his eyes on gaining promotion to the Nigerian Premier League at the end of next season.

Today is another merry making day for members of the Ultimate Circle of Nigeria as they gather to celebrate another round of achievements recorded in the last one year.

A 69-year-old man, Ochida Omale, was on Thursday arraigned before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court for robbery and gun running.

The Bishop of Holy Spirit Mission (The Happy Family Chapel ), Bishop Charles Ighele has asked political leaders to undergo series of training on how to use their offices to create wealth for the betterment of the people.

Media officer of newly promoted Nigerian Premier League side, Akwa United, Uwem Ekoh has said that the team is going through cash crunch ahead of the start of the new season. Making this known to Inside Out Premier League from the team’s camp in Uyo, Ekoh said the unavailability of funds is causing strains on the team’s plan of acquiring quality players and also pre-season preparations. “The only issue we are facing now is that of funds which is not coming as expected from the government.

There are indications that the Nigerian anti-gay bill will finally become law with the lower chamber of the national assembly making attempts to give support to the upper chamber.

Two former militants, who had embraced the amnesty programme of the federal government, were on Friday paraded by the Nigerian Navy for allegedly belonging to a notorious gang of pirates that have been operating within the Eastern territorial waters.

United States based Nigerian supermodel, two-time heavy weight champion and consummate actor, Ngoli Onyeka Okafor popularly called Ngo currently returned to Nigeria. He is the most downloaded black male model on the internet . His homecoming is necessitated by the need to set up a Foundation where he hopes to groom male molds in the country. Here, he recounts the story of his rise from grass to grace.

Disengaged Shooting Star Sports Club coach Fatai Amoo has rejected the condition of a pay cut given to him to return to his post.

She might not be so popular here in Nigeria, but she ‘s a big shot in Ghana. Jane Awindor, a.k.a Efya, tends more towards the slow kind of music and prefers to play life music.