Former Athletics Federation of Nigeria president, Dan Ngerem has declared that it was time Nigerian sports authority end their rhetoric and help the country’s athletes to maximise their potentials and achieve success at the world level.

The tension that gripped Nigerians here while Blessing Okagbare stepped out for the 100m final last Tuesday was unbelievable. After winning in the Olympic Games anniversary meet where she ran 10.79 seconds, a new African record, the hype on the World Championships turned towards the Delta girl. Expectations grew among Nigerians and Blessing appeared to have developed more confid-ence.

Ecobank Nigeria has unveiled what it called “Giant Prize Give Away” promotion to reward existing and new customers who actively operate their Ecobank current and savings accounts.

The Accountant- General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Otunla, will lead other renowned experts from the banking and finance services industry to deliberate and articulate the Framework and Strategies for effective implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standards in Nigeria.

After a three-year hiatus, Paul play returns with an avalanche of singles Tell It To Me”, “Best Thing” and now ‘Cry in the rain’ featuring Alabai.

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, on Monday in Ibadan prayed that God should uproot all the leaders with evil intentions against the country so that the polity could move forward.

The apex Islamic body in Nigeria, National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, has called on the United Nations to intervene in the protracted crisis in Egypt and find “an instant, amicable, just and sustainable solution to the unfolding unfortunate episode in that country.

The men of the Joint Task Force (JTF), ‘Operation Restore Order’ in Maiduguri the Borno state capital has said that following intelligent report, the Leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau may have been shot and seriously wounded in an encounter with its troops in one of the sect’s camps in Sambisa Forests since June this year.

The race to be crowned national champion and win the nod to represent Nigeria at the Inter-country leg of the on-going annual Airtel Rising Stars national U-17 Tournament will become tighter this weekend when the national championship gets underway in Lagos.

THE Ebonyi State Police command said, weekend, that it arrested two suspects allegedly involved in the sale of a boy to a baby factory in ImoState.

Leftist guerrillas in Colombia said Monday they will free a Canadian engineer who has been held hostage since January, in a potential boost for the country’s peace process.

Scores of professional politicians and academics have rekindled their intensive lobbying for the impending appointment into Imo State Executive Council by Governor Rochas Okorocha.

Paralympic sprint star Oscar Pistorius will go on trial in March charged with murdering his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day, a South African magistrate ruled Monday, after a brief but emotional court appearance.

Israel and the West must support Egypt’s army, an Israeli official said Monday, after 24 Egyptian policemen were killed in an attack in the Sinai bordering the Jewish state.