Umar bemoans govt’s over concentration on football
The government’s backing football is enjoying to the seeming neglect of other sports in the country has drawn the ire of the head of one of the major sports under the supervision of the National Sports Commission, NSC, Mr. Tijanni Umar.
Emenike thirsts for more laurels
Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike says he is looking forward to a more rewarding 2014 after the 2013 football calendar, arguably the best year of his career in
SERAP tasks Jonathan on ways to curb corruption
Following President Goodluck Jonathan’s New Year broadcast that he would fight corruption more seriously in 2014, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged him to “implement a five-point programme against corruption, if he was truly committed to fighting the problem to a standstill.”
Bimbo Akintola cries out: I don’t need a husband!
Since hitting the limelight in a big way with ‘Out of Bounds” alongside RMD in the 90s, Bimbo Akintola has become a big name who does things in a big way. You don’t approach her with your scripts unless you have big plans about it. Controversial, some might say, but Bimbo describes herself as easy-going but definitely not when falsehoods have been peddled about her as a story running wide that she is in desperate need of a husband.
Woman collapses, dies while testifying in church
Tragedy struck in Umuogwuta, Ndegwu, Owerri West local council area of Imo State, as a lady who was giving her testimony during the New Year service suddenly collapsed and died.
Aregbesola, Omisore trade words over worship centre
FORMER Deputy governor of Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore has described the proposed building of an Interdenominational Worship Centre by the state government as an attempt to siphon taxpayers’ money.
No plans to increase fuel price – FG
The Federal Government said, yesterday, that it had no plans to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly known as petrol from the prevailing pump price of N97 per litre, describing the growing fear of imminent price hike as unfounded.
BUDGETS: FG, 34 states to spend N10.67trn
BARRING adjustments by the legislature and supplementary appropriations, Federal Government and 34 of the 36 states of the federation will spend at least N10.67 trillion this year, Vanguard checks have revealed.
2015: Aides analyse how Jonathan can win, lose
Plans by close aides of President Goodluck Jonathan to win re-election include exploiting division in the ranks of the nation’s governors, playing on the political ambitions of some Northern power brokers and the promotion of a clash of egos between the leaders of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.)
Ezzu River dead bodies: Senate keeps mum on probe report
One year after the Senate mandated two of its committees to unravel the circumstances surrounding the over 35 strange dead bodies found floating on Ezzu River, Amansea, a town on the border between Anambra and Enugu states, it is yet to release the probe report.
APC, Fayemi plot to implicate me – Bamidele
A House of Representatives member and Labour Party gubernatorial aspirant in Ekiti State, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele has alleged a grand ploy by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to frame him up on trump up charges over the rumoured attempt on the life of the security aide to the governor, Mr. Deji Adesokan.
