Newly invited Fortuna Dusseldorf of Germany right back, Leon Balogun, will undergo surgery in Germany, when he returns to his base by this weekend after he suffered a fractured foot in the highly explosive international friendly between Nigeria and Mexico on Wednesday in Atlanta Georgia, United States.

General Manager of Crown Football Club, Tony Rafua has said his priority at the Nigeria Premier League club is to improve welfare of the players in order to get results, which he saays starts today against Lobi Stars in Makurdi.

ELDER STATESMEN S/N    DELEGATES 1.    Dr. Tunji Braithwaite 2.    Chief Ayo Adebanjo 3.    Chief Richard Akinjide 4.    Chief Olu Falae 5.    Erelu Olusola Obada 6.    Chief Afe Babalola, SAN 7.    General Ike Nwachukwu 8.    Iyom Josephine Anenih 9.    Senator Jim Nwobodo 10.    Chief Mike Ahamba, SAN 11.    Senator Azu Agboti 12.    Chief Peter Odili 13.   […]

Players and officials of the Super Eagles were overjoyed on Wednesday in Atlanta, USA as President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, handed over to them, Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) of plots of land promised them by the Executive Governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, CON , for their triumph at last year’s Africa Cup of Nations.

Foreigners stayed away from Nigeria’s latest Treasury bill auction, the first since the suspension of the central bank governor, in a sign that investor confidence is yet to recover after the removal.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, said that there was no going back on the conduct of the assessment for teachers in the state.

Amid incessant cases of insurgency in the North Eastern region, the Nigeria Navy has said it will review its strategies for combating insecurity.

THERE was palpable anxiety among parents and guardians in the Ogba axis of Lagos metropolis Thursday, after 13 students of Ogba Junior Grammah School, Ogba, Ojodu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, collapsed after inhaling an unidentified poisonous fumes discharged from one of the cottage factories in Ogba Shopping Arcade.

NATIONAL Pension Commission, PenCom, has denied media report that some of its junior employees were involved in the alleged looting of pension fund, stating that no official of PenCom was involved in any form of looting of pension fund.

After the goalless draw against Mexico in Atlanta yesterday I sent Stephen Keshi a text , praying God to grant him the wisdom to sort out the confusion Austin Ejide and Vincent Enyeama may be creating for him.

Former Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, Thursday, pleaded not guilty to a 40-count money-laundering charge, following his re-arraignment before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.

Delta State Deputy Governor, Professor Amos Utuama, SAN, has charged student union leaders in the state to use unionism to enhance the individual and collective educational advancement of their members.

Angry reactions have continued to trail the mindless killing of innocent students of Federal Government College, FGC, Bunu Yadi, Yobe State, by the Boko Haram sect as Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and the Anglican Bishop of Okigwe South, Rt. Rev. David Onuoha, have described it as “senseless, mindless, dastardly, horrifying and ugly to extreme.”

Benue State Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr. Conrad Wergba is dead.

MEMBERS of National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE and Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, SSAEAC, have accused the Management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, of frustrating disengaged staff of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN of the Benin Zone by refusing to settle their entitlements.