The Ministry of Sports and the National Sports Commission have commended former CAF and FIFA Executive Committee member, Dr Amos Adamu for what it termed his exemplary leadership quality, particularly, his role in resolving the NFF-FIFA crisis.

A top official of the ministry told Sports Vanguard that the Adamu-led delegation to Brazil was a huge success.

IT was Sergio Ramos who dropped the Coppa del Rey while celebrating Real Madrid’s victory in the Spanish cup. A bus then drove over the trophy. Germany have managed something even more embarrassing.

Berger Paints Nigeria Plc has disclosed that its restructuring programme and the technical collaboration with foreign partners have started yielding fruits as shareholders were assured that dividend payment would be enhanced in the future.

Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan will tomorrow in Warri commission a magnificent Olympic Size swimming pool in Warri.

ABIA State government weekend denied setting up a panel to select the next governor of the state as the incumbent, Theodore Orji, dismissed insinuations he had anointed a candidate to succeed him in 2015.

The Chairman of the Infrastructure Bank Plc, Alhaji Lamis Dikko, said weekend that the bank has concluded arrangement to build a 27-storey multi-purpose ‘Infrastructure Tower’ estimated to cost $300 million (N49.5 billion) in Abuja.

MEINBUTU, an Ijaw advocacy group in Warri, Delta State, weekend, said that the national conference had done more harm than good to the Ijaw ethnic nationality with the non-approval of a new state for the ethnic group.

Chelsea gaffer, Jose Mourinho has ordered Super Eagles star Kenneth Omeruo to return to championship side Middlesbrough on loan for another season.

THE politics of Delta State has always been relatively complex and intriguing compared to that of other states in Nigeria. Even though the next elections would hold in 2015 many politicians in Delta started getting positioned for the plum office of governor as far back as 2011 when the incumbent Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan was sworn in for his second term.

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti on Sunday warned the House of Assembly against recognising Saturday’s referendum on new local government creation.

Bharti Airtel Nigeria (BHARTI) is targeting an 18 percent increase in its customer base over the final nine months in 2014 after regulator pressure hampered growth early in the year.

The Minister of Sports, Tammy Danagogo, will on Tuesday meet with the Representatives of the 20 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs over football development in the country.

Former deputy governor of Lagos State and a chieftain of the APC in Lagos, Otunba Femi Pedro, has warned against militarisation of Osun State ahead of the gubernatorial elections in the state, noting that Nigerians would resist any attempt to use the military to intimidate the citizenry.

At least 97 Palestinians and 13 soldiers were killed Sunday as Israel ramped up a major military offensive in the bloodiest single day in Gaza in five years.

Thirteen Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting inside Gaza on Sunday, the army said, in what was the highest number of troops killed in combat since 2006.