The Federal Government has allocated N6.7billion to the Sports sector for the 2015 fiscal year.

Following the recent blasting of 24″ELPs, a gas pipeline at Inikoroga in Gbaramatu kingdom in Delta state, the Minister of Power, Prof. Chenedu Nebo, has blamed the lingering power outage in the South-West on the continuous bi-weekly attacks on gas pipeline by vandals.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, upheld the candidacy of a former Lagos State Secretary of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Wasiu Eshilokun as the candidate of the party for Apri 11, election into Lagos Island Constituency 1 of Lagos State House of Assembly.

Keshi, who has been out of a job since last July, has been enmeshed in a cat and mouse chase with the NFF over his reappointment being championed by a top man in government who has been intimidating the NFF. Even though the body language of the Amaju Pinnick-led NFF Executive Committee appears indisposed to giving the former New Nigerian Bank of Benin captain a new deal, their hands seem tied.

By John Egbokhan Flash your mind back to the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, when a match between Shooting Stars of Ibadan and Rangers International of Enugu was billed to hold at the Liberty Stadium in Ibadan.Three days to the match day, the streets of Ibadan would be oozing with life as fans, while debating […]

Aladefa, submitted that it was because persons like Tony Urhobo, Harrison Momoh and Tobias Igwe, who were the ones who discovered and nurtured the best athletes in the 1980’s and 90’s have been sidelined that the the country’s fortunes in the sports have dwindled , especially in the men’s category. He said the coaches were fundamental in the country’s sports development.

“All the logistics for the examination have been put in place and the examination will start on March 9 across the 400 centres in the country. The examination will last for 10 days, and will be rounded off on March 21. There are going to be breaks during the days, but the exams are going to run for 10 days,” he added.

With six films nominated for Best Film in a Drama category, anxiety has continued to mount over which of the film will clinch the prize. Pundits are tipping AY ‘s “30 Days in Atlanta” for Best Film in a Comedy category, while they are yet to come up with the film that will clinch the prize in a Drama category, given the quality of the entries that were nominated for the award.

THE Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, said yesterday that the Federal Government was owing it N700 billion.

As we celebrate the International Women’s Day tomorrow, two incidents in the last two weeks gave me a wake-up call. First, I met a female politician who was denied her party’s ticket to the state House of Assembly because a veteran Politician, who is an octogenarian and a lead actor in the second republic, does not deem a woman fit to represent the constituency. According to the lady, the baba told her in clear terms that a woman cannot represent his constituency and that included his daughters.