The directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that Team Nigeria must do everything possible to top South Africa and Egypt at the end of the 11th All Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville will be fully implemented, says Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Al-Hassan Yakmut.

THE National Peace Committee, led by former military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, with the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah as its main engine room, played a very commendable role in helping to ensure we had a peaceful and successful transitional elections in 2015.

The Tanzania Football Federation has confirmed that the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between the Taifa Stars and Super Eagles of Nigeria will come up at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam on Saturday, September 5.

Lagos—Former Nigerian ambassador to Lebanon, Amb. Oluwole Idowu, has refuted reports linking him with the alleged issuance of Nigerian visa to a wanted Lebanese terrorist, Ahmed Al Assir.

Nigerian athletes’ nightmare at the IAAF World Championships, on-going in Beijing, China continued yesterday when Women 400m hopeful, Patience Okon-George and men 200m runner, Tega Odele bowed out of the contest.

Ahmed Musa, Ogenyi Onazi, Efe Ambrose and Nosa Igiebor will continue their chase for a spot in
the group stage of the Uefa Champions League this week.

Blessing Okagbare said she is ready to make amends for her dismal showing in the women 100 m as she prepares to run the 200m heats today at the IAAF World Championships.

Years ago when the idea of interactive TV was first introduced, it seemed impossible that we could watch a TV programme and have a separate conversation with our friends all at the same time. In fact, most of us developed a culture of speaking through the ads and reverting to silence when the programme resumed or we would wait for the next day to go over last night’s episode of@ScandalABC with our friends or colleagues.

The Police in Lagos, yesterday, arraigned a publisher of a news website, Naijahottestgist.com, before a Federal High Court, Lagos for allegedly publishing a defamatory story against the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc.

It appears the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has began to feel the heat generated from the recent deactivation of improperly registered SIM cards in the country. Although this exercise had been forewarned since two years ago, it actually dawned on the subscribers last week when the regulator ordered the immediate deactivation of SIM cards that did not follow the approved registration processes.