These are wasteful team! This was how some sports loving Nigerians described the Flying Eagles to the just concluded Algeria 2013 Africa Youth Championship, AYC, where they relinquished the title they won two years ago in South Africa. The Coach John Obuh tinkered side settled for bronze, which earned them a ticket to the World [...]
Nigerians are opting for laser surgery as an alternative to open surgery in the treatment of glaucoma. Dr. Magdalene Ajani, the Treasurer of the Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria, Abuja Chapter, disclosed this in an interview in Abuja on Monday. Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases, which cause progressive damage of the optic nerve at [...]
Nigerians have told the Flying Eagles to beat their Egyptian counterparts when both sides meet this evening in the semi final of the African Youth Championship in Algeria. Ahmed Maude, the President, Nigeria Referee Association, NRA, warned Coach John Obuh and his team not to be complacent in the crucial match. “There is the tendency [...]
By Theophilus Ilevbare Nigerians were yet to come to terms with the FCT Minister’s budgetary allocation of N4 billion to the office of the First Lady – that has never been recognised by the country’s constitution from 1960 to 1999 – for the proposed construction of the African First Ladies’ Peace Mission (AFLPM) Secretariat in [...]
Three Nigerians have been arrested in Mumbai, India by agents of the country’s Anti-Narcotic Cell (ANC), after they recovered 100gms of cocaine on one of the Nigerians. On the streets, the drug is worth about $11,000. During interrogation, the men identified themselves as Okoye Chukwansonso Emmanuel (32), Oddile Ezike Syril (31) and Wisdom Nwankwo (32). [...]
Human rights lawyers, Bamidele Aturu, Balarabe Musa and others have said Nigerians will decide the fate of President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria if he should go ahead to contest the 2015 presidential election. They were reacting to plans by the president to vie for the 2015 election amidst growing disenchantment with his administration. Speaking with [...]
Nigerians across the world have been praising the feat of the Super Eagles at the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations which was held in South Africa. The Super Eagles defeated Burkina Faso in a highly tensed final match scoring a lone goal within the first half of the game to win the coveted Africa [...]
