Month: June 2010
LOC Blames Strange Bird For Power Outage
The Local Organising Committee, LOC this morning reacted to the Power outage that rocked the camp of the Super Eagles,…
FIFA Explains Empty Seats
FIFA has blamed overseas ticket holders for the thousands of empty seats seen at the initial games of the World…
Ohakim Lifts Eagles With Cash
Executive Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim on Wednesday night motivated the Super Eagles with some cash as the…
National Champonships For July, August
The Handball Federation of Nigeria, HFN, has concluded arrangements to organise the National U-18 and U-21 (Male/Female) Championships from 29…
Peacock Set To Organise Football Tourney
Peacock Sports International Foundation, in conjunction with Lagos State Football Coaches Association, have concluded plans to organise a football tourney…
Spartans FC Win Golden Chance Lotto Cup
Spartans Football Club have emerged winners of this year’s Golden Chance Lotto Cup Championship after they defeated Golden Chance FC…
Young Stars Lift Ezirim Cup
Young Stars Football Club of Festac emerged the champions of the just concluded Ezirim Cup, which was played recently at…
No, IBB No
Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamaosi Babangida declared his intention to be Nigeria’s next President in the 2011 Presidential election, 17…
Hue And Cry Over New INEC Commissioners
The revelation that some of the newly appointed Commissioners at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are card-carrying members of…
Chinese Yutong Storms Nigeria
Nigeria’s mass transit industry, including intra-city buses, inter-city (luxury) coaches, midi models and the long models designed for BRT (bus…
IMO Admits Nigeria As14th Lead Partnership Country
The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has admitted Nigeria as the 14th Lead Partnership Country, LPC, in the Global Environment Facility…
City People Award Holds 18 July
City Media Group, publishers of City People Weekly, will, on Sunday, 18 July, 2010, stage the second edition of the…
Sheyman Wins Global Excellence Artiste
Oluseyi Ademoye fondly called Sheyman, has been a prolific producer and at the best of his solo musical career. The…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports, World News
Argentina v. South Korea: Live Report
An Argentine supporter cheers before the start of the World Cup match against South Korea © AFP Roberto Schmidtns: JOHANNESBURG…
Greece v Nigeria: Survival at stake!
Greece coach Otto Rehhagel ruled out a sudden switch to a more attacking style for the must-win World Cup game…
World Cup Day 7: Prelude
Thursday features three sumptous games with Argentina taking on South Korea with a place in the last-16 up for grabs,…
Cameroon – We’ll be held to account warns Eto’o
Cameroon captain Samuel Eto’o has warned he and under-fire coach Paul Le Guen will be held to account if the…
Super Eagles sharpen talons for Greek clash
Nigeria coach Lars Lagerback said Wednesday the Super Eagles had been working on sharpening their cutting edge ahead of their…
Worldcup: Switzerland shocks, while SA shoot blanks!
Switzerland pulled off the upset of the tournament so far by defeating European champions Spain 1-0 while host nation South…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports
South Africa v. Uruguay: Live Report
– 2028 GMT: Emmanuel Adebayor in the BBC studio is downhearted. “I was very disappointed, they never looked dangerous,” he…
Nigeria Threatens US Oil Firm With Sanctions Over Spills
The Nigerian government on Tuesday threatened Exxonmobil with sanctions if it fails to manage spills properly, in talks with officials…
Spain v. Switzerland: Live Report
DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) – 1557 GMT: Alan Shearer is blaming Iker Casillas for the winning goal claiming that the…
Honduras v. Chile: Live Report
NELSPRUIT, South Africa (AFP) – 1330 GMT: Wild celebrations in the Chile capital Santiago, as the city’s residents celebrate their…
Militants: We’ll Start Oil War Soon
A faction of Nigeria’s main militant group in the Niger Delta on Tuesday complained of poor reward after its surrender,…
Short People Prone To Heart Disease
A systematic review of and analysis of victims of heart attack has shown that short people are more at risk…
Estate Agent Arrested For Duping 300 People
An estate agent, identified as Alhaji Kayode, in Ajah, Lagos, Nigeria, has been arrested by the men of Force Criminal…
Aftermath Of Deaths: Nigerians Still In Danger Of Lead Poisoning
People are in grave danger of lead poisoning in parts of rural Nigeria where there are illegal gold mines. In…
JMG, Gen-Set Supplier Under Fire
A law firm, Professor A. B. Kasumu’s Chambers, has threatened a generator company operating from Lagos, Nigeria, JMG Limited, with…
Don’t Ban ‘Okada’, Lagosians Tell LASG
The decision by the Lagos State government to impose certain restrictions on the activities of commercial motorcycle operators in Lagos…