Month: July 2010
RSG, ESI, City And Guild Of London Partner To Train Youth
Rivers State Government is partnering with a Non-Government Organization (NGO), the Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI),the pet project of the wife…
Draw With Mexico Lands Falconets In Q-Final
The Super Falconets of Nigeria this afternoon qualified for the quarter final stage of the ongoing Germany 2010 FIFA U-20…
Siasia Tipped For Eagles’ Job
Former coach of Nigeria’s U-23 team, Samson Siasia is widely favoured by Nigerians to handle the proposed new-look senior national…
Rivers Civil Service Union Suspends Exco
The chairman, Rivers State Civil Service Union, Mr. Lilly West and other members of his executive have been suspended from…
F/Eagles Intensify Training
The camp of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles is bubbling in Abuja with preparation ahead of their African Youth Championship, AYC qualifier…
NPL Eyes New Sponsor
A meeting of the Executive Committee of Nigeria Premier League, NPL next Tuesday will decide on new title sponsor for…
Rotarian Wants Probe Of Sports Sector
The newly elected President of the Rotary Club of Ilupeju and Principal, Nigeria Model High School, Idi-Oro, Lagos, Nigeria, Dr.…
Basketball All Stars Match: Stakeholders Commend NBBF
The Tijani Umar-led board of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, has added a new dimension to the game in the…
Pepsi Boys Bag UK Scholarship
Pepsi Football Academy’s Ebuka Umeh and Emeka Ezeh have been awarded scholarships to train and school at the Brooke House…
I Don’t Have A Team Yet
As the Golden Eaglets prepare for the first leg qualifier of the Rwanda 2011 African Junior Championship, AJC, ADEBOBOLA ALAWODE…
Team Lagos Begin Close Camping
The Lagos Under-17 team for the forthcoming maiden edition of Lagos International Youth Cup 2010 on Monday resumed close camping…
Nigeria’s Bank PHB Posts Big Loss, First Bank Profit Jumps
LAGOS: Nigeria’s Bank PHB has reported a full year 2009 pre-tax loss of 488 billion naira ($3.25 billion) compared to…
AC Slams Fresh Polls In Osun As Illegal
The Action Congress (AC) has said the plan by the Osun State Government to organise fresh local government elections in…
Thumbs Up For Bio Over Renovation Of Sports City
The ongoing renovation works at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria is a source of joy for athletes, who always…
‘VROAN Is Duly Registered’
National President of the Video Rental Operators Association of Nigeria, VROAN, Kassim Olatunbosun, otherwise known as Boe, has debunked a…
Core Media For Golden Eagle Award
Respected motion picture and public relations outfit, Core Media Services, has been nominated in three categories of the Golden Eagles…
Why Elections Matter In Democracy
I have been asked to speak today in the Plenary IV panel sesson titled “Do Elections Mean Good Democracy?†I…
Cross River, Ebonyi PDP Primaries: Foretaste Of 2011 Polls?
The violence and crisis that marred the recent local government primaries of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River…
Don’t Run, CAN Warns IBB
New President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has called on former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida,…
Police Gun Down Three Robbers
It was the end of the road for three armed robbers when they were gunned down by the police in…
Censors Board Suspends Gay Movie
An American gay movie which was supposed to premiere last Friday at the Silverbird Cinemas in Lagos, South West Nigeria,…
African Church Leaders Take Battle To Court
The leadership crisis rocking the First African Church Mission, Oyingbo, Lagos, Nigeria has taken a turn for the worse, as…
Nigerian Police Aid Crimes —Falana
Lagos radical lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana has stated that the leadership of the police has been aiding kidnapping and violent…
Why I Formed New Political Party —Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka said he formed a new political party, the Democratic Front for People Federation, DFPF so…
White Baby To Nigerian Couple Not A Mystery, Says Nigerian Doctor
A Nigerian medical doctor, Dr. Olufemi Ogundipe, based in California, United States has thrown some light on the white baby…
Kano Stakeholders Move Against Jonathan
Kano political stakeholders in Kano have joined the league of those kicking against the 2011 presidential ambition of President Goodluck…
Groups Send Power Sector Report To ICPC, EFCC
Five civil society groups in the country have met with the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related…
Lagos To Recruit 2,000
The Lagos State Government has concluded arrangements to engage the services of 2,000 undergraduates and unemployed graduates for the Enterprise…
Okada Riders Protest In Lagos
Commercial motorcycle operators popularly known as ‘okada’ riders, in the Ikeja area of Lagos on Tuesday protested against alleged harassment…
Insecurity: LG Scribe Wants FG To Revisit State Police
The secretary of Agege Local Government Council, Prince Temidayo Adeyemi a.k.a. Tem-Dee, has condemned the incessant kidnapping in the country…