Year: 2012
Keshi Invites Agbim, 25 Others For Egypt
Super Eagles Coach, Steven Keshi has named Captain Chigozie Agbim to lead 26 players called to the camp for month’s…
U-20 Women W/Cup Qualifier: Abeokuta Agog For Falconets/Zimbabwe Tie
The city of Abeokuta, Ogun State will be agog tomorrow when Nigeria’s Falconets confront Zimbabwe in the first leg of…
‘Political Parties Not Ideologically Driven’
An Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Chief Oyebisi Ilaka spoke on the defection of members of Accord Party…
Customs Intercepts Bales Of Army Uniform At Tin Can Port
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) at Tin-Can Island Port discovered during a routine examination recently, a container containing bales of…
NPA Seeks Cooperation With Nigerian Navy
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Omar Suleiman has called for a renewed synergy between the Authority and the…
ISAN Gets $1.8bn Lifeline
The Indigenous Shipowners Association of Nigeria (ISAN) said in Lagos recently that it had secured a foreign credit facility of…
Piracy: Nigeria Begins Domestication Of Treaties
The draft of a bill that would enable Nigeria to prosecute waterways robbers and sea pirates was presented to maritime…
Opposition To Custom’s Benchmark Policy Heightens
The management of the Nigeria Customs Service may have bitten more than what it could chew with the gathering momentum…
Hyundai Motors Battle Customer Over Alleged Defective Car
In a bid to quash the decision of the Consumer Protection Council between Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited and one of…
17 Company Officials Face Criminal Charges
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 7 May, 2012, criminal charges of stealing and…
Businessman Arraigned Over Importation Of Fake Drugs
A Lagos businessman, Nnamdi Ogunna, alleged to have imported fake drugs into the country has been arraigned before a Federal…
Enlightenment Is Key To Tax Collection
The Chairman, Benue State Internal Revenue Services, BIRS, Mr. Andrew Ayabam in this interview with UBONG GEORGE in Makurdi gave…
Chukwumerije Not Our Best Athlete
With less than four months to the start of the 2012 Olympics in London, Nigerian taekwondoist, Chika Chukwumerije, to many…
Wrestling: Why Nigeria Doesn’t Win Olympic Medals —Power Lee
The current Nigerian Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Godspower Ekpede, a.k.a Power Lee, has said that Nigeria fails to win medals in…
Maritime Cup Kicks Off With Fanfare
The 4th Ships & Ports Soccer Challenge, Maritime Cup 2012 kicked off this week amidst funfare and colourful parade by…
Allen Sacked Himself At 3SC —Owolabi
Former Green Eagles Player, Felix Owolabi, has said that the former 3SC coach, Festus Allen, sacked himself after he failed…
ABS Target Continental Ticket
Coach of ABS, an Ilorin, -based club in the Nigeria Premier League, NPL, Kabir Sulaiman Dogo, says the target of…
Weigopwa Banks On Athletics For Olympic Medals
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sports that has brought much joy to Nigerians and remains Nigeria’s hope of winning…
WAUG To Produce Future Champions
The ongoing West African Universities Games, WAUG, could produce athletes for Nigeria in the future. With over 2,000 athletes expected…
Khannouchi Retires
Khalid Khannouchi, a former holder of the World record in the Marathon who became an American citizen in 2000, has…
Ajose Vows To Dethrone Garcia
Nigeria’s World Boxing Council, WBC, Light welterweight hopeful, Olusegun Ajose, has said that he is ready to dethrone the newly-crowned…
Pacquiao To Run For Governorship Position
Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is looking for a job he can sink his teeth into – and it’s not…
Hall Of Fame Show: Another Opportunity For School Children
Two students of Nigeria Model High School, Mushin, Joseph Badejo and Safeors Frances, will have the opportunity to display their…
Morales Wants Farewell Fight In Mexico
Mexican boxer, Erik “El Terrible” Morales, wants to fight one last time in his homeland before finally ending a Hall-of-Fame…
Juventus May Give Del Piero New Deal
Alessandro Del Piero has given Juventus a lift in recent games but his inspirational performances are a double-edged sword for…
Dortmund Out To Extend Unbeaten Run
Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund, who are in formidable form, will be looking to extend their unbeaten run of 21 league…
City Target Victory Over Sunderland
Manchester City can steal a march on Premier League title rivals Manchester United this weekend and hope mind games do…
The Dark Side Of Power
You cannot solve a problem that you do not know or understand. You cannot avoid a problem without knowing what…
Siblings In Court For N11m Fraud
The police on Thursday arraigned two siblings, Chinedu Irozuru and Chinedu Chioma both of Jahi village for alleged fraud of…
Reality Of Marriage
Martha said to me “my marriage would be a bed of roses” but a few weeks later, she came crying…