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We Sacked 38 Senior Managers To Save Cost –NNPC GMD
The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, said on Thursday the task of restructuring the corporation into a lean, efficient, and…
Audu Maikori Quits As Chocolate City Boss
Funsho Arogundade It was an emotional moment for many at the just concluded Nigerian Entertainment Conference 2015 held at Oceanview…
Song Retires From Cameroon
Cameroon midfielder Alex Song has announced retirement from international football following exclusion from his country’s Africa Cup of Nations squad.…
I’m Done With Nigeria, Says Martins
Seattle Sounders marksman Obafemi Martins has announced his retirement from international football, a decade after making his debut against Republic…
Toure Set To Retire
Ivory Coast defender Kolo Toure has declared he will put an end to his international career after the 2015 Africa…
Lagos Pays Retirees N1.7b
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Tuesday paid N1.79 billion to 319 retirees from the State Public Service under…
5 AIGs For Retirement
At least five Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, AIGs, will be due for retirement this year, although unofficial sources aid 10…
Board retires NSPM company’s MD, 2 others
The Board of Directors, Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc has dissolved the executive management of the company and directed…
Samuel Eto’o Finally Retires
Cameroon’s four-time African player of the year Samuel Eto’o confirmed yesterday that he was calling time on his international career…
Mertesacker retires from international football
Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker on Friday became the third member of Germany’s World Cup-winning team to announce his international retirement,…
Drogba Announces International Retirement
Cote d’Ivoire icon Didier Drogba has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 36. The Chelsea striker…
Police Boss Abubakar Set To Retire
Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, is set to retire as there are no indications that President Goodluck Jonathan would…
Lagos Warns Intending Retirees Against Activities Of Fraudsters
The Lagos State government has warned the 1,200 civil servants that will retire from the public service in the next…
Court Orders IGP To Reinstate Retired ACP
The National Industrial Court in Jos on Thursday ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), MD Abubakar, to immediately reinstate ACP…
If I Come Back Again, I Will Still Be A Celibate Catholic Priest
Archbishop Felix Adeosin Alaba Job, who recently retired from active service in the Catholic Church at 75, started his education…
Football: Anelka retires controversially
Nicolas Anelka turned 35 on Friday and to celebrate his birthday the enfant terrible of French football whipped up more…
Longest serving US congressman resigns
The longest-serving member of the US Congress called it quits after 58 years in office Monday, drawing the curtain on…
Ibori’s Judge Quits
Justice Marcellus Idowu Awokulehin, the judge who gave former Delta State Governor, Onanefe James Ibori clean bill of health in…
Jonathan sacks Nigeria’s military chiefs
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has sacked almost all his military chiefs and appointed new officers to replace them.…
Novelist Gunter Grass hangs up pen
Nobel prize-winning German writer Gunter Grass, author of “The Tin Drum” and one of Germany’s most influential if controversial intellectual…
Lemo bows out as CBN Deputy Gov
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Mr.Babatunde Lemo, Deputy Governor, Operations, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Deputy Governor in charge of Operations is set…
Abou Trika, Egypt’s football star to retire
Veteran Egyptian football star Mohamed Abou Trika will retire this year, Al-Ahly TV reported on Wednesday. The club channel said…
Lagos Begins Biometric Verification Of Pensioners
The Lagos State Government has begun the biometric verification of 9,234 pensioners who retired from the civil service and judicial…
Tennis: Bartoli, Wimbledon champion retires
France’s Wimbledon champion, Marion Bartoli has made a surprise announcement that she is retiring from tennis. She made the announcement…
Emotional Beckham makes ‘au revoir’ in Paris
David Beckham, skipper for the night, bade a tearful Parisian farewell on Saturday as the former England star made his…
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Beckham ends football career
Football megastar David Beckham announced on Thursday that he is to retire after a glittering 20-year playing career in which…
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Beckham Retires From Football
David Beckham has retired from football, bringing an end to a glittering career on the field. Since his debut for…
Ikpeba: World Football Should Celebrate Fergie
Former African Footballer of the Year, Victor Ikpeba, believes Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, deserves to be celebrated for…
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Tributes pour for the man who built Man U
British Prime Minister David Cameron and world football chief Sepp Blatter led the tributes on Wednesday after Manchester United manager…
At Last, Naron Gets What He Deserves
National Judicial Council, NJC wields the big axe on some crooked judges and recommends disciplinary action for a lawyer For…