Manchester United completes Di Maria signing
Manchester United have completed the signing of Real Madrid ace Angel Di Maria, who becomes the most expensive signing in Premier League history.The Argentina international, who can play across the...
View ArticleNFF into split factions after election
The Nigeria Football Federation is in disarray after meetings on Tuesday resulted in a controversial ‘election’ and a split in the governing body. Outgoing NFF president Aminu Maigari was to preside...
View ArticlePDP’ll regain Adamawa gubernatorial seat – Party Scribe
Deputy National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Onwe Solomon Onwe yesterday, said the ruling party will regain the Adamawa State gubernatorial seat at the forthcominggovernorship...
View ArticleMy credentials will see me through primaries – Ribadu
Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP primaries for the 11 October bye- election in Adamawa State, former chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC, Malam Nuhu Ribadu has...
View ArticleNeil Warnock appointed Crystal Palace coach
The 56-year-old – who took charge of the Eagles between 2007 and 2010 – has returned to the club as Tony Pulis’s successor, penning a two-year deal at Selhurst Park Crystal Palace have confirmed the...
View ArticleUSAID to train 500,000 Nigerian farmers on improved crop yields
The U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) and Syngenta Nigeria, an international agric-business company, have signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) to train no fewer than...
View Article2015: Efiks threaten to dump PDP
A group of Efik speaking people in Cross River State have threatened to ditch the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidates over alleged marginalization. The chairman of Efik Eburutu...
View ArticleFEC approves 3.95bn Naira for Power Infrastructure
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of 3.95 billion Naira for the Engineering design, manufacturing and supply, construction, testing and commissioning of the Onitsha-Ifitidunu 32...
View ArticleXabi Alonso retires from international football
Xabi Alonso has announced his retirement from international football after earning 114 caps for Spain.“I want to report that I have finshed my time with the Spain national team,” he wrote in an open...
View ArticleWHO shuts Sierra Leone lab after worker infected with Ebola
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it had shut a laboratory in Sierra Leone after a health worker there was infected with Ebola, a move that may hamper efforts to boost the...
View ArticleTottenham sign Federico Fazio
Tottenham have completed the signing of Federico Fazio from Sevilla after meeting the towering Argentine defender’s buy-out clause.The 6’5″ centre-back moves to White Hart Lane in an €10 million deal,...
View ArticleFettered freedom, dangerous for democracy – Aregbesola
Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola has said democracy does not have meaning and cannot thrive as a system of government when freedom is fettered. Aregbesola made this observation at the Government...
View ArticleBayern Munich confirm Xabi Alonso agreement
Bayern Munich have announced they have reached an agreement with Real Madrid for the transfer of Xabi Alonso, with the former Spain international travelling to Germany on Thursday to undergo his...
View ArticleFCT to build toilets in strategic locations
The FCT Primary Health Care Development Board says plans are underway to build toilets in strategic locations in Abuja. Dr Matthew Ashikeni, Director, Disease Control Department of the board, announced...
View ArticleFG confirms two Ebola cases in Port Harcourt
Two new confirmed cases of Ebola virus have been recorded in Port-Harcourt, raising Nigeria’s Ebola virus status to 15, including the index case, Mr Patrick Sawyer. The Minister confirmed this in a...
View ArticleRooney named new England captain
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has been named the new England captain by manager Roy Hodgson.Rooney was recently handed the armband at Old Trafford by new boss Louis van Gaal, and will now take...
View ArticleChina landslide: 7 killed, 20 missing
At least seven people were killed and twenty others remained missing after a landslide struck a village in southwest China, burying several houses. A total of 77 houses collapsed after the landslide...
View ArticleKi signs new four-year Swansea deal
Swansea City midfielder Ki Sung-Yeung has signed a new four-year contract at the Liberty Stadium.Ki joined Swansea for around €7 million from Celtic in 2012 but his future at the club looked in doubt...
View ArticleEbola having ‘acute’ impact on West African economies – IMF
The worst ever outbreak of the Ebola disease is likely to lead to “sharply” lower growth in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone and raise financing needs in all three West African countries, an IMF...
View ArticleSPDC inaugurates $300,000 lab facility in UNIPORT
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on Thursday inaugurated a 300,000 U.S. dollars (N49.2m) Petroleum Engineering Drilling Mud Laboratory Equipment at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT)....
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