Cargo throughput rise by 15.4% at Nigerian ports
Cargo throughput at the nation’s seaports rose by 15.4 per cent to 41.32 million metric tonnes in the first half of this year compared to 35.81 million metric tonnes recorded in the corresponding...
View ArticleEuropa League draw in full: Everton drawn into a tough group
The 48 teams have been drawn into 12 groups for this season’s tournament which sees Everton drawn into a tough group with Wolfsburg, Lille and Krasnodar. The groups: GROUP A: Villarreal, Borussia...
View ArticleDora Akunyili goes home in glory
The remains of former Information and Communications Minister, Prof Dora Akunyili, was yesterday laid to eternal rest shortly after a requiem mass at the Madonna Catholic Church, Agulu, Anaocha local...
View ArticleSenegal confirms first Ebola case
Senegal’s health ministry has confirmed a first case of Ebola, making it the fifth West African country to be affected by the outbreak. Health Minister Awa Marie Coll Seck told reporters on Friday that...
View ArticleAkwa Ibom Govt. acquires 14, 900 hectares of land for Seaport
Akwa Ibom government on Friday said it had acquired 14, 900 hectares of land for the take-off of Ibaka Deep Seaport in Mbo Local Government Area of the state. The state governor, Chief Godswill...
View ArticleAt least 10 die as boat capsizes in Port Harcourt
At least 10 people died in Rivers state on Friday when a boat carrying 35 passengers bound for Port Harcourt capsized and sank, a rescue official and local government spokesman said. “We can confirm...
View ArticleDortmund set to sign Kagawa
Borussia Dortmund will seal a deal worth up to £10 million for Manchester United misfit Shinji Kagawa within the next 48 hours, Goal understands. On Thursday Goal reported that Dortmund were in talks...
View ArticleTorres can leave if he wants – Mourinho
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has refused to rule out a summer exit from Stamford Bridge for Fernando Torres and suggested that the striker can leave if he wants.Goal understands the Spain...
View ArticleNations Cup 2015: Ivory Coast risk disqualification over Ebola fears
The Ivorian government will not allow the match, which is scheduled for 6 September in Abidjan, to go ahead. Ivory Coast said their options are “to relocate the game or forfeit”. But a Confederation of...
View ArticleTorres joins AC Milan on loan
Chelsea and AC Milan have agreed terms on a two-year loan deal for Fernando Torres, the Premier League club have confirmed. The Spain international has endured a troubled career at Stamford Bridge,...
View ArticleAt least 24 miners trapped in gold mine landslide in Nicaragua
(AP) — Rescuers worked Friday to reach at least 24 gold miners trapped by a landslide in northern Nicaragua. They could hear voices and presumed that all those trapped are alive, Marta Lagos, an...
View ArticleLarge explosion, gunfire at Somalia’s intelligence HQ
Suspected Shebab militants attacked Somalia’s intelligence headquarters in central Mogadishu on Sunday, setting off a bomb and opening fire on the complex, police and witnesses said. A large explosion,...
View ArticleTAN Rally: Hold Jonathan responsible if Ebola spreads – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said Nigerians must hold President Goodluck Jonathan personally responsible if the Ebola Virus Disease spreads more than it has done in the country, after he...
View ArticleUnilorin VC Urges FG To Relax Procedure For Accessing Tetfund Grant
Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Ambali, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin(Unilorin), has appealed to the Federal Government to relax the procedure for accessing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)....
View Article‘New polling units: Jega’s conspiracy against the South’
Chief Sunny Onuesoke, a former governorship aspirant, Delta state, yesterday, alleged that the controversial creation of New Polling Units by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was a...
View ArticleOfficial: Napoli complete €5m Lopez signing
After Espanyol announced on Saturday that he would be leaving for the Serie A side, the defensive midfielder has put pen to paper on a contract which runs until 2019 Napoli have completed the €5...
View ArticleOhakim vows to reclaim Imo governorship from APC
Former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim has appealed to the leadership and members of the People Democratic Party, PDP, in the state to support his second term ambition vowing to reclaim the...
View ArticleEbola: Health personnel call for provision of equipment in Ebonyi
Following the reported outbreak of Ebola virus in some states of the federation, health workers in Ebonyi State, yesterday, called for immediate provision of necessary equipment should there be any...
View ArticleIndustrialist urges for youth empowerment in Anambra
Chairman of Ezeemo Group of Companies, Mr. Godwin Ezeemo, has called for the cooperation of wealthy Anambra indigenes to initiate measures that would create jobs and empower the youths. Ezeemo, who...
View Article‘I’ll sponsor a bill on rural water/sanitation’
A Plateau House of Assembly aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the forthcoming 2015 elections , Mr. Solomon Walbe, has said that he would sponsor a bill on rural water and...
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