NFF berates Globacom over N1bn to Man United
Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has expressed dissatisfaction over the way telecommunication giant, Globacom Limited is handling its sponsorship contract agreement with the football house. While...
View ArticleEnglish FA reduces Matic’s ban to two games
Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic’s violent conduct ban has been reduced from three games to two, but he will still miss Sunday’s League Cup final. The FA’s independent regulatory commission partially...
View ArticleWave of bombings kills 37 in Iraq
A wave of bomb attacks around Baghdad killed 37 people and wounded dozens more on Tuesday, as at least seven explosions struck in or near the Iraqi capital, police and medical sources said. In the...
View ArticleKano Emir to Kwankwaso: You’ve neglected the poor
Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has accused Kano State Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, of not doing enough for the poor before resorting to clearing them from the streets and his palace. His...
View ArticleReps in rowdy session over motion on AIG Mbu
House of Representatives was yesterday thrown into a rowdy session over a motion urging the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Suleiman Abba to relieve the Assistant Inspector-General of Police for Zone...
View ArticleWHY WE DUMPED G-7 GOVS – LAMIDO, ALIYU
Say “we can never belong to APC” Obasanjo tore expired membership card – PDP Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido and his Niger State counterpart, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, yesterday took up...
View ArticleObasanjo didn’t commission Olorunsogo II Power Plant – NDPHC
Management of Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited, NDPHC, owners of the National Integrated Power Project, NIPP, has refuted some online news reports that the newly commissioned 750mw NIPP...
View ArticlePDP’s propaganda troika
I may be wrong, or may not be very correct. But from my recent observation of happenings inside the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, there has been a steady rise in the timely response and...
View ArticleHOW NOT TO PLAY POLITICS WITH NATIONAL INTEREST
One of the major reasons why the general elections were postponed is because of the insecurity in most parts of the North-East geopolitical zone. Specifically, some local governments in Adamawa, Borno...
View ArticleJonathan, others eulogise Bayelsa women leaders at state burial
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday joined other eminent Nigerians to pay their last respects to the Bayelsa State women leaders, who died in an auto crash on February 14, 2015. At a state funeral...
View ArticleNDIC seeks power to oversee banks’ non-banking investments
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC is seeking extra statutory powers to enable the commission supervise the non banking investments, subsidiaries and affiliates of banks in the country. This,...
View ArticleN-Delta leaders demand N1.2trn gas flare penalty
Leadership of Host Communities of Nigeria, HOSTCOM and leaders of oil producing communities in Niger Delta region have appealed to the Federal Government to immediately release the gas flare penalties...
View ArticleSEC boss, Gwarzo emerges AMERC chairman
Acting Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC Nigeria, Mr. Mounir Gwarzo has been elected Chairman of the Africa/Middle East Regional Committee, AMERC of the International...
View ArticleMinisterial nominee: Group hails Jonathan over Akobundu
A political group under the umbrella of Abians United for Democracy, AUD has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for nominating Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd) as one of the ministerial nominees due for...
View ArticlePDP, APC clashes undemocratic—APC Vice Chairman
The vice chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Katsina state, Hon. Abdulkadir Nasir has described as unfortunate the incessant clashes between supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party and...
View ArticleGov Aliyu acted within the law on acting governorship—aide
The media aide to the governor of Niger State, Israel Ebije has stated that there is no law restricting Governor Babangida Aliyu to handover to his deputy instead of the speaker. He said the governor...
View ArticlePDP vs Obasanjo: The other side of the coin
An avalanche of criticism has continued to trail the recent drama at the Abeokuta Hill Top home of President Olusegun Obasanjo (Baba). I am referring to Baba’s instruction to his ward chairman of our...
View ArticleHyperemesis Gravidarum
Hyper means Excessive, Emesis means Vomiting, and Gravidarum means Pregnancy. Therefor hyperemesis gravidarum means severe nausea and vomiting that occurs in pregnancy. A less severe state is simply...
View ArticleClimate change and nuclear weapons in our world
The horrendously cataclysmic and hideously destructive potentialities and capabilities inherent in nuclear weapons makes it a good use to pale into gross insignificance in contemporary times. Our world...
View ArticleNFF praises Eaglets, says technical crew intact
The Nigeria Football Federation has commended the U-17 National Team, Golden Eaglets, for earning a place at the FIFA U-17 World Cup finals taking place in Chile later in the year. NFF President, Amaju...
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