This evening Osaze’s West Bromwich Albion took a rare 3 points from Arsenal at the Emirate Stadium beating the hosts by three goals to two. Osaze opened the goal scoring in the 50th minute after West Brom had missed a 38th minute penalty missed by C, Brunt. By the 73rd minute West Brom had gone [...]
Referees in Nigeria have insisted the forthcoming Premier League will not begin on 2 October unless they are paid outstanding allowances. The president of the Nigeria Referees Association (NRA), Ahmed Maude, has pledged a boycott until various issues are sorted out. Chief amongst them is what Maude says is an outstanding payment of around US$70,000. [...]
David Beckham has followed through with his threat to sue editors at a U.S. magazine for publishing a series of shocking claims about his sex life – his attorneys have kicked off a massive international legal battle by filing a lawsuit in Los Angeles. The soccer star was thrust into the spotlight this week after [...]
The Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe has won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, which recognizes artists who have had an extraordinary impact in their field. The award, named after the silent film stars, will be delivered at a ceremony on Oct. 27 in New York. Past winners include Robert Redford, Ornette Coleman, Merce Cunningham [...]
The Mega Progressive People’s Party (MPPP) has called for the immediate resignation of the national chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC,) Prof. Attahiru Jega for what it described as deceits and failure to abide by its earlier promise to conduct the 2011 general election by January. According to the party, it will amount to [...]
The Alliance for Democracy (AD) Thursday fused into the Action Congress of Nigeria (AC N) at its last national convention in Lagos. It was presided over by its National Chairman Chief Michael Koleoso. With the merger, which was approved by the convention, its national decision making body, the party is expected to cease to exist [...]
The Protem National Chairman of the Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP), Pat Utomi, has announced his decision to join the 2011 presidential race on the platform of the party. This would be the second time that Mr Utomi is taking a shot at the presidency. He was the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress [...]
Former Sports Minister, Sani Ndanusa alongside other candidates that emerged victorious in the Nigerian Olympics Committee election, which was annulled polls by the International Olympic Committee last week, all won the fresh polls conducted yesterday. While many expected a stiffer contest for positions into the executive board of the NOC, it was not the case [...]
Mohammed Aliyu Gusau, the National Security Adviser who resigned Monday to contest the presidency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said yesterday that his decision does not amount to a betrayal of President Goodluck Jonathan. Mr Gusau, 67, who was at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja to submit his Expression of [...]
Former Super Eagles coach, Amodu Shuaibu has been appointed as a Consultant and Technical Adviser for the revival of football in Edo State’s education sector by the state Government. The state governor, Adams Oshiomhole announced the appointment yesterday, during the presentation ceremony of the report by the committee set up by the state government for [...]
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has confirmed that it has located the three French nationals that were abducted with another individual abducted in a separate incident on the same night. The group in a statement by its spokesperson Jomo Gbomo claims they are already in consultations with the abductors on [...]
The World’s Largest Ipod This 25 ft. iPod is attached to the side of the Unizan Bank building across from the State house at Third St in Columbus, Ohio. Not only does it look like an iPod, but it actually plays music. The gadget was created for Columbus Alive, a weekly entertainment magazine and website [...]
World leaders will convene for another day Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly, where representatives from member nations are expected to discuss various issues. Leaders from the United States, China, Japan and the United Kingdom are expected to speak late Wednesday afternoon. All world leaders making the annual pilgrimage for the UNGA are entitled [...]
Nigeria’s chief election commissioner formally asked on Wednesday for a three-month delay to January’s presidential elections, saying more time was needed to iron out problems with voter registration. “What is worth doing is worth doing well,” Independent National Election Commission (INEC) Chairman Attahiru Jega said at a meeting with political parties to discuss possible delays [...]
A case of contempt brought against top Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officials has been adjourned until Thursday at the Lagos High Court. Justice Okon Abang adjourned the case following a long list of absentees that included FIFA executive member Dr. Amos Adamu, former NFF president, Aminu Maigari and former NFF secretary-general, Bolaji Ojo-Oba. The court [...]
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Five-time champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria will kick off their quest to reclaim the Africa Women’s Championship, AWC title against debutants, Mali, but they would compete in the same group with hosts, South Africa. The Coach Uche Eucharia-led Falcons were this afternoon drawn to play in Group A against the Bayana Bayana of South [...]
Nigerian Breweries Plc has unveiled 12 contestants, instead of 10 usually selected, for participation in its annual television reality show, the Gulder Ultimate Search The event was held at the at the main hall of the Lagoon Restaurant, Victoria Island. Out of the 41 youth shortlisted after a three week search across the country, only [...]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has proposed March 2011 as the new dates for general election in Nigeria. Presidency sources say that the electoral body has made it clear to several stakeholders that March 2011 remains the earliest feasible date for the agency to guarantee free and fair elections in the country Last Sunday [...]
Nigeria’s national security adviser has resigned from his post in order to run in the 2011 presidential election, he told CNN on Sunday. In announcing his bid for the presidency, Gen. Aliyu Gusau will compete against President Goodluck Jonathan, who appointed Gusau to his national security post earlier this year to help quell religious clashes [...]
LESS than twelve hours to his formal presidential declaration, President Goodluck Jonathan has picked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP nomination form as well as that of expression of interest, to contest the 2011 presidential election under the party’s platform. Jonathan paid N10 million for the nomination form and N1 million for the expression of interest [...]
Co., the top automaker in Korea, said yesterday that it will start test driving its new electric bus, the Elec-City, next month to decide whether to begin mass production as early as next year. An agreement was signed between the automaker and the provincial government of Gyeonggi to operate one electric bus on a city [...]
Population Council Recruiting for Program Coordinator – MHN – Lagos The Population Council is an international, non-profit, non-governmental institution that seeks to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world and help achieve a humane equitable and sustainable balance between people and resources. The Population Council has worked in [...]
The Secretary-General, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie, has said that the lingering ownership crisis rocking the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) was caused by political differences between Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State and Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State. According to Professor Okojie, the unfolding events in the institution have shown [...]
Remi Babalola, the minister of special duties has resigned, citing poor health as his reason. His exit has been speculated upon since August 11 when President Goodluck Jonathan moved him from the finance ministry shortly after he made the controversial statement that the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation was broke. The special duties portfolio gained reputation [...]
