AFTER several postponements, the 17th edition of the National Sports Festival tagged: ‘Garden City Games’ begins today in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. But the opening ceremony, according to the Local Organising Committee (LOC) would not hold until July 3. Rivers State won the rights to play host to Nigeria’s mini Olympics after the [...]
Suspected members of an Islamic sect bombed three beer gardens in northeastern Nigeria, killing 25 people and wounding 12 others on Sunday, authorities said. Police blamed the attack on a group known locally as Boko Haram, which earlier this month carried out an attack on the nation’s police headquarters. Authorities said two men riding on [...]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged the second son of the late businessman and politician, Chief Moshood Abiola, Deji, with alleged N35.5 million theft. He is to face trial for alleged fraudulent conversion and stealing before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja. The EFCC alleged that he collected [...]
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has been named highest paid African footballer. The England-based players dominate the list of Africa’s footballers abroad in a Forbes article, according to Goal.com earning an estimated 13.3 million dollars annually, Toure is ahead of other great African players such as Samuel Eto’o, Didier Drogba and Michael Essien. The Ivorian [...]
Andre Villas-Boas has been confirmed as Chelsea’s new manager. The former Porto boss has signed a three-year deal and is in London on Wednesday preparing to begin work. Villas-Boas, 33, is the same age as players Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba and won the Portuguese league, League Cup and Europa League last season. “Andre was [...]
Confidence Haugen, Ghana’s female representative evicted from Big Brother Africa Amplified contest, yesterday denied reports that she went nude during her stay in the Big Brother House. Though what appears to be a photograph of her being nude featured on the front pages of several Ghanaian newspapers, Confidence told a packed news conference at the [...]
An Abuja High Court, yesterday granted former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole and his deputy, Usman Bayero Nafada bail. However they were taken back to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) custody for failure to meet the bail condition. The duo have been in the custody of the Economic and Financial [...]
Nigeria is counting it’s deaths as suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber bombed Police Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. Police so far put death toll at two, but independent sources are expected the figure to rise. One dimension to the story was that the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Ringim and the police headquarter building were [...]
A powerful explosion has hit the Nigerian police headquarters in the capital, Abuja, officials say. “The police force headquarters has been bombed, everywhere is bombed,” deputy police spokesman Yemi Ajayi told AFP. Local TV stations also said the blast was a bomb, Reuters news agency reports, and a large plume of smoke can be seen [...]
Perpetua Nkwocha will be making a third appearance at the FIFA Women’s World Cup after she was included in the Nigerian team for the upcoming tournament in Germany. The 35-year-old forward had previously taken part in both the 2003 and 2007 tournaments, which took place in the United States of America and China, respectively, and [...]
Former Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank, Tayo Aderinokun is dead. Mr Aderinokun, who had been on medical leave for some months, died in a United Kingdom hospital Tuesday afternoon. A respected banker and supporter of the arts, Mr Aderinokun co-founded Guaranty Trust Bank Plc in 1990 and served as Deputy Managing Director for 12 [...]
Chelsea hitman Didier Drogba will be wedding long-time fiancée Lala Diakite today in Monaco, France before some 500 guests drawn from the world of sport and show business. The ceremonies, to be chaired by Chelsea owner Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, will last until Monday June 13, according to organisers. Cameroonian football star Samuel Eto’o, Senegalese [...]
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole who was earlier today granted bail by another Judge of the Federal High Court, has been remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission along with his former deputy, Usman Nafada. Justice Donatus Okorowa of the Federal High Court 7 in Abuja [...]
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday told the international community that he is well disposed to the emergence of Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as the Speaker of the House of Representatives as he is the choice of the members. The President, however, said the preference of a candidate from the South-West geo-political zone as Speaker was to obey [...]
Argentina and Nigeria, the two international teams at the centre of a match-fixing investigation by Fifa, are to meet each other again in Bangladesh in September. Fifa are investigating heavy betting on a late goal being scored in the match, which Nigeria won 4-1 with an under-strength Argentina side scoring from a dubious penalty in [...]
Nollywood actress cum newly appointed United Nations Habitat Youth Envoy, Ini Edo has revealed plans of building a new school at Dustbin Estate in Ajegunle. Speaking through her public relations agent, Platform PR, the actress, who recently celebrated her birthday with the children at the estate said, she was moved by the plight of the [...]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, before Justice Donatus Okorowa of the Federal High Court 7 in Abuja today. This is coming as the anti-corruption body yesterday filed formal charges against him. Mr Bankole, whose earlier arrest was foiled Friday [...]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday slammed a 15-count charge against the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, before a Federal High Court in Abuja. There were however, indications that more charges were being prepared against the embattled former Speaker. Meanwhile, the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Festus Keyamo, is perfecting the [...]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has shortlisted about 1,000 top farmers across the country in the first batch of beneficiaries to be granted agricultural loans to boost agriculture development and guarantee food security. Managing director, Diamond Bank, Alex Oti, who announced this yesterday at the end of the Bankers’ Committee meeting in Abuja, said the [...]
Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo on Sunday grabbed a late equalizer to rescue Nigeria from what would had been an embarrassing loss to Ethiopia in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier played in Addis Ababa. With barely four minutes left on the clock, the Fenerbahce of Turkey defender stole in at the far post [...]
The World Wide Web will be disrupted globally on Wednesday as the world Internet bodies plan to test run the new Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6). The Internet Protocol is the address of a device used in connecting to the Internet and it represents the technology powering the Internet. It only recognises the IP address [...]
David Mark has been re-elected president of the Seventh Senate session. He was re-elected with his deputy in the sixth Senate, Ike Ekweremadu. Both were adopted on Monday during the inauguration of the seventh assembly. Their re-election was hardly unexpected, as both men got the endorsement of almost every senator before today. Mr Mark’s return [...]
ABUJA – Nigeria’s outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole has been arrested. In a statement, the Head of Media and Publicity for Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Femi Babafemi, disclosed that Bankole was arrested because he was planning to escape. He explained that the commission’s operatives had to arrest Bankole [...]
Governor Ibikunle Amosun, his Deputy,Prince Segun Adesegun and 26 new lawmakers luckily escaped mass death and injuries today at the Ogun state House of Assembly [OGHA]when an explosive device planted under a ring inside the chamber was detected and evacuated while it was yet to explode. The explosive material which the Police authority told The [...]
Aminu Tambuwal (PDP Sokoto) on Monday emerged the new speaker of the House of Representatives . He scored 252 votes to defeat his opponent, Mulikat Akande-Adeola (PDP-Oyo) who scored 90 votes. The total votes cast was 340, with eight invalid votes and one member abstaining. Mr Tambuwal’s nomination was made by Emmanuel Jime ( PDP-Benue) [...]
