Latest news emerging from South Africa has it that the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on has sentenced the leader of the Movement of the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Henry Okah, to 24 years in prison. It will be recalled that on 21 January, Okah was found guilty on 13 counts of [...]
In order to motivate the Flying Eagles of Nigeria to go all out in their semi-finals game against Egypt at the African Youth Championship,The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have promised to improve their win bonus. The Flying Eagles got $1000 for each victory at the AYC,but the NFF promised to increase the money to $2000 [...]
Flying Eagles Goal keeper Trainer, Alloy Agu, has said the winners of Tuesday’s Africa Youth Championships’ semi-final between Nigeria and Egypt will go on to win the competition. Defending champions Nigeria finished second in Group B with six points and are up against the Junior Pharaohs, who were runaway winners of Group A with a [...]
The Anambra State Government on Monday opened a condolence register in honour of the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe. In a brief ceremony held at the Government House, Awka, the Deputy Governor, Emeka Sibeudu, led other government officials, including commissioners, to sign the register. Mr. Sibeudu said that the state government would be fully [...]
Torrents of tributes have continued to pour in for renowned author, Professor Chinua Achebe, who died in the United States last Thursday. As a proof of his global status, those mourning Achebe bear no allegiance to tribe or tongue, and were not even influenced by political considerations. Akpabio: He was Fountain of Honour Akwa Ibom [...]
Microsoft CEO and America’s richest man, Bill Gates, has cancelled his scheduled official visit to Nigeria, Premium Times reports. Report said the cancellation is in connection to the presidential pardon granted former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and Shettima Bulama. Gates was due in Nigeria March 27 and 28 concerning the aggressive polio eradication campaign [...]
Super Eagles striker, Obafemi Martins has cut short his 2-year contract with Spanish club, Levante for a move to Major League Soccer side, Seattle Sounders FC in the United States. Martins first made this announcement on his twitter handle, @oba_martins saying the move is a big step to take in his career but insists that [...]
SUPER Eagles’ head coach, Stephen Keshi has told his players to stop thinking of the success achieved at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and concentrate on the upcoming game against Kenya. Nigeria defeated Burkina Faso last month to win the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa but Keshi told the players in camp [...]
The newly christened Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, is set for a thrilling start this Saturday after over seven months in limbo, as two of the country’s biggest clubs, Enugu Rangers and Enyimba, battle in the season opener. The battle ground will be the Nnamdi Azikwe Stadium and Enugu is already agog in anticipation for [...]
THE police in Lagos State on Friday afternoon arrested eight members of an armed robbery gang who attempted to rob the Abule Egba branch of a new generation bank. The police also recovered sophisticated arms and ammunition, including five AK-47 rifles and assorted charms. The armed robbers were dislodged by the combined team of the [...]
Stephen Keshi has released the list of the foreign based players to join the local based players in camp for the World Cup qualifier game against Kenya and surprisingly he omitted the name of ace defender Joseph Yobo from his list. Explaining the reason why the player who needs 5 game appearances for the Super [...]
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has finally rested the idea of contracting a foreign coach to head the National team the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The football body made this announcement yesterday Thursday saying it has no plans to contract a foreign technical director for the national teams and denied ever conceiving such idea. In interview [...]
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state of Bayelsa signed a law on Wednesday approving the death penalty for convicted kidnappers, in a region were abductions by criminal gangs are common. Kidnapping for ransom in the southern Niger Delta and offshore of the oil region is a multi-million dollar business. The vast majority of people taken [...]
Nigeria took home their third Nations Cup after securing a 1-0 victory over Burkina Faso at the grand finale of the 2013 AFCON on Sunday February 10, 2013 at the Soccer City in Johannesburg. The Super Eagles’ goal came from a Sunday Mba left strike after he flicked the ball over a Burkinabe defender five [...]
Burkina Faso’s star striker Jonathan Pitroipa, who picked up a red card in Wednesday’s semifinal, is set to play in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final after all. For Pitroipa to be able to take part the referee in Wednesday’s game had to admit he had made a mistake in booking the player for a [...]
In order to boost the morale and spirit of the Super Eagles ahead of the AFCON 2013 final, President Goodluck Jonathan has despatched a high-powered delegation led by the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark to represent him and the Federal Government at the match in Johannesburg on Sunday. Other dignitaries on the delegation [...]
Gunmen on tricycles on Friday killed nine female health workers conducting anti-polio vaccination in a twin attack. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Magaji Majiya, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna. Majiya said that the attack took place around 9am on Friday in Kano metropolis. He said: [...]
Newly-formed mega party, the All Progressive Congress, APC, will any moment from now announce the composition of its national executive members, Dailypost has learnt. The four political parties that make up the new alliance are: Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change, All Nigeria Peoples Party and All Progressive Grand Alliance. It was gathered [...]
ENUGU State governor, Mr Sullivan Chime, returned to Nigeria on Thursday, after about five months outside the country. The governor was said to have arrived through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, through a British Airways flight from London Heathrow Airport. Sources said the governor immediately headed for the Enugu Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, but [...]
Ivory Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi admits that he and his team’s players failed to achieve their 2013 African Cup of Nations campaign after losing 2-1 to Nigeria on Sunday, which means they are out of the quarterfinals. “I assume all the responsibility,” Lamouchi told the post game press conference. “We had our chances to take [...]
KNOWING the enormous potential coupled with losing 1-2 to Nigeria on Sunday in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals, Cote d’Ivoire captain, Didier Drogba, has hailed the Super Eagles for their inspiring outing at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium and said the team could win the tournament if they perform against others like they did [...]
South Africa topped Group A with a 2-2 draw against Morocco on a dramatic night in the African Cup of Nations. The result means Morocco bow out, while Cape Verde join Bafana Bafana in the last eight. Morocco took the lead early on when Issam El Adoua nodded in from a corner, but South Africa [...]
THE Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Thursday, began evacuation of all abandoned aircraft in airports across the country, as the special task force committee set up on the project commenced the exercise. The evacuation exercise began from the Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA), Lagos and it was expected to move to Abuja airport after [...]
NIGERIA Football Federation (NFF) has urged the Super Eagles to redouble their efforts in their last group C game against Ethiopia on Tuesday to qualify for the quarter final of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa. The Super Eagles played a 1-1 draw against the Chipolopolo of Zambia on Friday to put [...]
Five Indian sailors kidnapped when their ship was attacked off the coast of Nigeria last month have been released, the vessel’s operating company said on Saturday. In the incident that took place about 65 km off the Niger Delta coast on December 17, pirates looted the SP Brussels, an oil and chemicals tanker,a vast wetlands [...]
