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‘Briton of Nigerian descent’ named suspect in Woolwich murder

A man seen ranting at a video camera with a bloodied pick-axe moments after a soldier was brutally attacked in the street of London has been identified on internet forums as Michael Adebolajo.
It is understood that Adebolajo, 28, and…

OSMi acquires Premier League Free-to-Air rights for SA,Sub-Saharan Africa

The Premier League has announced today that Optima Sports Management International (OSMI) has been awarded a package of live audio visual broadcast rights for Free-to-Air Barclays Premier League matches, for seasons 2013/14 – 2015/16 in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, covering…

14 terrorists killed in ongoing military operations in Nigeria

The Defence Headquarters on Sunday confirmed that 14 terrorists had been killed in the ongoing military operations in the Northern part of the country.
A statement by Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade, Director of Defence Information said that three soldiers died and…

Christians lauds Presidency on emergency rule, urges dissolution of amnesty committee

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Mr Ayo Oristejafor, has urged the Federal Government to dissolve the committee constituted on granting amnesty to Boko Haram insurgents.
Oritsejafor’s reaction, contained in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday and…

Ndanusa, Ogba, Gumel retain posts as Edeze, Ejiogu, Nnaji lose sports federations’ presidency

The National Sports Commission (NSC) on Tuesday in Abuja supervised elections into executive positions of 21 national sports federations against the 22 earlier planned.
Bolaji Ojo-Oba, NSC’s Director of National Sports Federations and Elite Athletes Department, announced the results after…

Kenyan Masai wins Okpekpe road race in Nigeria

The first ever IAAF-certified road race in Nigeria held on Saturday May 4, at Okpekpe, Edo State, attracted seven hundred top athletes from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Nigeria.
The race which covered ten kilometres (ten thousand metres) over hills and…

New Music: WizKid releases Jaiye-Jaiye, featuring Femi Kuti

EME and Starboy Records star Ayo Balogun aka WizKid has released his much awaited collaboration single featuring top Afrobeat musician Femi Kuti, titled ‘Jaiye-Jaiye‘.
The song was produced by Sarz.

Listen below:…

Athletics Nigeria meets with clubs, insist athletes re-register for 2013 season.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria issued a communique at the end of its meeting with club owners in Abuja on Tuesday April 30th still insisting that clubs and state AAAs must re-register their athletes for the 2013 Athletics season.
The…