10 May 2011 Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to make it an incredible 36 league goals in the current campaign as Real Madrid defeated local rivals Getafe 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday to prevent Barcelona from winning the league title for at least one more day. If Real had failed to win, Barcelona would have been crowned champions…
11 May 2011 Defending champions Enyimba will test the championship credentials of Dolphin of Port Harcourt Wednesday, when the second half of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) begins. Two-time champions Dolphin are top of the table with 43 points from 19 matches and have sat at the summit for most of the first round of the competition. Enyimba, on the…
11 May 2011 Following on from yesterdays look at the best Africans in England this season, we turn our attention to the Spanish La Liga. 5. Romaric (Sevilla/Cote d'Ivoire) Appearances/goals: 24/1 The 27-year-old is in his third season as Sevilla and it is arguably his best as he develops into a magnificent holding midfielder. Full name Christian Koffi Romaric N'Dri,…
“Master, Master, I’ve done what Napoleon could not do! I’ve just turned back the Duke of Wellington!” Nostalgia! Older Nigerians will remember this outburst in a story from the Oxford English Reader, Book 5. Lagos is a long shot away from the cognomen, ‘Centre of Excellence’, which remains an achievable dream, though. A fresh visitor to Lagos, any JJC -…
The Kaduna State chapter of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has accused some traditional rulers of partisanship during the general elections. Addressing journalists in Kaduna yesterday, the chairman of the party, Mohammed Aliyu Lawal blamed traditional rulers for failing to discharge their duties during the elections in the state. “They have left their basic responsibility of maintenance of peace…
The senatorial election petition tribunal in Kwara State has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to forward to and put in the custody of the tribunal all the materials used for the conduct of the senatorial election for Kwara Central senatorial district. The tribunal sitting on Tuesday also granted an order permitting the petitioner, Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the Action…
Singer Whitney Houston is undergoing treatment again for drug and alcohol addiction, her spokeswoman said on Monday. The multiple Grammy Award-winning diva has enrolled in an outpatient program rather than a residential facility. "Whitney Houston is currently in an outpatient rehab program for drug and alcohol treatment. Whitney voluntarily entered the program to support her long-standing recovery process," publicist Jill…
Britain's Prince William and his new wife Kate have set off for a delayed honeymoon following their wedding last month, St James's Palace said on Tuesday. The couple flew out on Monday, a royal source said, but no details were given of their destination, other than that it was outside Britain. "They have left for their honeymoon and the couple…
Starcomms Plc is offering its customers a tariff plan that will allow them make free on-net calls all day and 20 kobo per second calls to other networks within Nigeria. The plan, called the Awuff Plus, is available to all Starcomms customers everywhere under the network’s coverage except those on Virtual Private Networks (VPN). To benefit from it, the customer…
Five months after it launched the ground-breaking 2Good plan, leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has introduced a new tariff plan which offers very affordable call rates and sets a new benchmark for value offering in the industry. The new tariff offer, the Airtel Big Family package allows existing and new customers to make On-Net calls at 15 Kobo per…
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) yesterday said revenue accruals from the exploitation of crude oil from the 172 disputed oil wells between Akwa Ibom and Rivers states are to be saved in a special account pending the resolution of the issues by the Inter-Agency Technical Committee on the implementation of the Supreme Court Judgment. The Commission said…