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Belgian Maurice Cooreman has signed for Gombe United to become their head coach for the 2012/2013 Nigeria Premier League (NPL) season. Cooreman signed a one-year contract “with many options,” according to chairman of the Gombe State Sports ...
Nigeria’s final preparation for the 2013 AFCON will be in South Africa from January 4. Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) general secretary Musa Amadu disclosed that the Eagles final phase of Nations Cup camping will begin on January 4. “It&...
Former president of the Nigeria Football federation (NFF), Sani Lulu Abdullahi has exonerated himself of being involved in any financial recklessness and misappropriation during his stewardship as NFF president. He challenged anybody who has contrary o...
AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi is ready to sell the Serie A powerhouse to Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the ruling Emir of the State of Qatar, as he feels the time has come to say farewell to his beloved club, Goal.com reports. The Rossoneri are...
Lionel Messi has made it clear that he is not interested in joining Paris Saint-Germain and says he is happy with life at Barcelona. The Argentina international stated on Monday that he dreams of staying at the Blaugrana until the end of his career, an...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted the enforcement of the fundamental rights application filed by the Managing Director, Matrix Energy, Mr Aliu Abdulkadir and two others. In his ruling, Justice Okechukwu Okeke, ordered that Abdulkadi...
The FCT Administration has so far paid N43,395,762,731.93 to local contractors executing various projects in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, between January and September this year. FCT Minister, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, who revealed thi...
Mr Zira Kwoji and Madam Godiya Dauda, the two farmers whose produce were affected by Thursday’s plane crash involving Taraba State Govenor Danbaba Suntai, have requested for government’s assistance. Kwoji and Dauda said yesterday ...
The Supreme Court yesterday affirmed the election of the governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Seriake Dickson. The five justices of the apex court, led by Justice Walter Onnonghen, unanimously dismissed the appeal filed by the Change Advocacy Party (CAP) a...
The South South region may be headed for war if the threat by some Kalabari chiefs, from Rivers State, alleging that President Goodluck Jonathan is plotting to handover oil wells belonging to them is anything to go by. Speaking with newsmen yesterday a...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday turned down a request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the court to summon the Ijaw leader and former information minister, Chief Edwin Clark to explain why he was commenti...
The House of Representatives yesterday queried the deployment and secrecy around the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) profiles of Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the educational sector, including tertiary institutions. Federal lawmakers raise...
As part of peace building efforts in Plateau State, Governor Jonah Jang has appointed a Senior Special Assistant on Fulani Affairs. A statement in Jos yesterday, signed by Mr James Mannok, the Director of Press Affairs, named the new aide as Mallam Sal...
The Governor of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has called for the total overhaul of the pension scheme as practiced in the country, lamenting that it has usurped the funds available for job creation for the youths who are daily being chu...
The Joint Taskforce of the 3 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Effurun, yesterday, uncovered a vast expanse of land hosting 18,000 illegal refineries at Escravos in Warri South Local Government area of Delta State. This is ...