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The Nigerian Army yesterday handed over a suspected terrorist and 124 bags of substances suspected to be cannabis arrested at checkpoint mounted by troops of 176 Special Forces Guards Battalion at Abaji, an Abuja border town.
Lt.-Col Adeyinka Adereti m...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday held a crucial meeting with the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Anthony Anenih, at the presidential villa, Abuja.
Anenih’s visit was his first official appearan...
The FCT Police Command has disclosed that no fewer than five explosives have been retrieved from the site of the explosion which rocked Karu Town, an Abuja suburb.
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Olufemi Ogunbayode, who briefed journalists in ...
President of Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Engr Sani M. Ndanusa has hailed the Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan on his revolutionary strides in sports and said that the recent success of Team Nigeria at the just concluded African Youth A...
Nigeria head coach, Stephen Keshi, has expressed surprise at Joseph Yobo’s comment following his exclusion from last month’s Fifa World Cup qualifying against Kenya in Calabar.
Keshi, 51, disclosed to supersport.com that he held talks with ...
Former FC Dragon coach, Edema Fuludu has said Flying Eagles are favourites to qualify from Group B of the 2013 Fifa Under-20 World Cup in Turkey.
Nigeria has been pitched against Cuba, Korea Republic and Portugal.
Fuludu said though the Flying Eagles f...
Players of three-time Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) champions, Dolphins have embarked on an indefinite strike to press home demands over the non-payment of their signing-on fees for the 2011/12 football season.
This will be the second tim...
Kano Pillars have said they will unleash Flying Eagles defensive midfielder, Shehu Abdullahi on their Caf Champions League opponents, the Athletic Club Leopards de Dolisie of Congo this weekend.
The Kano club won the first fixture, first round encounte...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on former Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasiru el-Rufai to come clean on his role in the setting up of Pentascope instead of castigating him (Atiku).
Atiku, in his first official reac...
A jilted lover-girl identified as Chinonye (surname withheld) a native of Umunede, Delta State, has allegedly killed two brothers by poisoning their drink on Easter Sunday.
Reports said that though the people of Umunede have arrested the suspect who de...
Prosecutors said Dr. Virginia Soares de Souza and her medical team administered muscle relaxing drugs to patients, then reduced their oxygen supply, causing them to die of asphyxia at the Evangelical Hospital in the southern city of Curitiba.
De Souza,...
Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes Reds captain Steven Gerrard will end his career at Anfield.
Gerrard, 32, underlined his enduring value to Liverpool with a dominant display capped by the winning penalty in his side’s 2-1 victory at Ast...
Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan has stated his desire to retain the Arabian Leagues Golden Shoe award at the end of the season.
The Al Ain hitman won the prestigious award which is similar to the European Golden Shoe gong for the most goals scored in all th...
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has assured that beach volleyball would be included on the list of sports for the 19th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Calabar, Cross River State.
NSC’s Assistant Director of Elite Athletes Development (EAD)...
Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain will today clash in the Uefa Champions League quarter finals in an encounter that will see PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic play against his former club Barcelona. Already, Barcelona’s sporting director Andoni Zubi...