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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election, Chief Wale Oke, has said Ondo people’s desire for change is the basis for his gunning for the Ondo Government House and said that he was ready for t...
Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) fled in various directions yesterday when a yet-to-be-identified armed policeman stormed the Iponri office of the traffic management agency, shooting sporadically before bolting away wi...
The Minister of Environment, Mrs. Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafia, has said that all park rangers in the country’s national parks across the country will be upgraded to the status of para-military forces. The minister stated this while inaugurating of th...
The Lagos Coroner, Mr. Komolafe Oyetade, was shown the video footage of what happened at the site of the Dana air craft which crashed at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos on July 3, 2012. The clips that were shown were from Channels Television and Television Con...
Lithuania basketball coach revealed after beating his African foes that he never took the encounter lightly because he knew how talented and dangerous the Nigerian team is. Nigeria is 21st in the world why Lithuania is 5th. Kestutis Kemzura said he kne...
Team Nigeria weightlifters will today and Friday begin their quest for medals at the London Olympics Games. Felix Ekpo is expected to battle for the ultimate prize in the sport today while Mariam Usman is up on Friday in the women’s category. Ekp...
D’Tigers’ chief coach, Ayo Bakare has expressed displeasure over the inability of the basketball team to repeat the defeat they handed the world’s best fifth team Lithuania yesterday. Nigeria defeated the Lithuanians during the Olympi...
Ongoing repair and maintenance of the Noble Percy Jones, a giant oil rig at the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics base (LADOL) is said to save the country $16.5 million (N2.5 billion) in capital flight, which is the cost of the job and directly create abou...
Prince Billy Harry is the President, Forum of South-South Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture. In this interview with OLAOLU OLADIPO, he speaks on a wide range of issues affecting the country and calls on President Goodluck Jonathan t...
AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi has admitted that the club’s financial problems mean that they must now strive to develop great players, just as Barcelona have done, rather than embark upon any more “shopping sprees”, as they did dur...
Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has admitted that he finds it difficult to explain exactly why he has enjoyed such remarkable success during his career, joking that he is “not even the boss at home”, so he has no idea how he manages to run ...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Football Association (FA) Chairman, Alhaji Musa Saeed Talle has called on corporate organizations in the country to support the various relevant organs in development of football in the country, saying government alo...
The Port-Harcourt side could not continue their journey to Kaduna after they were involved in an accident in Auchi. Players and officials of Sharks may not honour the Week 36 Nigeria Premier League game against Kaduna United as they were involved in an...
Nigeria Premier League (NPL) club, Enugu Rangers have revealed they are in talks with Premier Soccer League (PSL) clubs; Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns over partnerships that would see the teams “exchange ideas and forge a fruitful alliance....
Brown Ideye continued his impressive run in the new 2012/13 Ukraine Super League with two goals in Dynamo Kyiv’s 3-1 win over Hoverla-Zakarpattia on Saturday. But Ideye left it very late to help Kyiv to the victory. Hoverla-Zakarpattia took the l...