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A two-year legal battle over who was responsible for Michael Jackson's sudden death came to a dramatic close Monday as a California jury found Dr. Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Dr. Murray appeared to show no emotion as th...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is planning to draft new coach Stephen Keshi to the Olympic team preparing for the London 2012 Olympics. The team is the only national team on ground eyeing qualification for any international football event. The m...
NPL goals record breaker, Jude Aneke is only two games away from getting a pro contract with Belgian club Gent. The Kaduna United striker, Aneke made history when his hat-trick against Niger Tornadoes brought his goals tally this season to 20 goa...
Didier Drogba has been ruled out of the friendly with Bafana Bafana on Saturday. Cote d’Ivoire named their squad for the game without the striker. His drop was confirmed when Cote d’Ivoire settled on their 19-match squad to travel to ...
Anambra State Governor Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to shun divisive tendencies to promote corporate existence of the country. He also urged the people to maintain harmonious co-existence irrespective of tribe or religion and to highlight areas of com...
First Bank Nigeria PLC has provided a recipe that would shape the future of the banking industry with the presentation of a research report by its research chair entitled: ‘ Fifty years of banking sector reforms in Nigeria, past lessons and futur...
Recently, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in a public statement warned MTN, Globacom and Airtel that it would stop them from selling Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards by the end of this month if they fail to improve the quality ...
The governor of Benue State, Dr Gabriel Torwua Suswam has described the purported petition against him to the United Nations for Human Rights by a group of Nigerians residing in the United States of America (USA) as a piece of propaganda and smear camp...
Gombe State Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has urged religious and community leaders irrespective of ethnic and religious differences to imbibe the ideals of promoting peace, harmony and equity for the development of Gombe St...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has foiled the importation of cocaine from Brazil into the country on Sallah day by a drug cartel. It said that this followed the prompt interception of substances suspected to be cocaine a...
Nasarawa State Government said it has purchased construction equipment worth N400m for the construction of rural roads and bridges across the state. The construction is expected to commence in December. Similarly, the government has announced the...
Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, has said that the attackers of Southern Kaduna Villages were sponsored to create confusion and cause disaffection among the peoples of the state. The governor said this yesterday while receiving the ...
Dream Team V captain, Lukman Haruna has charged his foreign-based colleagues invited for the 2012 Olympics playoffs not to let the nation down. He spoke ahead the CAF U-23 championship, which serves as the final qualifying series for the London 2012 Ol...
The Commissioner of Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Dr Sam Oduselu has attributed the inability of some of the nation’s aviation companies to operate profitability to the global aviation trend where everything is computed in dollars. O...
As the federal government continues to grant foreign airlines access to more than one airport in Nigeria, the aviation industry will continue to record capital flight.This was the position of the Managing Director of Belujane Konzult, Mr. Chris Aligbe,...