President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, yesterday urged Nigerians to emulate the country’s founding fathers, especially their indomitable spirit. Senator Mark, who made this call at a special church service to mark the 52nd independence anni...
Chairman, Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Development, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, 63, shares the October 1 birthday with Nigeria. In this interview with CHIKA OTUCHIKERE, the former Governor of Yobe State says that successive leaders have ...
Screening of prospective participants for West Africa’s biggest soccer reality television show, the Glo Soccer Academy, will begin October 8, 2012 in Kumasi. Glo said all applicants in Kumasi and environs would be screened at the Paa Joe Stadium,...
It was good and the not too good news on Monday morning when the national team; Super Eagles resumed training for the October 13 duel against the Lone Star of Liberia in Calabar. As expected all the players invited save for the Sunshine Stars duo of Iz...
Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, has again insisted that there will be no partiality between home-based stars and those based abroad in the selection of the final team that will face Liberia, October 13 in Calabar. “I know that 1...
As the crunch game between the flying Eagles and South Africa’s Amajita, draws nearer, Kenneth Omeruo of Dutch Eredivisie club, ADO Den Haag is expected to lead a slew of foreign-based professionals to camp for the 2013 Africa Youth Championship ...
It has been confirmed that Argentina will be competing in the 2nd Edition of Copa Lagos which takes place on the 14th – 16th of December 2012. The Argentines have huge Beach Soccer pedigree. Along with Brazil, Argentina is one of only two South A...
Lionel Messi has insisted that he cares about winning trophies with Barcelona more than about individual glory. The Argentine attacker is widely seen as one of the best players in the history of the game, but the 25-year-old is more concerned about how...
Hon Aliyu Ibrahim Gebi is a lawmaker representing Bauchi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and chairman, House Committee on Internal Security. In this interview with PEMBI STEPHEN-DAVID, he posits that, freedom of expression does not...
As the House of Representatives suspends plenary this week to undertake a thorough audit of the implementation of the 2012 budget, EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE reports on the import of the budget impasse. In July, Nigeria’s minister of finance and coordinat...
The Michael Okpara Auditorium Umuahia, the Abia state capital, was filled to the brim last Friday as the state governor, Chief Theodore Orji, handed over 19 secondary schools taken over by the defunct East Central State government shortly after the civ...
It has been revealed that cleaning and household chores are among the reasons responsible for the divorce of most couples. Household chores are never fun, especially if you live with a someone whose lifestyle habits rivals that of a sloth. It has...
Nigeria's Sports Minister Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi advocates a new course for Sports Development in Nigeria and admitted that poor preparations marred the country’s chances at the London 2012 Olympics games.
Muslims across all groups converged at National Mosque, Abuja on Monday to offer prayers for the late Dr AbdulLateef Adegbite, former, Secretary-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). Adegbite died on Friday Sept. 28, during a br...
President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), driven mainly by non-oil sector, has grown by 7.1 per cent, while the economy attracted N6.8 trillion investments in nine months. Jonathan, who disclosed this in his 52...