9 March 2011 Harry Redknapp admits Tottenham are in Champions League dreamland after his side reached the quarter-finals with a tense 1-0 aggregate win over AC Milan. Redknapp's team survived a barrage of pressure from Milan at White Hart Lane on Wednesday to secure a 0-0 draw in the last 16 second leg clash and that was enough to eliminate…
10 March 2011 Inter Milan youngster Joel Obi has stepped up to the plate at a time Nigerian fans are desperate for new heroes following the fiasco that was last years World Cup. You will most probably have to go far back to 2004 when Obafemi Martins made a goal-scoring debut in London to match Obis own Super Eagles bow…
10 March 2011 The UEFA Europa League Round of 16 begins this evening, with eight first leg matches spread across the continent. Liverpool, after their impressive 3-1 destruction of Manchester United in the Premier League, head into their away match against Portugals Braga without captain Steven Gerrard, defender Daniel Agger and utility player Fabio Aurelio. However, striker Any Carroll is…
Anti-Corruption Revolution (ANCOR), a non-governmental organisation, has declared that it will be difficult for the Federal Government and its agencies to curb corruption in the country, considering the involvement of high profile Nigerians in corrupt practices. The National Publicity Secretary of the group, Amitolu Shittu who decried the high rate of corruption in the country, said the menace of corruption…
Former Chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and loyalist of the Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel, Joju Fadairo yesterday declared that he has decided to join Olusegun Obasanjo's faction of the party in the state. The former Nigerian president's faction of the party had produced Tunji Olurin as the PDP's governorship candidate for Ogun State. Mr Olurin's status was…
Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, yesterday flagged off the Ikare-Akoko-Ajowa road which cost the state N4.8 billion. Mr. Mimiko also commissioned the largest market in Ondo State, the Ikare Regional Market, built at a cost of N210 million. The two key projects were part of activities marking his administration's second anniversary as his spate of project commissioning took him to…
Chinaydu out with new single Ruggedman's rap protégé, Chinaydu of the ‘9ice the Ingrate' fame has released a new single, ‘Falling'. The rapper who is the first artist on Rugged Records, yet again featured label boss Ruggedman in ‘Falling' released yesterday on Notjustok.com. The track borrows a satirical opening from the multiple award-winning title track by American singer, Alicia Keys.…
9 March 2011 Nigerias Super Eagles have picked Everton striker Victor Anichebe ahead of Obafemi Martins as a direct replacement for injured Turkey-based striker Emmanuel Emenike for a forthcoming Nations Cup qualifier versus Ethiopia. MTNFootball.com exclusively gathered that Birmingham City cup hero Martins was pencilled to replace Emenike before the team selectors finally settled for Anichebe. The choice was between…
The chairman, House Committee on Information, Eseme Eyiboh, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside the ‘primary election’ held in his constituency. According to Mr. Eyiboh, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) did not conduct any election before forwarding the name of Bassy Dan Abia to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as House of Representatives candidate…
Delta State governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Ovie Omo-Agege, has promised mass housing for the state’s citizens if he is elected in the April polls. Speaking to journalists at the weekend, Mr. Omo-Agege disclosed that he had a good housing policy for Delta indigenes and implored them to give him their votes on April 16, 2011…
Traditional rulers in Cross Rivers State have endorsed the presidential bid of President Goodluck Jonathan and are set to direct their subjects to vote for him in the April presidential election. At a reception for the president and his vice Namadi Sambo at the Council of Chiefs Chamber in Calabar on Monday, they said “every thing has its time and…
A move by Cote d'Ivoire's Laurent Gbagbo to take the cocoa sector into state hands triggered an alarm on Tuesday, as industry officials feared a huge financial hit if it meant their stocks in the country would be seized. Exporters said they were seeking urgent clarification on whether a late-night decree issued on Monday covered 475,000 tonnes of unexported beans…
Libyan oil trade has been paralysed as banks decline to clear payments in dollars due to U.S. sanctions, trading sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The move follows a decision by major U.S. oil firms to halt trade with Libya and will complicate deals for European firms to buy Libyan oil. Around half of Libya’s oil output, or more than one…
Banks in the country have abandoned their core function of financial intermediation and instead, are more concerned with pursuing deposits. Experts who spoke on the issue believe that the refusal of banks to take the risk in financing some sectors of the economy have put the economy in the poor position it is today. Boniface Chizea, managing director of BIC…
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