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By Ene Osang Abuja Th e Chairman of Nasarawa United Football Club Barrister Isaac Danladi, has harped the importance of sports sponsorship, saying its benefi ts are immeasurable. Danladi who …
Danladi urges investment in sports development Read MoreAhead of next year Commonwealth Games in Australia, the President of the Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Daniel Igali, has confi rmed that two of the nation’s top female wrestlers, Mercy …
Two female wrestlers off to Austria Read MoreTh e Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Lagos State government will begin a two-day working visit of the National Stadium, Surulere and various youth centres in Lagos tomorrow …
Ambode, Dalung to inspect National Stadium, Lagos Read MoreCrystal Palace’s team coach was vandalised prior to Saturday’s 1-0 win over Middlesbrough, with the club’s name and colours sprayed on to it. Contrary to speculation, the coach had not …
Crystal Palace team coach vandalised Read MoreFIFA has disclosed that it was confi dent problems plaguing the pitch at the new Saint Petersburg stadium will be fi xed in time for the Confederations Cup in June. …
FIFA back troubled St Petersburg pitch Read MoreUkraine’s Elina Svitolina hit a career high world ranking after her victory in Dubai helped her crack the WTA top 10 released on Monday. Th e 22-year-old moved up three …
Win sends Svitolina to career high 10th Read MoreManchester United boss Jose Mourinho says he is convinced Zlatan Ibrahimovic will stay at the club, and joked that fans should “go to the door of his house” to convince …
United fans can convince Ibra to stay – Mou Read MoreFG mulls $20bn gas project in Niger Delta By David Agba, Sokoto and Abdullahi M. Gulloma, Abuja In keeping with its determination to increase liquidity in the foreign exchange market, …
CBN creates dollar glut, pumps $180m into market, banks Read MoreAustrian Dominic Th iem secured his eighth ATP title with a 7-5 6-4 win over Pablo Carreno Busta in the fi nal of the Rio Open. Second seed Th iem, …
Thiem takes Rio Open Read MoreManchester United gear up for Sunday’s EFL Cup fi nal against Southampton, three of the club’s former stalwarts got together for a celebration in Paris. United legends David Beckham and …
Beckham, Neville brothers enjoy birthday bash in Paris Read MoreOn this day in 1953, Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H.C. Crick announce that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes. …
Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA: February 28, 1953: Read MoreWodaabe men perform the Yaake ritual dance as part of the Gerewol week-long courtship ceremony in Chad. It must be one of the only African cultures which allows girls to …
Wodaabe men perform the Yaake ritual dance as part of the Gerewol week-long courtship ceremony in Chad Read MoreTh e commencement of the enforcement of the installation of speed-limiting device by commercial vehicles across the country with eff ective from February 1, by the Federal Road Safety Commission …
A word for FRSC Read MoreFrom left: Governor, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim, OPEC Secretary General, Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, and …
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu and OPEC visit by OPEC delegation in Abuja Nigeria yesterday Read MoreBy Muhammad Aliyu Dutse The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has lost over $1 trillion to fluctuation of oil prices, its Secretary General, Dr Mohammed Barkindo has said. Barkindo …
OPEC lost $1trn to oil price fluctuation – Barkindo Read MoreA Federal High Court in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, has sacked the senator representing Akwa Ibom North-east Senatorial district, Bassey Akpan, from the Senate. The court in a judgement delivered …
Court sacks senator, orders refund of all emoluments Read MoreImmediate past Minister of Environment, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, will be sworn in today as the UN Deputy Secretary-General at the UN Headquarters in New York, the News Agency of Nigeria …
Ex-environment minister assumes duty as UN deputy scribe today Read MoreBy Amaechi Okwara Asaba Tragedy truck yesterday in Asaba, the Delta state capital, as notorious armed robbers terrorising the state shot a bank customer to death in the presence of …
Cops flee as robbers kill bank customer in Asaba Read MoreIndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said that more than 25 of its staff were hospitalised due to Saturday’s supplementary election held in Etche, Rivers. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Aniedi …
Rivers re-run: 25 electoral officials hospitalised — INEC Read MoreBy Vivian Okejeme Abuja Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed March 13 to decide whether or not to set aside his order of forfeiture of …
$1.2bn Malabu deal: Shell, Agip know fate March 13 Read MoreThe naira was Africa’s worst performing currency in 2016. In the closing weeks of February the naira suffered its greatest humiliation in the parallel market as it tumbled to a …
CBN and naira exchange rate Read MoreAs he continues to visit the African continent, FIFA President Gianni Infantino says he will put the continent as a priority in his plans going forward. The president was speaking …
Infantino puts Africa as priority Read MoreBy Simon Imobo-Tswam I met Professor Sani Abubakar Mashi only on February 9, a month after his appointment as head of the nation’s whether agency. Before then, I had only …
Mashi, doing ‘Buhari’ proud at NIMET Read MoreBy Kwuanu Faeren T. Amnesty International is riding the wave of a newfound high after delivering on its clients’ demand, which appears to be a mission to grade Nigeria in …
Nigeria: AI’s high as the new low Read MoreOlaitan S. Abiodun, who hails from Ondo state, has been writing since the age of 16. A Mass Communication graduate with a Masters degree in International Law and Diplomacy, Abiodun …
How I realised that life actually begins at thirty – Abiodun Read More