Players in contention to be in Keshi's World Cup squad
The Big Boss faces selection problems ahead of his trip to Brazil after clinching the ticket against Ethiopia. The Super Eagles booked their ticket to the 2014 Fifa World Cup with a 4-1 aggregate win...
View ArticleLagos schools where pupils sit on bare floors unearthed
Lagos schools where pupils sit on bare floors unearthedThe World Bank as the largest external financier of education in the developed world found a reason to partner with the Lagos State Government to...
View ArticleThe 20 most searched sports stars of 2013 – and why you looked for them
After a year of sporting drama, we look back at the 20 sports stars most searched on Yahoo! during 2013.1. Andy MurrayMurray became the first British man to win Wimbledon for 77 years when he overcame...
View ArticleFive U-17 players Keshi can pick for the CHAN tournament
Stephen Keshi will do well to invite some players from the victorious Golden Eaglets into the home-based Super Eagles preparing for the CHAN tournament.With just two months to the African Nations...
View ArticleNigeria will overcome her challenges – President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan. Friday, expressed optimism in the unity and survival of the country, saying that the present challenges of the nation would strengthen her.The President spoke at Umuida,...
View ArticleWe did not suspend principal – LASG
Lagos State Government has debunked the claim that the Principal of Ikeja Junior Grammar School, Mrs. Adesiyan Balogun has been suspended from office reports Vanguard.Commissioner for Information and...
View ArticleEnergy company pledges 10 megawatts of electricity in Borno State
Oriented Energy Resources Plc, a Nigeria-based company, says it plans to generate 10 megawatts of electricity within four months in Borno using solar system. The company’s Executive Chairman, Alhaji...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan and Vice-president Sambo meet PDP governors over defection
Jonathan and SamboTwo crucial meetings aimed at resolving the crisis in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party which led to the recent defection of five governors were held inside the Presidential Villa,...
View ArticleAnambra PDP chairman kidnapped by gunmen
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State, Mr. Ken Emeakayi, was kidnapped on Monday by some gunmen.Emeakayi was said to be returning to Awka from his village in Okija when his car...
View ArticleTwo Saudi Arabian women detained for driving
Two of Saudi Arabia’s best-known female advocates for lifting the ban on women driving were detained on Friday after being caught behind the wheel in the country’s capital.Aziza Al-Yousef, who was...
View ArticleASUU Strike Update: OAU students desert campus, lecturers show up
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, in Osun State, on Monday failed to resume for academic activities despite the Federal Government directive for immediate re-opening of all federal...
View ArticlePDP’s plan to impeach me will fail – Governor Amaechi
Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi| credits: File copyRivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has alleged plan by the Peoples Democratic Party to impeach him for defecting to the All Progressives...
View ArticleASUU dares FG, continues with strike
Despite the threat by the federal government to sack members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, if it fails to call off the prolonged strike that has paralysed education in the country,...
View ArticleDon’t send students back to campuses, ASUU begs Parents
Forty eight hours to the deadline given by the Federal Government to striking university lecturers to resume classes or be sacked, the union has remained adamant, advising parents not to risk the lives...
View ArticleNew York train crash: Metro-North derailment in Bronx
Four people have been killed and more than 60 injured in a passenger train crash in the Bronx area of New York.Emergency workers were on scene extremely quickly after the crashEleven of the injured are...
View ArticleTukur: I’m a virus in PDP
National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur| credits: gongnews.netThe National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has described himself as a virus in the...
View ArticleAnambra Governorship Election: APGA dedicates victory to Ojukwu
*Adopts Jonathan as 2015 presidential candidateThe All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, has said it was dedicating the victory of its candidate in Anambra governorship poll, Dr. Willie Obiano, to the...
View ArticleScores killed as Boko Haram attacks Air force Base in Maiduguri
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists, Monday morning, attacked the Composite Group Air force Base and other places in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.The siege which started at about 3 am shook the town...
View Article32 states to participate in 2013 National Youth Games
Thirty-two States including the FCT have confirmed their participation in the forthcoming under-17 National Youth Games (NYG) scheduled to begin in Abuja on Thursday, December 5.Alhassan Yakmut, the...
View ArticleSingle term will solve all our problems – Ekweremadu
*Extend Jonathan’s tenure to 2017*Extend tenure of all governors to 2017The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, CFR has for the second legislative session running been the Chairman...
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