Afcon 2013: Blame me For Zambian disgrace – Renard
Head coach Herve Renard has said he is to blame for Zambia’s disgraceful failure to reach the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. The defending champions were eliminated after a...
NIGERIA: FG signs N157bn deal with General Electric
General Electric, GE, has signed an agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria to invest N157 billion ($1 billion) in Nigeria over the next five years. The funds will be...
NIGERIA: NNPC owes FG N1.3trn, says NEITI
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is owing the Federal Government about N1.3 trillion ($8.3 billion) in earnings from 2009-2011, according to a report by the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency...
Afcon 2013: South Africa pile pressure on Mali
BAFANA Bafana coach Gordon Igesund believes the pressure is on Mali for the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal at Moses Mabhida Stadium tomorrow. Mali coach Patrice Carteron said after his...
NIGERIA: FG releases $3m funds to address lead poison
Nigeria has provided nearly $3 million in long-delayed financing to clean up part of an area where lead poisoning has killed hundreds of children, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday. The...
Beckham signs five-month deal with PSG
Former England captain David Beckham on Thursday signed for Paris Saint-Germain in a five-month deal, fuelling hopes of a celebrity boost for French football as it faces up to an...
NIGERIA: Fire guts Ipas office in Abuja
AN early morning inferno, Thursday, engulfed the Abuja head office of Ipas-Nigeria, an international NGO promoting issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights of women. No lives were lost...
NIGERIA: Witchcraft, groups rescues 2 children in A/Ibom
A team of Child Rights focused NGOs on Wednesday rescued two children accused of witchcraft at Okopedi Market, Okobo in Akwa Ibom. Officials of the Humanist Association for Peace and...
NIGERIA: Security guard sentenced to 5 months imprisonment for fraud.
Senior Magistrate Rosemary Kanyip of the Kubwa Senior Magistrates’ Court in FCT, on Thursday sentenced 35-year old security guard, Innocent Adoga, to five months imprisonment for fraud. Kanyip, however, gave...
NIGERIA:Yobe conducts local council polls June
The Yobe Independent Electoral Commission (YOSIEC) said on Thursday that it has obtained updated voter register from INEC, preparatory to the local government council elections in the state in June....