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Nwankwo Kanu, Super Eagles' captain has charged the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF to embark on early preparation for the team if the country must have a good outing at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa .
Former First Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA board, Richard Nwabufo Obienu has advised against sacking Super Eagles Chief Coach, Shaibu Amodu, saying it is too early, especially coming only a few days after he qualified Nigeria for the 2010 World Cup.
A few days after the Super Eagles managed to qualify for football's biggest fiesta, the World Cup which holds in Africa for the first time next year, and calmed the nerves of Nigerians who are passionate about the game, a new crisis capable of rocking sports to its foundation is brewing again.
In what appears to be the first ever move between two of the world's biggest movie industries, award-winning Indian-origin film and television producer, Parminder Vir is set to bring Bollywood and Nollywood practitioners together at this year's edition of the ION international film festival billed to kick off from December 9 through 13, at the garden city of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State capital.
Lagos and environs will experience endless funfair this weekend as residents will be treated to a night of thrills and excitement by artistes of the older and younger generations at the MTN Nigerian Music Fest scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at the Ocean View Restaurants in Victoria Island Lagos.
It was a good thing that our Eagles have picked the ticket to South Africa even though the way and manner we got the ticket was questionable.
After visiting Abuja, Yola and Kaduna, Nigeria's biggest youth event, The Future Awards (under the umbrella The Future Project), continued its national tour of the six geo-political zones of the country, taking its youth town hall meetings to Enugu, Port Harcourt and the Ghanaian capital, Accra.
For being such a worthy exemplar in public office, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State would on Friday, December 18 at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Lagos, be honoured in a grand awards ceremony called the Paragon Awards for the Architects of A New Lagos, PAANEL.
He lost his father just a few months after he was born but Trybson has shown that childhood setbacks are not enough to hold one back from destiny.
In a move that further reinforces the confidence of International copyright community in the Musical Copyright Society Nigeria (MCSN), the governing body of copyright administration in the world, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), in collaboration with affiliate sister organisation, South African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) and the South African ...
Two weeks ago in this column Dealing with Fake and Expired Product, the alarming rate at which consumers consume fake and expired products and how it is difficult identifying them at a given time was discussed. It was also discovered that the more we consume these fake products, the more we suffer from mysterious illnesses and sometimes we blame it on witchcraft.
Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, will May, next year, play host to thousands of Forever Living Products (FLP) distributors from nearly 40 countries of Africa in an Invitational Rally tagged "ABUJA 2010".
As the CBN approves the harmonisation of the two association in the microfinance sector, the Association of All Microfinance and National Association of Microfinance Banks of Nigeria, the CBN and the umbrella body regulating the activities of microfinance banks in Nigeria is hereby advised to launch deep in bringing sanity in the sector.
As part of preparations for this year's Kingdom Life World Conference, the presiding bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, TREM and former CAN National Vice President, Dr. Mike Okonkwo, speaks on the state of the nation, the Pew Foundation report on Nigerian Moslems/Christians, electoral reform, deregulation, among others.
Ibori Golf and Country Club, Asaba will witness one hell of a golf tournament as the 2009 edition of the Governor's Cup tees off on Tuesday with over 80 professional players. The 2009 edition according to IGCC Captain Hon. Daniel Mayuku promises to be different. For starters, the 18 holes facility in Asaba is wearing a new look with the entire 18 holes now looking lush green.
Mr. Jack Derickson, Managing Director of West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) has disclosed that the gas pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana has been completed but there are few difficulties.
The Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, has canvassed for the collaboration of African Universities, Research institutes as well as the industries for better development of the continent.
Hope is rising on the possibility of discovering oil and gas in the Benue Trough as experts researching into it say the prospects are high.
MEMBER representing Warri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, has expressed utter disgust over what he described as poor implementation of the 2009 federal budget, particularly as it affects the Warri Federal Constituency.
The Federal Government is to spend N350million on waste management in Onitsha and its environs, Commissioner for Environment, Dr Mike Egbobike, has said.
Prominent Nigerians and other personalities in African will attend this year's maiden edition of Nigerian Topleaders Magazine's International Conference/Awards and magazine launch in Accra, Ghana, next month.
Last week, I was in Lagos, Nigeria and witnessed the tragedy of African politics. Nigeria is home of anything between 140m to 160m people. It has some of the most educated, intelligent, innovative and hard working Africans.
Recently, Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, marked one year in office. Consequently, a town hall meeting was held at Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre, where the governor gave account of his stewardship.
Ahead of the 2011 general election, both political parties as well as second term governors have commenced intense political manoeuverings. In Kano State for instance, the trend is the same. The state is one of the few others in the country where the incumbent governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, is running his second term in office.
The 36 state governors met recently to deliberate on the difficulty they face in delivering the dividends of democracy to the people in their respective states. Chuks Okocha reports that with the outcome of the seminar, Nigerians should be ready to carry more burdens
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