A Canadian taken hostage at gunpoint on an oil rig off the coast of Nigeria a month ago has broken his silence about his nine-day ordeal, expressing sympathy for the kidnappers even though they shot him. Robert Croke of Torbay, in eastern Newfoundland, had said he would never work in Nigeria’s oil industry after hearing […]
A group of young men numbering about 60 that claimed to be ex-militants from Bayelsa State, yesterday, attacked the Abuja headquarters of the Presidential Amnesty Office. According to the group, it was protesting their non-inclusion in the benefits of the amnesty programme, especially the N65,000 stipend and feeding allowance paid to their colleagues on a […]
DO you remember the defunct Green Eagles’ midfielder Kenneth Onyibo Ilodigwe? He was one of the second generation of Green Eagles players, who came to limelight in the early 1970s after winning the prestigious Academicals Cup with the dreaded East Central State team in 1971. Ilodigwe went on to win the National League consecutively with […]
Makinwa is on a season-long loan deal from Italian club Lazio, but he has not exactly set the Greek league on fire leading to rife speculations over his future. MTNFootball.com learnt that Makinwa had refused an option to be paid according to his appearances for Larissa. “The way this works is by the number of […]
Nigerian athletics is traditionally sprints oriented and perhaps this is why, the country is yet to make any impact in the long distance events even as there are abundant and naturally endowed talents waiting to be discovered. Producing world champions is the sports legacy Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke wants to leave behind when […]
This is one factor that would work against Eagles coach, Samson Siasia in his bid to build a solid team ahead of the soccer battles ahead. Checks at the NFF during the week reveals that there are no plans to arrange matches for the Eagles in the FIFA free days in the 2011 calendar.A member […]
As the year draws to a close, former Nigerian international goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, who stood between the goalposts for Nigeria for over a decade, and won laurels with the Super Eagles, has charged the trio of Vincent Enyeama, Dele Aiyenugba and Austin Ejide to seek for greener pastures in other parts of Europe if they […]
The Senate on Wednesday carried out a minor reshuffle in the leadership of its committees, with a few senators losing their chairmanship seats and others assuming new positions The adjustment also saw the creation of a new Committee on Special Duties. Former governor of Benue State, Senator George Akume, lost his seat as the chairman […]
THE statements credited to some key National Assembly leaders as reactions to the public rage against the national lawmakers’ outrageous pay clearly demonstrate that the venal parliament is not in a hurry to make a realistic adjustment to its obscene privileges. Despite an unprecedented wave of criticism, the National Assembly members are yet to unveil […]
THE Senate yesterday threatened to withhold allocations to all parastatals that fail to submit their 2011 budgets to the National Assembly for approval. At the close of debate on the general principle of the 2011 budget proposal forwarded by President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Assembly last week, Senate President David Mark remarked that some […]
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