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CAF Dumps Libya For South Africa •AYC 2011

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, March 4th, 2011

The first major sporting fallout from the political unrest in Libya has seen South Africa as likely replacements for the north African country as hosts of the Orange African Youth Championship, it was reported. The tournament, scheduled to begin on March 18, was originally slated to take place in Libya but the Confederation of African […]

Awolowo Clocks 102 Tomorrow

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 4th, 2011

THE founder of African Newspapers of Nigerian (ANN) Plc and first Premier of the defunct Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, will clock 102 tomorrow. To mark the day, a post-humous birthday thanksgiving service will be held at the family chapel in his residence, at 6, Yeye Oodua Street, Ikenne Remo, Ogun State, between 7.30 a.m […]

Prolonged Stay in Toilet Gives Drug Suspect Away

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Friday, March 4th, 2011

Nigerian antinarcotic officials have arrested a suspected drug trafficker for overstaying in the toilet during screening of passengers on Turkish Airline flight to Turkey. Mbah Jude Ifunanya, a 39-year-old man, attracted the attention of narcotic detectives by his prolonged stay in the toilet during outward screening of the Istanbul-bound flight. The development raised the suspicion […]

Man kills in-law, stuffs chopped body in drum

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 4th, 2011

It was a gory and bizarre scene, just like in a fiction or acting in Okota, Isolo Lagos yesterday as a middle-aged man was caught by the police with the lifeless body of his friend in a drum. The body was chopped in small pieces to make it fit into the blue plastic drum that […]

S’Eagles resume March 14, as Iroha makes case for home-based players

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, March 4th, 2011

THE Super Eagles will reconvene in Abuja on March 14 to begin preparations for the Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Ethiopia, which Nigeria must win to retain hope of qualifying for the Gabon/Equatorial Guinea championship. According to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), coach Samson Siasia will begin preparations with the home-based players, who recently returned […]

British Airways appoints first Nigerian as country manager

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 4th, 2011

EUROPE’S mega carrier, British Airways, has appointed Kola Olayinka as the airline’s first indigenous country manager, in its over 70 years of operation in Nigeria. According to the carrier, the appointment followed an extensive search spanning several months to find the best person for the job. A graduate of the University of Lagos and the […]

UK, others deport 92 Nigerians

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, March 4th, 2011

NO fewer than 92 Nigerians were yesterday deported from the United Kingdom (UK), Spain, The Netherlands, Hungary, France and Austria. They arrived aboard a chartered airplane about 9:00a.m. at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. An Immigration source at the MMIA said the deportees included 77 males and 15 females. The source, who pleaded […]

NDLEA director passes on

Posted by admin Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency) Friday, March 4th, 2011

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has lost its Director of Technical Services, Assistant Commander General of Narcotics (ACGN), Mr. Adesola Abiodun. He died on Tuesday in a Lagos hospital shortly after close of work. Saddened by the sudden demise of the newly promoted director, the Chairman/Chief Executive of the agency, Ahmadu Giade, described […]

(Picture) Abuja Stadium fading away

Posted by admin Headlines, Sports Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Nigeria’s prestigious sporting arena, the National Stadium, Abuja, is gradually withering away like a dry grass. The stadium, which was purposely built for the 2003 All Africa Games that was held in the capital city, is fast losing its beauty and would require an urgent and adequate attention to regain its beauty. Abuja, which became […]

Obama tourney: Agent accepts to pay compensation

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

The agent, Pius Oleh, who was responsible for the ill fated Obama Greenbowl invitational tournament in Dallas, US has agreed to compensate the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on the expenses it incurred in the botched trip. The agent blamed the problem on the failure of the ticketing company as NFF’s spoke person, Ademola Olajire, revealed […]