The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed four Tanzanian referees to officiate a round of 16 Confederation up return leg tie between South African’s Black Leopards and Warri Wolves from Nigeria. The match will be played in South Africa between the weekend days of May 4 and 6. Central referee will be Zanzibar’s Waziri [...]
Tie With Wolves: Leopards Arrive Lagos Thursday Published on April 24, 2012 by pmnews · No Comments Officials of Warri Wolves FC say they are expecting their opponents in the CAF Confederation Cup, the Black Leopards of South Africa in Lagos on Thursday, 26 April, 2012. Wolves, who will clash with Leopards in the first [...]
| Print | E-mail Tuesday, 24 April 2012 Share As it was towards the end of last year, when there was a massive flow of blood in different parts of the country due to varying reasons, so it was in the first quarter of 2012, as there was a harvest of deaths from different parts of the country. [...]
Picture taken from www.ziyawamag.com WILY: Leopards’ Sunday Chidzambwa The former Zimbabwe national coach was appointed yesterday as Leopards coach Vladislav Heric is unable to travel with the club because he is allergic to the yellow fever injection. Assistant coach Abel Makhubele, who stood in for Heric in their away match in the Democratic Republic of [...]
BY Emma Arubi WARRI – THE people of Orubu community in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, have threatened to halt Chevron Nigeria Limited’s operations, both on-shore and off-shore, over allegation of continued neglect of the community for years. The community, said to have been partitioned by Chevron into “Block A” in its [...]
DAYS after the Senate granted President Goodluck Jonathan powers to confront the Islamic extremist, Boko Haram, fire for fire, the Nigerian Air force has declared that it is combat ready to confront terrorism. The Air Force has also enjoined Nigerians not to panic. Giving these assurances at the weekend, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal [...]
The communities affected by the Shell Bonga spill of 2011 have yet to be compensated, says Mr Mofe Pirah, Delta Commissioner for Oil and Gas. “Currently, nobody has been compensated; the compensation will come after the historical analysis of the result and findings have been concluded,’’ Pirah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in [...]
By Emma Arubi WARRI—THE legal team of the former Governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori is to appeal the 13 years sentence handed him by a London court last week. A reliable member of the team and a Warri- based legal practitioner, who does not want his name in print, told Vanguard exclusively, that [...]
| Print | E-mail Saturday, 21 April 2012 Share SYLVESTER IDOWU writes on the success of the Local Content Policy of the Federal Government as being driven by Fenog Nigeria Ltd, an indigenous company in the Niger Delta region. Following the signing of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Act in 2010, the Federal Government issued a [...]
Paul Bassey On Saturday, the football world stood still for what is being referred to as the greatest club match in the world, Barcelona against Real Madrid, dubbed and rightly too as El Clasico. Despite some anti climaxes along the line, as the humiliation of Real the last time out at the Bernabeau (1-3) the [...]
Gospel Singing Is My True Calling — Tope Alabi
Patricia Temitope Alabi (neeObayomi) is a household name in Nigeria gospel music scene. Born over forty years ago into a catholic family, her parents had received a prophecy when she was seven years old that she would be a “great minister of God”. The actress-turned -singer had paid her dues in the entertainment industry before [...]
Air Nigeria to be privatised in two years –Jimoh Ibrahim
Air Nigeria is to be privatised within the next two years. It is expected that the airline would be on a firm footing by then. Chairman of the company, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, said the airline would focus more on international operations with scheduled flights to Dubai, Rome, Paris and Asian countries. Ibrahim, who spoke on [...]
Fashion Night Out, Ghana 2012 Comes Off This Weekend
Entertainment of Friday, 18 May 2012 Source: – Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (2) « Prev Next » The Ghanaian fashion taste is now on the high and we cannot be blind at the new styles in vogue. Fashion Night Out, Ghana [...]
Nigeria picks 25 players for U-20 invitational tourney
LAGOS, May 19 (Xinhua) — The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has named a 25-man squad for an invitational U-20 tournament in Cape Town, South Africa. Spokesperson for the team Samm Audu disclosed this in a statement reaching Xinhua on Saturday, saying John Obuh, the Head Coach of the national under-20 men’s listed three goalkeepers, eight [...]
Victor Ikpeba, Austin Okocha & the six Legends of the Heineken Champions Planet
SPECIALBy Babajide Alaka The Heineken Champions Planet is located in the heart of Victoria Island. It is a cosy duplex filled with football memorabilia and beautiful hostesses who make sure that fans of the beautiful game never want for anything on match days. In football-speak, the Heineken Champions Planet is football heaven. It is where [...]
Keshi to continue open door policy
Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi stated that he will continue with his policy of giving every player a chance to prove himself despite calls for him to put down a standing team. Former Eagles midfield maestro and technical committee member of the Nigeria Football Federation, Austin Okocha during the week urged the Eagles coach jettison his [...]
