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NFF AGM begins in Port Harcourt
The 2012 Annual General Congress of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will begin in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Chairmen of the 36 state football associations in the country as well as top officials of the NFF will converge ... -
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Handball: 14 teams confirm participation in FCT Unity Championship
Fourteen clubs have confirmed their participation in the forthcoming FCT Unity handball Championship scheduled to take place in Old Parade Ground in Abuja from 20th – 24th October, 2012. The championship which is being organi... -
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KTHA wins Shema Fives tourney
From JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON, Kaduna – Katsina House of Assembly Fives Club defeated Katsina Royal Garden Fives Club 2-1 to win the maiden edition of the Governor Shehu Shema Fives Competition, which ended at the weekend in ... -
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We’re ready for NSF —Ganduje
From SANI YUSIF, Kano – THE Deputy Governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said that Kano state is fully ready for the 18th National Sports Festival slated in Lagos next month. Ganduje made this known recen... -
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Eaglets to get special bonus
President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari has for the umpteenth time pledged the Federation’s maximum support towards the Golden Eaglets’ qualification for the 2013 African Under-17 Champions... -
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Arsenal Kiddies win Kwara Pillar of Sports Cup
The Arsenal Kiddies Football Club of Ilorin pipped Mayor Football Club of Offa by a lone goal to lift the Kwara Pillar of Sports Under-16 Cup competition in an entertaining final played at Osi, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kw... -
Sports
Reconstitution of FCT sports associations ordered
From Evelyn Dadu, Abuja Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, yesterday directed the Social Development Secretariat (SDS) to reconstitute all the boards of sports associations in t... -
Sports
‘…we play 4-4-2, not 4-2-4’
From RAMSAY UGELE, Abuja – Super Eagles coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi has rubbished claims that he still plays the 4-2-4 formation in modern day football, saying that what he plays in reality is 4-4-2, which his foreign-... -
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Eagles need not dollars to beat Lone Star —Keshi
Super Eagles boss, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi has reacted swiftly to news making the rounds that Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has promised the Lone Star huge dollars rain if they upset the form books by defeating Nig... -
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Dedevbo calls for calm
Flamingoes head coach, Peter Dedevbo, has called for calm after his side’s whitewash of hosts, Azerbaijan at the Fifa Under17 Women’s World Cup. Nigeria’s Flamingoes defeated their Azerbaijani counterparts 11-0 lastTuesda... -
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Yakowa ’ll receive Torch of Unity today
From UBA IBRAHIM, Kaduna – Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State will receive the ‘Torch of Unity’ today at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House to signal the official countdown to the forthcoming 18th National Spor... -
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‘Our League needs improvement’
From IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – A FIFA-licensed player agent, Kester Ezuma has declared that for the Nigerian Premier League to command more respect, proper packaging, players’ welfare and a lot more still need to be do... -
Sports
FIFA agent throws weight behind Keshi
From IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – FEW days to the second leg of the last round of qualifiers for next year’s African Cup of Nations in South Africa, a FIFA- licensed players agent, Kester Ezuma, has expressed confidence in ... -
Sports
Mikel, Ogenyi have no business in Eagles now …says Peters
From RAMSAY UGELE, Abuja – Super Eagles team list for the crucial Nations Cup qualifier final leg released on Tuesday has received knocks from former Assistant Secretary General (Technical) of the NFF, Coach James Pe...
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Sports
NFF AGM begins in Port Harcourt
The 2012 Annual General Congress of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will begin in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Chairmen of the 36 state football associations in the country as well as top officials of the NFF will converge ... -
Sports
Handball: 14 teams confirm participation in FCT Unity Championship
Fourteen clubs have confirmed their participation in the forthcoming FCT Unity handball Championship scheduled to take place in Old Parade Ground in Abuja from 20th – 24th October, 2012. The championship which is being organi... -
Sports
KTHA wins Shema Fives tourney
From JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON, Kaduna – Katsina House of Assembly Fives Club defeated Katsina Royal Garden Fives Club 2-1 to win the maiden edition of the Governor Shehu Shema Fives Competition, which ended at the weekend in ... -
Sports
We’re ready for NSF —Ganduje
From SANI YUSIF, Kano – THE Deputy Governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has said that Kano state is fully ready for the 18th National Sports Festival slated in Lagos next month. Ganduje made this known recen... -
Sports
Eaglets to get special bonus
President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maigari has for the umpteenth time pledged the Federation’s maximum support towards the Golden Eaglets’ qualification for the 2013 African Under-17 Champions... -
Sports
Arsenal Kiddies win Kwara Pillar of Sports Cup
The Arsenal Kiddies Football Club of Ilorin pipped Mayor Football Club of Offa by a lone goal to lift the Kwara Pillar of Sports Under-16 Cup competition in an entertaining final played at Osi, Ekiti Local Government Area of Kw... -
Sports
Reconstitution of FCT sports associations ordered
From Evelyn Dadu, Abuja Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, yesterday directed the Social Development Secretariat (SDS) to reconstitute all the boards of sports associations in t... -
Sports
‘…we play 4-4-2, not 4-2-4’
From RAMSAY UGELE, Abuja – Super Eagles coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi has rubbished claims that he still plays the 4-2-4 formation in modern day football, saying that what he plays in reality is 4-4-2, which his foreign-... -
Sports
Eagles need not dollars to beat Lone Star —Keshi
Super Eagles boss, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi has reacted swiftly to news making the rounds that Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has promised the Lone Star huge dollars rain if they upset the form books by defeating Nig... -
Sports
Dedevbo calls for calm
Flamingoes head coach, Peter Dedevbo, has called for calm after his side’s whitewash of hosts, Azerbaijan at the Fifa Under17 Women’s World Cup. Nigeria’s Flamingoes defeated their Azerbaijani counterparts 11-0 lastTuesda... -
Sports
Yakowa ’ll receive Torch of Unity today
From UBA IBRAHIM, Kaduna – Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State will receive the ‘Torch of Unity’ today at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House to signal the official countdown to the forthcoming 18th National Spor... -
Sports
‘Our League needs improvement’
From IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – A FIFA-licensed player agent, Kester Ezuma has declared that for the Nigerian Premier League to command more respect, proper packaging, players’ welfare and a lot more still need to be do... -
Sports
FIFA agent throws weight behind Keshi
From IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu – FEW days to the second leg of the last round of qualifiers for next year’s African Cup of Nations in South Africa, a FIFA- licensed players agent, Kester Ezuma, has expressed confidence in ... -
Sports
Mikel, Ogenyi have no business in Eagles now …says Peters
From RAMSAY UGELE, Abuja – Super Eagles team list for the crucial Nations Cup qualifier final leg released on Tuesday has received knocks from former Assistant Secretary General (Technical) of the NFF, Coach James Pe...
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The fate of Deputy Governors in Nigeria
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[Posted on Friday, January 18, 2013 --- report from SUNDAY ODE, Abuja] — NATIONAL Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, has urged the Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Ramalan Mukhtar Ye...
