Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 19:06
BILLIONAIRE businessman Tony Elumelu has asked Japan to invest $2.5bn on young and budding entrepreneurs in Nigeria and other African countries as part of a programme to regain market share it has recently lost to rivals.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 18:37
SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has called up Paok of Greece midfielder Anderson Esiti as a replacement for the injured Wilfred Ndidi for the September 10 friendly encounter against Ukraine in Dnipro.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 17:33
GOVERNOR Emeka Ihedioha has asked the people of Imo State to carry out a citizen's arrest of his predecessor Senator Rochas Okorocha whenever they see him and hand him over to the police for assaulting a government official.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 16:48
CANADIAN footwear giant Bata has announced plans to expand its presence in Nigeria with the opening of several multi-million naira factories across the country that will manufacture shoes and fashion accessories.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Fri, 08/30/2019 - 14:47

By Ayo Akinfe
(1) Today is August 30. On this day in 1894 British explorer Frederick Lugard began his expedition of the Niger which led to the eventual creation of the nation state called Nigeria. This is the flag which Lugard gave the territory. In just 20 years, Lugard had captured nearly 1m square kilometres, subduing about 20m people from 250 different ethnic groups. He created the biggest and most lucrative British colony south of the Sahara to the envy of the Germans and French
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 17:35
PENTECOSTAL clergyman Pastor Nwabueze Anaka has fled from his church and home in Anambra State after stabbing his mother to death at Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 17:07
COMMONWEALTH of Zion Assembly (Coza) founder Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo has been released on bail by the police in Abuja after he met the condition that he should produce his witnesses in the ongoing rape case against him.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 16:40
SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr is seriously considering inviting British-born Bordeaux striker Josh Maja to camp ahead of the September 10 friendly against Ukraine after being impressed with his current form.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 16:13
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has praised the Nigerian community in Japan saying they are exemplary ambassadors of the country pointing out that the few diasporans indulging in criminal activities do not represent the values of majority of the people of the country.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 08/29/2019 - 14:22
CHELSEA'S teenage goalkeeper Shakiru Adegoke has been officially called up to join the Golden Eaglets squad ahead of the 2019 U-17 World Cup after receiving an invitation letter from the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).
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