The Commissioner of Police, Lagos, Mr Fatai Owoseni yesterday unveiled the trophy of the maiden edition of the Chamberlain Squash Open (CSO) at an opening ceremony held at the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja Lagos.  Speaking at the event, Lagos Police Chief hailed the Promoter of the CSO, Mr Chamberlain Usoh for putting together what he

Twenty revenue-generating agencies have allegedly defied the Federal Government’s order to refund their unremitted revenue amounting to N450 billion. A committee was set up in November 2016 to see to the recovery of the fund that was unspent by the agencies. Some of the agencies were accused of over budgeting, budget replication, and poor implementation

The Bank of Industry (BoI) under the Federal Government of Nigeria‘s Government Enterprise and Empowerment Program (GEEP) has signed an agreement with the OXFAM Nigeria to disburse N200m to OXFAM’s Village Saving and Loan Associations (VSLA) in Nassarawa, Benue and Plateau states. Mr. Constant Tchona, the Deputy Country Director Oxfam Nigeria, yesterday said that the

Four-time Olympic gold medallist and multiple world champion Sir Mo Farah has backed Birmingham’s bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sir Mo, whose career on the track is due to end at an International Association of Athletics Federations Diamond League meeting in the city tomorrow, told BBC Midlands Today he was hopeful Birmingham would secure

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Britain’s Johanna Konta was beaten 6-4 7-6 (7-1) by world number two Simona Halep to exit the Cincinnati Open in the quarter-finals. Konta, who beat the Romanian in the last eight of Wimbledon, took an early lead in a first set that featured five breaks of serve before Halep triumphed. The Romanian went 4-1 up

By Joe Apu Nigeria’s home Eagles are in for the battle of their lives this weekend at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano as they seek to overrun the Squirrels of Benin Republic in the second leg second round qualifying match for the finals of the CHAN 2018 billed for Kenya. Last weekend in Cotonou,

Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr’s hope of having the services of Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho may have hit the rocks following the confirmation from Leicester City boss Craig Shakespeare on the fitness of the Nigerian. The former Manchester City starlet is set for a spell on the sidelines after picking up a toe injury and

Indigenous Oil and Gas firm SEPLAT seems to be firing on all cylinders as it narrowed losses in the second quarter, forcing analysts to review upwards their expectation of the company going forward. SEPLAT topped the gainers table Tuesday August 14 gaining N9.9 to shore at N480 from N470.1, which is a possible reflection of

Abia Warriors  striker, Sunday Adetunji has undergone a successful surgery on his fractured left arm at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia. The former Shooting Stars of Ibadan hitman fractured his forearm after he scored his second goal in Abia Warriors’ 4-2 away victory over Lobi Stars in Makurdi. He was initially rushed to the emergency