IOC unsure of FIFA’s ruling on football saga
International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams said Wednesday he did not know when soccer’s governing body might rule on its investigation involving the Canadian women’s football team, even with...
View ArticleS’Leone knocks Nigeria out of Africa’s top 10
Sierra Leone rose eight places from 65 to 57 position to push Nigeria, which remained in 58th position, out of Africa’s top 10 football countries in the latest FIFA World Ranking released on Wednesday....
View ArticleEagles battle Police Machine
The Super Eagles will play Police Machine of Abuja on Thursday as they begin intensive preparation for their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Lone Star of Liberia next month. The team...
View ArticleRangers shoot back to top
Enugu Rangers have shot back to the top of the Nigeria Premier League after a massive 3-0 home win over Sunshine Stars on Wednesday. Rangers thus regained leadership of the league on account of a...
View ArticleUnauthorised condoms reach Games Village
London Olympic organisers are investigating how a bucket of Australian-tagged condoms found its way into the athletes’ village without official consent. Australian BMX cyclist Caroline Buchanan tweeted...
View ArticleOborodudu, Nurudeen out
Nigeria’s hope of getting a medal at the Games further diminished on Wednesday after wrestler Blessing Oborodudu lost 3-0 to Poland’s Monika Michalik in the women’s 63kg freestyle. Oborodudu had...
View ArticleSkinn recuperating in hospital after surgery
D’Tigers point guard Tony Skinn is fast recuperating in a London hospital following surgery he had on his knee on Monday. The Monday morning surgery cut the player from the match against France and...
View ArticleOdumosu fails in hurdles final
Nigeria’s 400m hurdler, Ajoke Odumosu, on Wednesday finished on a disappointing note despite beginning the Games on brightly. The 2010 Commonwealth gold medallist who is also the current African...
View ArticleNo action yet over missing athletes
No action can be taken over seven Cameroonian athletes missing from the Olympic village until their visas expire, officials have said. Team Cameroon have told London 2012 organisers that five boxers, a...
View ArticleConvention confronts law as Osun shops for CJ
Barely three months to the retirement of Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Olaniyi Ojo, intrigues have trailed attempts to succeed him. TUNDE ODESOLA reports Sword, scale and blindfold are symbols of...
View Article‘Twenty-four firms operating below listing standard’
The Nigerian Stock Exchange said on Tuesday that 24 companies listed on the bourse were operating below the listings standard. This was contained in an X-Compliance Report which the listings regulation...
View ArticleKenya’s BOC Gases’ profit rises by 57%
Profits at Kenyan industrial gas supplier BOC Gases were up by 57 per cent at 118.4 million shillings ($1.4 million) before tax in the first six months of the year, helped by increased sales and steady...
View ArticleDeveloping outsourcing can increase employment, says expert
The Chief Executive Officer of Interra Networks, Mr. David Onu on Tuesday in Abuja stated that the development of the Nigerian job outsourcing market would drastically reduce unemployment rate saying...
View ArticleStandard Chartered Kenya gains after appointing rights advisers
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited, the country’s fourth-biggest lender, advanced in Nairobi trading after appointing advisers for a rights offer, Bloomberg reported. Shares of the Nairobi-based...
View ArticleMarchionne duels UAW’s Chrysler director over $6bn
Sergio Marchionne drives a hard bargain. After all, the Fiat SpA chief executive officer gained control of Chrysler Group LLC in 2009 for nothing, Bloomberg reported. Now, he may have met his match in...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs’ Attias to join Sunrise
Ilane Attias has left Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated as a senior member of its hedge-fund sales team to run the interest-rates business at Sunrise Brokers LLP, according to two people with knowledge...
View ArticleSerb Central Bank member quits
A member of the National Bank of Serbia’s governing council resigned today, joining the chairman and two other colleagues who stepped down a week ago over changes to the central bank law. Bloomberg...
View ArticleSavage, Akinkugbe join Mouka Limited’s board
The Board of Directors of Mouka Limited, manufacturers of mattresses, pillows, beddings and other polyurethane products, has appointed Mr. Babatunde Savage and Mr. Olaolu Akinkugbe to the board. The...
View ArticleTo be number one, get the right number two
Picking a number two is among the most important decisions any leader makes. Getting it right shapes a leader’s direction, effectiveness, and legacy. Bloomberg reported that in the United States...
View ArticleVisteon CEO, Stebbins, resigns
Visteon Corporation, the auto-parts maker that’s been the subject of takeover speculation, climbed yesterday to the highest value in more than two months after Chief Executive Officer Don Stebbins’s...
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