NIGERIA / WEST AFRICA

By GBOLAHAN DADA Remember Christian Obodo, Christopher Nwosu, Christopher Ohenhen, Chris Anigala, Christian Chukwu and other great ex-internationals who bear similar first names while donning the national colours playing their hearts out for  Nigeria. But for Christian Akannoh, a youthful star playing in the Swedish league, it is just another ...

With sights set on getting a gold label status for the Okpekpe International 10km Road Race next year, organisers of the annual event have announced that MYLAPS Sports Timing, the global automatic sports timing company, will, for the fourth consecutive edition, provide the race with an easy to use, accurate ...

    (Gbolahan Dada) Head Coach of the Super Falcons, Thomas Dennerby,  has assured that the African champions will not suffer any mental block when confronting European opposition at the FIFA World Cup finals in France. Speaking at a press conference preceding the WAFU Women’s Tournament starting in Abidjan next ...

  ....As Yakubu Ayegbeni visits Nigeria U20 boys in Germany camp  (Gbolahan Dada) Nigeria and Saudi Arabia Under-20 squads will be at each other’s jugular in Vienna, Austria on Sunday evening as both teams continue to perfect their preparations for this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals in Poland. Both teams ...

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has called for more protection for journalists before, during and after elections. This was the highpoint of a statement issued by the Guild on the occasion of the 2019 World Press Freedom Day being marked this Friday. The Guild said this year’s World Press ...

Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, Thursday, announced an exclusive global recording agreement with acclaimed Nigerian singer songwriter, Tiwa Savage, one of Africa’s biggest stars and an artist whose success spans music, fashion, film and television. Under the agreement, her future music will be released internationally ...

… Set to launch National Automotive Policy Emmanuel Yartey Ghana has taken a bold step towards providing the much needed raw materials for the various automobile assembly plants coming up not only in the country but across the West African sub-region. This is in line with the government’s new orientation ...

Apparently, many workers did not know that on May 1, 1926, Ford Motor Company adopted a new five-day, 40-hour work week for its factory workers, without a cut in wages, thus allowing them to rest at weekends.  In commemoration of the International  Worker’s Day, we bring you a special message ...

Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday released an emotionally appealing film on the new Mercedes-Benz CLA Coupe, tagged Play by your rules, as the Stuttgart-based luxury carmaker tries to couple the sales release of the new CLA Coupé with this appealing film. Coming ahead of the commencement of global deliveries of the new ...