Nigerian Breweries concludes merger with Consolidated Breweries

The Nigerian Nigerian Breweries Plc on Wednesday announced the conclusion of its merger with Consolidated Breweries Plc, a statement by the company in Lagos said the merger was effective from December 31.

Election 2015: Ambode will do better than me, says Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says Akinwunmi Ambode, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 elections, will do better than himself if voted into power.

D'banj sleeps next to his Best Africa Collaboration 2014 plaque

D'banj and other stars he collaborated with won Best Africa Collaboration for Cocoa Na Chocolate at the recently held All Africa Music Award. List of nominees in his category below...
David O and Mafikizolo (Tchelete)
Diamond platnumz ft david o(number one)
Uhuru ft Dj bucks,Oskido, Professor and uri-da-cunh (Y-tjukutja)
Dbanj and Friends (cocoa Na Chocolate)
Mavins/don jazzy (dorobucci )

Actress Luise Rainer dies at 104

Hollywood golden era actress, Luise Rainer, has died at the age of 104. She is famed for being the first consecutive winner of Oscars in the 1930s. The Germany-born star was named best actress in 1936 and 1937 – a feat achieved by only five actors in Academy Awards history to date.

Seydou Keita is still Mali’s star man

Mali have released their player list for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea, with Modibo Maiga of French side Metz returning to the team after a long absence.

Abdou Traore and Cheick Diabate of Bordeaux make the list while Ajaccio goalkeeper Oumar Sissoko was not called up this time.

NFF lines up six friendlies for Eagles in 2015

The Nigeria Football Federation has proposed six “Grade A” friendly matches for the Super Eagles in the New Year, AfricanFootball.com reports.

The matches include the much-advertised Brazil friendly in Uyo billed for March.

There will be five other matches one of which will also be played in Nigeria.

The NFF leadership has promised to make use of all the FIFA friendly windows in 2015 as the African champions rebuild after the failure to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.

The other FIFA windows are – June 8-16, August 31 to September 8, October 5-13 and November 9-17.

These matches are outside the two AFCON warm-ups against Cote d’Ivoire and Sudan in Abu Dhabi early next month, which will be played by players from the domestic league.

Gambia president returns home amidst reports of attempted coup

Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh arrived back in Banjul on Wednesday, official sources said, one day after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace and the government denied media reports of a coup attempt.

Jammeh was in France or Dubai when violence broke out and he returned home via N’Djamena, where he told Chad officials during a refueling stop on Tuesday evening that he planned to return home.