18 Female Soldiers Feared Kidnapped In Baga, Borno state

Sahara Reporters is reporting that Boko Haram militants may have kidnapped 18 female soldiers in Baga in Borno State. Report below...

Two sources told SaharaReporters that, out of 26 female soldiers posted to the military base of the Multinational Joint Task Force, only eight have so far been accounted for.

Fenerbache reject 10m Euros bid for Emenike

Emenike Fenerbahce president Aziz Yildirim has revealed the Turkish club rejected a 10 million Euros offer for Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike recently.

“Emenike’s offer came,they gave 10 million Euros.However,I trust him.I therefore rejected the offer” said the boss of the Turkish champions.

INEC bans use of govt cash, resources for campaigns

INEC CHAIRMAN, PROF. ATTAHIRU JEGA (L) DISCUSSING WITH THE IGP SULEIMAN ABBA, DURING A STRATEGIC LEVEL DISCUSSION ON SECURING 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN ABUJA ON THURSDAY

Candidates must not use government property during campaigns ahead of next month’s general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said.

This is part of the Code of Conduct which the parties have signed.

Bakare Calls for Postponement of 2015 Elections

Founding Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and former vice presidential candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Tunde Bakare, has called on the Federal Government and the National Assembly to activate the constitutional provisions for the suspension of the 2015 elections.

Keshi, Eagles in telephone conversation

It was a surprise dinner evening for national team players on Friday evening, as Coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi put a call across when the team gathered and asked to speak to the entire team through teleconference.

We’ll turn Nigeria’s football around –NFF

The new execu­tive board of the Nigeria Football Fed­eration (NFF), has re­iterated its resolve to effect positive changes in the nation’s football despite obvious chal­lenges it is facing at the moment.
President of the NFF, Amaju Melvin Pinnick who gave the assurance ahead of this week’s meeting of the Executive Committee scheduled for Lagos, said his executive team will always consider well

S/Africa fires warning with Zambia

Zambia

A late goal from Thu­so Phala saw South Afri­ca defeatted Zambia 1-0 in an Africa Cup of Na­tions warm-up friendly at the Orlando Stadium yesterday afternoon.
The match between Bafa­na Bafana and Chipolopolo looked set to end in a goal­less stalemate until substitute Phala struck in the 81st min­ute to hand the host a 1-0 win before it headed off to Gabon
 for a preparatory camp ahead of the AFCON.