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Heartland inch closer to the Quarter Final Fed.Cup Latest:

Heartland Football Club of Owerri, the Federation Cup defending Champions on Wednesday continued their journey to a successful defence of the trophy they won last year when they defeated Enyimba FC of Aba at the Teslim Balogun Stadium Lagos. Although, the Naze millionaires were held to a 1 – 1 draw by the newly prompted Premier League side, Nasarawa United...

Arsenal Stars to visit Nigeria

After the well publicised visit of Arsenal Football Club was cancelled some days back, the Club Officials have come to have announced that for four first team players will be visiting the country. Tomas Rosicky, Bacary Sagna, Per Meryesacker and new signing Lukas Podolski will be travelling toLagoswith Club Officials for a flying visit the weekend after next. The move follows...

YSFON mock – Champions League Hots up as Arsenal Pip Man Utd

  The ongoing YSFON organised Cowbell Mock – Champions League has entered into the second round games as the teams have began to scramble for vital points to enable them make the knock – out stage of the competition that is at the 5th edition this year. In one of the games played last Tuesday at the Old Township Stadium along...

MRI Test to Disqualify Eaglet players

The Coach of Golden Eaglets, Manu Garba and NFF officials have been anxious even as the results of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test which the players underwent some days ago. The test was in compliance with a FIFA circular sent to all the affiliated federations, through the Confederation of African football (CAF), that all prospective U – 17 players,...

Okagbare – I can do it in London

One Nigerian athlete to watch at the upcomingLondonOlympic is Blessing Okagbare, who will compete in the women’s long jump and in the women’s 100 meter dash. The 23 – year old Okagbare, a bronze medallist in the long jump at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, won gold in the event at the recent African Championships in Benin, as well as silver...

REVIEW OF POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE IN IMO STATE ( 1976-2011).

Imo State was carved out of the former East Central State in 1976 by the then Military government of General Murtala Mohammed. The first governor of the State, Commander Ndubuisi Kanu from Ovim, Isuikwuato in the old Imo State strove hard and not only worked out a blue print for the development of the young State, but also devotedly followed the blue print until he was removed with military dispatch. It will not...

RE: WHITHER EMEKA IHEDIOHA

In his essay, see Nigerian Horn May 21-22, 2012, page 9 Ngozi Akamdiocha evoked a quote from Teddy Roosevelt in discussing the ‘man in the arena’ whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to...

RE: WHITHER EMEKA IHEDIOHA In his essay, see Nigerian Horn May 21-22, 2012, page 9 Ngozi Akamdiocha evoked a quote from Teddy Roosevelt in discussing the ‘man in the arena’ whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcoming, but who does...

FUTO AIRPORT SHOW

  It is no longer gossip that students of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) do not have good toilet facilities in their hostels which have made them device ways of answering the call of nature with out bordering the school authorities. As dynamic student of repute they have invented means like short-put where students use nylon and big papers...

Tension in Ekeonunwa Market As Govt plans Relocation of Ekeukwu to Aba road

  Palpable tension and fear gripped traders at Eke Ukwu Owerre Market yesterday as unconfirmed reports filtered in that there were plans by the Imo state Government to relocate the Ekeukwu Owerri Market from its present location inOwerriMunicipality to Egbu orAba road. The fear, our reporter learnt, forced the traders to lock their shops in the morning due to the alleged...