The Sports Writers' Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has called for the appointment of sports technocrats as sports ministers to accelerate the development of the sector.
Nigeria's senior men's team, the Super Eagles, are gathering together again for the first time since their quarter -final defeat at the African Cup of Nations in Ghana, with a friendly international against Austria coming up tomorrow.
Not less than 30 football clubs within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs have registered to participate in the maiden edition of the FCT U-17 Boys Football League, scheduled to commence on the 31st of this month.
OFFICIALS from the International Criminal Court (ICC) have said the arrest warrant against the former deputy LRA commander, Vincent Otti, still stands in spite of reports that he was killed.
THE International Criminal Court said yesterday it was investigating accusations of new crimes by the LRA, whose leader Joseph Kony already faces 33 counts at the Hague tribunal, writes Vision Reporter and agencies.
THE rebel take-over in the Central African Republic (CAR) was described as a textbook African coup. The president was out of the country, the army was not paid and the population was embittered by economic hardship.
PEOPLE in Karamoja are eating rats, herbs and leaves as a result of drought and famine in the region.The famine has been worsened by cattle rustling. The New Vision will run a series of articles on the situation.
An informer with Military Intelligence has gone into hiding after torturing Mr Moses Kibuuka allegedly into coma. Mr Obed Tashobya is said to have assaulted Mr Kibuuka as a result of a quarrel in a traffic incident which occurred on
While international attention remains riveted on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the western Darfur region - it has been more than two weeks since an Antonov transport belonging to the Sudanese military bombed a school, waterworks, and a busy marketplace
The Ethiopian troops in Somali capital Mogadishu have shot dead three civilians at Maka Almukaramah road in Mogadishu on Monday morning according to the residents,
THE rebel take-over in the Central African Republic (CAR) was described as a textbook African coup. The president was out of the country, the army was not paid and the population was embittered by economic hardship.
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) Abuja zone has condoled the families of the 46 soldiers who died in a road accident shortly on arrival in Abuja route to Borno State.
Very little has been done to check the increase in illegal guns in parts of Kenya that were hardest hit by the post-election crisis, an official of a peace and development NGO said on 23 May.
A total of 20 orphans and needy students in various secondary schools in Jinja and Kaliro districts have been given scholarships by the Indian Association of Uganda.
Dr. Kizza Besigye, the president of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has declared his intention to contest the presidential elections scheduled for 2011.
WARID Telecom's subscriber base has hit 500,000 customers in a record of only 100 days. "Eighteen days ago before we launched our promotion dubbed 'Bang KB for free,' we had about 400,000 customers but between then and now, we have
ALICE Turyahikayo Amooti, the longest-serving headmistress of Kyebambe Girls Secondary School in Fort Portal, is dead. Turyahikayo, who headed the school between 1981 and 2002, died on Saturday at Virika Hospital in Fort Portal, where she had been admitted over
DON'T be surprised if the Laszlo Csaba, David Otti and Sam Timbe combination yields fruits. You could tell that a union had been forged yesterday when the trio sat down to review the morning session at Namboole.
