The Super Eagles will take on the Costa Rican senior national football team in an international friendly in San Jose on Nov. 9. Jairo Pachon, the FIFA Match Agent of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Thursday said the match is a sort of invitational for the three-time African champions. “Nigeria have been invited to the central American nation as part of major activities to send forth the Los Ticos to the FIFA World Cup finals in Qatar. The game is scheduled for the National Stadium in San Jose, the capital city of Costa Rica, and will kick off at 8 p.m.…
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the freed 23 passengers of the March 28, 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) hospital in Kaduna. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to the presidential aide, Buhari made an impromptu visit to the hospital to see the victims of the train attack after commissioning Cadets of 69 Regular Course (Army, Navy and Air Force) of the NDA, in Afaka, Kaduna State. Before boarding NAF 001 back to Abuja from the Kaduna International Airport, Buhari detoured to the…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has appointed former National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Kolawole Ologbondiyan, as one of his spokespersons for the 2023 presidential campaign. The former Vice President, in a statement by his Media Aide, Mr Paul Ibe, in Abuja on Thursday said that the appointment took immediate effect. Ologbondiyan joins other spokespersons earlier appointed by the presidential candidate to project the unique selling points of Abubakar and keep the electorate updated about goings on in the campaign. Ologbondiyan was National Publicity Secretary of the PDP from December 2017 to December…
Could this be the eclipsing of a coruscating star? Could this be the sectioning of a gadfly? Could this be the end of a political odyssey? Could this be the domestication of the fabled Lion of Ubima? Could this be Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi’s nadir? Amaechi’s political tapestry has been the craftwork of a benevolent fate. At 27, he was the secretary of the National Republican Convention in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers state between 1992 and 1994. He was speaker of the Rivers state house of assembly from 1999 to 2007, and governor from 2007 to 2015. Amaechi is,…
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Guards Brigade, Nigerian Army, on Oct. 1, apprehended 64 suspects who attempted to disrupt the Independence Day Celebration in Abuja. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said this at the bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces on Thursday, in Abuja. Danmadami said the troops raided Karshi hill and surrounding villages in the Federal Capital Territory following intelligence on plans by the hoodlums to disrupt the Independence anniversary celebration. He said the 64 suspects were youths that were dressed in black attire and armed with nine locally made guns.…
Oyo State Government on Thursday rolled out numbers for prompt evacuation of wastes within the state. The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, in a statement in Ibadan, assured residents of quick response from the waste management consultant, Mottainai Recycling Ltd. According to him, the Managing Director, Mottainai Recycling Ltd, Mr Adey Adewuyi, said the numbers would create a structure to guarantee quick response to residents in need of quick evacuation of wastes. Olatunbosun said the numbers to call for waste pick-up are 0700 080 0700 or WhatsApp 0818 190 0004. The commissioner further assured residents that…
Nigeria faces serious impediments to her growth and restoring higher levels of social mobility will be among the most important political, social, and economic challenges that our country will face as we move into 2023. Already, we’ve witnessed how frustration over how our perceived stagnation have the potential to destabilize our national institutions and divide our society. The longer we wait to address the issue that ensures our future generations are catered for, the more tumultuous our politics will become. The cost of countries’ inaction on human development is rising fast. There is growing evidence that unless countries protect and…
Redeemer’s University, Ede in Osun says it will be graduating no fewer than 635 undergraduates during its 14th convocation ceremony, with 48 bagging first class honours. The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Anthony Akinlo, said this at a news briefing on Thursday in Ede, as part of the convocation activities. Akinlo said those who bagged first class honours constituted 7.6 per cent of the total intending graduates, with a total of 223 students bagging second class upper division, amounting to 35.1 per cent. He said 251 students, representing 39.5 per cent, came out with second class lower division, while 66 fell under third…
President of world football-ruling body, FIFA, Mr. Gianni Infantino has sent a message of congratulations to the new President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau and members of his new Board, following the Elective General Assembly of the NFF that took place in Benin City last Friday. In a letter dated 5th October and personally signed by him, world’s football supremo wrote: “Please accept my warmest greetings and sincere congratulations for your recent election as President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). “Your knowledge and leadership, your passion and experience will undoubtedly have an important impact on the development…
Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, on Thursday, withdrew an attempted murder suit filed against his estranged wife, Ms Precious Chikwendu. Prosecution counsel, John Ijagbemi, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja shortly after the matter was called for the defendants to take a plea. “The matter was slated for re-arraignment of the defendants today. “However, we want to plead to your lordship for the withdrawal of the case,” he said. Ijagbemi informed that the FCT Commissioner of Police was in receipt of a letter from the nominal complainant (Fani-Kayode) about his intention to withdraw the case. He…