By Gracious Akujobi The Head Coach of Kogi United, Fatai Osho has sent out warning signal to players who wish to come for screening as the club brace up for new season, saying only the best will be selected. Speaking to newsmen at Lokoja Confluence Stadium, the team’s screening venue, Osho assured that both old and new players would be handed opportunity to express themselves. “For me, I think to get the best players do not need months, we only need to look at what they are able to do and how they can express themselves – those who will…
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Coach Manu Garba has warned his boys against over confidence as the Golden Eaglets eye a place in the second round; knockout stages of the 15th edition of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the UAE. Speaking at the team’s final training session as well as the official Press Conference on Monday, Manu said the victory against Mexico is all but forgotten when they face Sweden at the Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain on Tuesday. Manu reminded the players about the unfortunate incident at the CAN African Championship in Morocco when they won their opening match with an…
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of embarking on campaign of calumny against her person in mosques, describing it as taking academic unionism to a low level. A statement issued by her Special Adviser, Paul Nwabuikwu on Monday, said the reports in a section of the media that the federal government has adopted a take-it-or-leave-it approach is false and aimed at portraying the Finance Minister in a bad light. She insisted President Goodluck Jonathan is genuinely committed to ending the four months strike as…
A group, the Kwara Rights Agenda, has faulted those criticizing a former Governor of the state and Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, over the stampede in Ilorin that led to the death of some people. The group, in a statement by its Coordinator, Babafemi Ifedayo, said rather than criticize Saraki, he should be praised for sustaining a legacy of giving instituted by his father and Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. Ifedayo said it was unfortunate that there was a stampede during this year’s Sallah benevolence by the Sarakis and the ruling…
Dr Bukola Saraki, Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District, has congratulated Kano Pillars for emerging the winners of this year’s Glo Nigeria Premier League. Saraki, in a statement by his Media Office, also praised the Nigeria Under-17 football team, the Golden Eaglets, for walloping Mexico in their first group match at the ongoing FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Saraki, who is the proprietor of Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC, said that the emergence of Kano Pillars as the league winners showed that the feat achieved by the team last year was not a fluke. He urged the…
Prior to the official announcement of the date and venue for The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) 2013, the project’s Central Working Committee (CWC) and the British Council have announced Uche Pedro as the winner of The International Young Media Entrepreneur of the Year’ award. The award, presented in conjunction with the British Council, aims to celebrate young people working in the media, with entrepreneurial and leadership abilities, potential to change their sector, market awareness and understanding. “It’s been an exciting four months we are very pleased to announce Uche Pedro as the winner of this new category – which was…
I expected a denial. When SaharaReporters broke the news, with documentary evidence, of the purchase of two armoured BMWs by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, on behalf of (and on the instruction of) the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, I was alarmed. But a part of me thought the story was too ridiculous to be true. And then the minister’s spokesperson, Joe Obi, confirmed it, attributing the necessity of the purchase to the existence of death threats against the minister, from persons uncomfortable with her so-called reform agenda in Nigeria’s aviation industry. And he didn’t refute the…
By: Gracious Akujobi The Chairman of Nigeria Academicals Sports Committee (NASCOM), Yemi Idowu believes the only team that can stop the Golden Eaglets from winning the 2013 UAE FIFA Under-17 World Cup are the players themselves! Speaking to the players at their Danat Resort Hotel before the 6-1 victory over Mexico on Saturday, Idowu who is the proprietor of Nathaniel Boys FC of Lagos, said the players should give their best since they are the ‘ Special Ones’ picked amongst millions of Nigerian youths to represent the country. “You have nothing to fear because your coaches have counted you to…
By Gracious Akujobi In its bid to further boost female football in the country, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has established business relations with the Chinese Business Council Speaking to Prompt News Online on the importance of the partnership, Director of Competition at the NFF, Mohammed Sanusi, says the idea is a welcome development as it will create an avenue for both countries to develop on areas they are lacking. “What they want to do is to use the power of football especially the women football to promote trade and tourism between Nigeria and China, bearing in mind that the…
By Gracious Akujobi The Glo-Nigeria League defending champions Kano Pillars have successfully defended their league title despite losing 2-0 to Lobi Stars in the final day of the season. Barnabas Imenger scored a brace to help his team beat the champions and also stir them out of relegation. Pillars finished top of the league table on 63 points and earned a prize money of N10 million. They go into the record books as the first team from the Northern part of the country to win the league back-to-back. With this feat Kano Pillars alongside side Enyimba FC who finished second…