After weeks of mounting pressure, the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari, has bowed, resolving to probe the embattled chairman of the Organizing and Disciplinary Committee (O&D), Olaleye Adepoju over N1.5 million bribery allegation. The NFF at its Executive Committee meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Saturday, October 12, 2013, resolved to constitute a four-man committee headed by Chris Green to probe the allegation. Part of the communiqué issued at the end of the meeting reads, “Also, the NFF resolved to constitute a four-man committee to probe bribery allegation against the chairman of the Organissiang and disciplinary…
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By: Gracious Akujobi Nigeria Football Federation has wielded the big stick by placing a 10-year ban on a former General Secretary of the Federation and Executive Committee Member, Taiwo Ogunjobi and a 15-year ban on former Chairman, Nigerian Premier League (NPL). The decision to suspend the duo was taken at the Executive Committee meeting of the Federation held in Addis Ababa on Saturday, October 12, 2013. According to the statement issued on Monday, the Executive Committee sanctioned the ban sequel to the report of an investigative committees chaired by Chris Green on Ogunjobi’s case and the one headed by…
By: Gracious Akujobi The Super Eagles and the Nigerian delegation led by NFF President, Aminu Maigari returned to the country early Monday morning at about 4:30am with tales of ill-treatment from Ethiopian fans in the 2-1 win over the Walyan Antelopes on Sunday. It would be recalled that on arrival, the Eagles were given a bus infested with cockroaches but the team took it in its stride. When it was time for training, the police team attached to the team deliberately took routes that are traffic-jammed, yet the team refused to be intimidated. Matters came to a head on match day, when…
By: Gracious Akujobi With two matches to the end of the Glo -Nigeria Professional League, defending champions Kano Pillars are confident they can retain the title. Speaking to Prompt News Online via telephone, Idris Malikawa, media officer of the Kano side said the players are well motivated to win the Glo-Nigeria Premier League ahead of Enyimba FC and Bayelsa United. “As I talk to you the board of our club led by Abba Yola has settled all our entitlements. The boys are not owed salaries or match bonuses” “We are preparing to take on Dolphins FC on Wednesday in Lokoja,…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that accountability and a sense of inter-personal love are two important values that Nigerians must continue to uphold. The former Vice President made this assertion in a statement issued on Monday by his media office in Abuja, congratulating Muslims in the country on the celebration of the Eid-il-Kabir festival. He said that accountability would ensure the freeing of government resources for development to end joblessness, insecurity and pervasive economic hardship facing Nigerians. According to the former Vice President, who is also the Turaki Adamawa, the celebration of the Ed-il-Kabir festival is a celebration…
President of the Senate, David Mark has urged Nigerians across the divide to close ranks and work together to make the nation a peaceful and better Place for all. Senator Mark in a goodwill message to Muslim faithful to commemorate this year’s Eid-el-Kabir, reminded Nigerians that “we have more to gain by being together than otherwise.” He urged Clergy men of all faith to preach the good news of oneness, peaceful coexistence, trust and love for fellow citizens. He noted with pain the unabating security challenges facing the nation and pleaded with all Nigerians of goodwill to rise up to…
The Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, has called on Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of resilience and sacrifice embedded in the message of Eid, which originated from the historical act of Abraham and his son Ishmael. The Party also prayed for God’s mercies, guidance and abundance for all Nigerians during this Sallah period. The National Chairman of PDM, Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim, who spoke through his Media Advisor, Alaba Yusuf, enjoined Nigerians, Muslims and Christians alike, to seize the symbolic and golden opportunity of the event to reflect, to forgive one another and to work together peacefully for unity, security and tranquility…
Major brands have continued to explore the power of innovation to maintain a competitive position among their peers globally. Brands such as Apple, Samsung, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Google, Intel, Toyota and a host of others that have persistently made it to the top 100 brands globally through innovation and consistency in quality of customer service aside other factors. The brands invest heavily in the equity of their brands, continuously seeking to find the connections between consumers and the products they buy, and how to ultimately transform consumers to brand loyalists. This scenario is also playing out in Nigeria as Indigenous brands are…
Muslim pilgrims from around the world will today, Monday perform the 2013 Hajj rites at Mount Arafat. Already, all the pilgrims numbering over 1.3 million have been moved from Makkah to Mina, from where they will move to Arafat. To ensure a hitch-free exercise, a Saudi official, Marwan Zubaidi, confirmed that “ascending and descending” committee had put in place necessary arrangements to ease the movement of pilgrims to the Holy sites. Zubaidi also told News Agency of Nigeria that pilgrims have been assured that adequate arrangements had been made for those who would want to spend the night at Mina…
By: Gracious Akujobi Former Coach of Enyimba FC, Kadiri Ikhana, has warned the Super Eagles not to allow complacency set in when they welcome Ethiopia for the return of the world cup 2014 qualifiers in Calabar. He noted that having lost the first leg 1-2 on their home soil in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopians would come to fight in Calabar. Ikhana, who is now the coach of Nigerian Premier league side Nassarawa United however posited that the Super Eagles look good to qualify for the world cup in Brazil. His words, “I must commend Keshi for packing a highly tactical…