By: Gracious Akujobi The Super Eagles Head Coach Stephen Keshi, has asked Nigerians not to fret while assuring that Super Eagles will do the country proud when they face the Ethiopians in the first leg of the 2014 world cup qualifiers in Addis Ababa. He gave this assurance in a chat with newsmen at the teams Bolton White hotel camp in Abuja, saying the team will not worry about external things but would rather concentrate mentally on how to win the match. “I am confident that we will get a good result there because my focus now is about leading…
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By: Gracious Akujobi Aminu Maigari, President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), has told the Golden Eaglets to remain steadfast on giving their best at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the UAE. Nigerian football has witnessed huge boom under the watch of Maigari especially with the qualification of the Golden Eaglets for the African cadet championship in Morocco for the first time since 2007 from where the youngsters eventually secured a berth to the World Cup since Nigeria hosted in 2009. “You guys should please just do your best for the country and we know what this team is capable…
Exactly 20 years ago in October 1993, I received the Best Writer and Researcher Award while serving as a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Delta State. Impressed by some of my writings and research efforts, Governor Olorogun Felix Ibru consequently offered me automatic employment in the Government House, Asaba as Public Relations Officer in the state Civil Service. A few months later, another double award of automatic scholarship and NYSC National Honours Award was announced for me by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The honour by the Federal Government also went with an offer of automatic…
By Gracious Akujobi Head coach of Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi declared on Tuesday that the refurbished National stadium pitch is not good for football. Keshi spoke after 18 Super Eagles players had their first training session on the pitch ahead of the crucial World Cup final round qualifier against Ethiopia. He expressed displeasure over the standard of the pitch, pointing out that it would be dangerous for the Eagles to play on. “From what I saw, it is a sandy pitch and it is so hard; it is very difficult for the players to play on, mostly the goalkeepers because…
By Gracious Akujobi Enyimba FC coach, Imama Amapakabo says losing to Kano Pillars is not the end of their title chase, positing that they still have a chance to win the league. Speaking to Prompt News Online after the game with Kano Pillars in Lokoja on Tuesday, Imama revealed that their plan was to win their two home games and get an away result which will safely land them the league shield. “I am very optimistic that asides winning our remaining home matches we can also pick point away. Once we do that we are sure to win the league”…
By: Gracious Akujobi The Golden Eaglets have been assured of massive Nigerian presence at their matches as soon as the 2013 FIFA under-17 World Cup gets underway in the UAE. This much was said by Paul Onwuemene,the protocol officer at the Nigeria Embassy in Abu Dhabi even as he disclosed the arrangements being made by the Nigeria’s Ambassador to the UAE, His Excellency, Ibrahim Auwualu at mobilizing Nigerians to support the team’s quest to wrest the FIFA Under-17 trophy for a record fourth time. “Nigeria is a leader at this level and we are going to do everything humanly possible…
By: Gracious Akujobi The Super Eagles had their first training session ahead of the crucial World Cup final round qualifier against Ethiopia on Tuesday evening at the mainbowl of the refurbished Abuja National Stadium with 18 players sweating it out for starter’s shirts. The over two hours trainning session was watched by the Director General of the National Sports Commission, Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye, who was accompanied by a deputy director, Olu Akoja, Special Assistant and former African, Commonwealth and Olympics tracks queen, Mary Onyali Omagbemi. Also on hand to witness the trainning session was the AIPS President for Africa and…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has vowed to resist what it described as Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s plot to Islamise Osun state. The Christian body is not comfortable with the state government’s decision to mix some Muslim and Christian students from different missionary schools together. Rev. Musa Asake, the national General-Secretary of CAN in a statement in Abuja, insisted the decision must be reversed. To further justify the allegation of plan to Islamise the state, Rev. Asake also recalled the recent loan purportedly secured by the state government from an Islamic Bank. The statement reads, “We have been following the…
Sequel to a motion raised by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Hope Uzodinma on the recent plane crash belonging to Associated Airlines in Lagos, the Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah to appear before it on October 22. In the same vein, the Senate summoned the Chief Executive Officers of parastatals and agencies under the Ministry of Aviation- the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), and Nigeria Airspace Management Authority (NAMA). While condemning the increasing rate of air mishaps, Uzodinma noted that the country in the last…
Online publishers in Nigeria have come under an association in a bid to sanitise the industry. The Nigerian Online Publishers Association (NOPA), already registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), held its inaugural meeting on Tuesday in Lagos. The meeting was attended by online publishers from various parts of the country. They included Malachy Agbo, formerly of THISDAY, who is now the publisher of The Citizen; Musikilu Mojeed, Co-Publisher of Premium Times and former Investigative Editor of NEXT; Gabriel Akinadewo, Publisher of Freedom Online and former Editor of Nigerian Compass; Maureen Chigbo, Publisher, Realnews magazine and former General Editor of…