By: Sunday Oyewole First Lady, Patience Jonathan has berated Rivers state Governor Rotimi Amaechi and wife for failing to commiserate with her over the death of her step-mother, Mrs. Charity Oba. Also, she debunked media reports that she snubbed the Deputy Governor of the state, Tele Ikuru, who was at the Port Harcourt International Airport to welcome her. Mrs. Jonathan arrived Port Harcourt on Sunday on a private visit to prepare for the burial of her late step-mother who died in ghastly auto crash last month. The First Lady, wondered about the kind of politics Governor Amaechi is playing that…
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The race to be crowned national champion and win the nod to represent Nigeria at the Inter-country leg of the on-going annual Airtel Rising Stars national U-17 Tournament will become tighter this weekend when the national championship gets underway in Lagos 192 players comprising 12 male and female teams drawn from six zones across the nation will attempt to beat one another to the crowns and the tickets to participate in the week-long African Championship. The teams qualified for the three-day championship after featuring in the zonal championship phase where they had to see off strong competition for the national…
Nigeria and Thailand have resolved to further boost trade relations between them, targeting $3 billion USD trade volume by 2018. Consequently, both countries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Establishment of Bilateral Consultations to serve as vehicle for achieving the target. Olugbenga Ashiru, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister told newsmen in Abuja on Monday at the end of political consultation between him and his Thailand counterpart, Surapong Tovicchakchaikul who is visiting Nigeria. Ashiru, expressed optimism that the MoU, will deepen and expand the level of political consultations between both countries on matters of regional and international interest. Thailand’s Foreign…
By Gracious Akujobi Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi has warned all those who engage in match-fixing to desist or be ready to face the full wrath of the law. Abdullahi who gave the warning in Abuja on Monday, said match-fixing remains a clog in the wheel of progress of the league in the country, adding that there would be no sacred cow in the fight to sanitize the game. He singled out referees as major actors in match-fixing noting that club officials who induce them would not be allowed to go unpunished, reiterating the NSC’s determination to spearhead…
By: Gracious Akujobi The Nigeria Premier league received a big boost Monday with the announcement that the League Management Committee (LMC) has secured a $34 million deal for the league. Briefing the Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi in his office in Abuja, the chairman of the LMC, Nduka Irabor said the deal with the South Africa Satellite Television giants, Super Sports will run from 2015 to 2019. Irabor recalled that the league could not generate enough funds after its inauguration on December 27 last year due to series of litigations they faced it. He urged the minister to persuade the federal government to…
By: Gracious Akujobi Organisers of the forthcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup in October have assured that the Golden Eaglets amongst others would be accorded royal treatment when they touched down in the United Arab Emirates in October, even as an official of the team has advised the public to disregard some spurious stories purportedly emanating from the team’s camp. It is barely two months to the 15th edition of the global cadet competition and Chairman of the Higher Local Organising Committee (LOC) for FIFA U-17 World Cup 2013, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan has hinted that the oil-rich…
The leader of the Islamist sect, Abubakar Shekau, may have died of gunshot wound as far back as June this year, the Defence headquarters claimed on Monday. According to the Joint Task Force (JTF) spokesperson, Lt. Col. Shagir Musa, the sect leader may have died during one of the encounters with the troops at Sambisa Forest. The statement reads, “Intelligence report available to the Joint Task Force Operation RESTORE ORDER revealed that Abubakur Shekau, the most dreaded and wanted Boko Haram Terrorists leader may have died. “He died of gunshot wound received in an encounter with the JTF troops in…
Determined to serve the people better, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has opened its Citizens’ Contact Centre. The centre, according to a statement by the Commission, is a facility that will allow the general public constant access to the Commission with enquiries and exchange of information. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Kayode idowu, said it is also designed to enhance transparency and public participation in the electoral process. The statement reads, “The ICCC is a Situation Room that operates daily. At this early stage, it will open between 9am and 5pm on weekdays. Later on, the Centre will scale…
No fewer than 900 pilgrims from six states of the federation will take part in the maiden family pilgrimage billed to depart on August 24, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), John Kennedy-Opara, has announced. He disclosed this on Monday, at the signing of the air charter agreement on the 2013 pilgrimage between the commission and Atlas Jet Nigeria Ltd. in Abuja. Justifying the new exercise, Keneddy-Opara said it was aimed at encouraging the reinstatement of the lost Christian values in the family. According to him, the pilgrims would be airlifted to Israel…
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved a grant of N10 billion for the Usman Danfodiyo University (UDU), Sokoto. Kabiru Nuhu-Koko, CBN’s Deputy Director, Projects Planning and Implementation Division, who announced this on Monday at the institution’s campus, said the grant is meant to enhance research and manpower training. Nuhu-Koko said the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, is committed to realizing the transformation agenda of the federal government as it relates to the education sector. He spoke further, ”Each year, the bank selects one university or a public institution from each of…