In furtherance of its resolve to expand its mass transit scheme, Ogun state government has acquired 150 new taxi cabs. Disclosing this to reporters at an interactive session in Abeokuta on Monday, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ibikunle Amosun on Transportation, Gbenga Opesanwo, said arrangement has been concluded for inauguration of the cabs. According to him, the set of air conditioned Nissan Saloon cars is the second phase of the mass transit scheme and it’s in fulfillment of the promise made by Governor Amosun while inaugurating 77 buses under the State Mass Transit Scheme. Opesanwo explained that interested beneficiaries…
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Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, the River state born lawyer is a high flyer, politically. He was said to have risen phenomenally from the lowest rank of politics as chairman of his home council to assume the key position of the Chief of Staff to Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of River state in the first tenure of Governor Amaechi between 2007 and 2011. The Government of River state has become popular under the current dispensation for achieving so much in the educational sector especially with the building of infrastructure like schools and well equipped libraries even as under the current River state government,…
By: Gracious Akujobi Head coach of Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, has disclosed that the trio of goal keeper Vincent Enyeama, Mikel Obi and Emmanuel Emenike who missed the Mandela Challenge would be available for the World cup tie against Malawi on Sept 7. Keshi said he would only bring a few players to join the squad that beat South Africa 2-0 in Durban last week, adding that he would not be experimenting with the Malawians. He expressed optimism that the trio of Mikel, Vincent and Emenike would reunite with the team for the game against Malawi, in addition to some home-based…
Handlers of the Presidency’s image have been challenged to tell Nigerians what the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been able to achieve in concrete terms in the last 14 years. The All Progressives Congress (APC), is of the view that rather than concocting tales about the opposition, the President’ Image Makers should come out to provide evidence that the country is really working. APC Interim National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, statement in Lagos on Sunday, accused the ruling party of a subtle campaigning ahead of 2015 election contrary to INEC’s directive. The opposition party also reminded PDP chieftains and…
The 36 states’ Houses of Assembly have been called upon to ensure the adoption of the 2003 Child Rights Act passed by the National Assembly and to further introduce other stronger legislations to compel Parents to enroll their girl children to primary and secondary schools under the federal Government’s Universal Basic and compulsory education [UBE] as a way of curbing early child marriage. The National Assembly was also tasked to immediately expunge the nebulous and controversial anti-child provision in the ongoing amendments of the 1999 constitution on citizenship which appeared to support early child marriage as passed by the Senate of the Federal…
By: Gracious Akujobi A two-man delegation from world football-governing body, FIFA will fly into Nigeria on Monday for useful deliberations with the top hierarchy of the Nigeria Football Federation on the upcoming Goal Project 2 – the construction of National Technical Centre in Bauchi. The team, to consist of Francesco Brescoli and FIFA’s Development Officer for West Africa, Sampon Kablan, will also hold discussions with NFF chieftains on available administrative, coaching and refereeing courses in the remaining part of the year and 2014. Messrs Brescoli and Kablan will be received at the NFF Secretariat, Abuja on Tuesday morning by NFF…
By: Gracious Akujobi Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)’s partner in the development of beach soccer in the country, Sports Solutions Limited, stated at the weekend that all is set for the second edition of the CBN Beach Soccer Cup competition, which has been slated for September 6-8 in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. “We have commenced serious preparations for the competition, which is one of the events designed to truly ginger nationwide interest in beach soccer and generate awareness ahead of the launch of beach soccer league in the country,” Taye Olajide, Head of Events of Sports Solutions, stated. Already, the…
By: Sunday Oyewole The ongoing fight against terrorism in the north eastern Nigeria will enter a new phase on Monday as the Nigerian Army is set to take over internal security operations in that zone from the Defence headquarters’ controlled Joint Task Force (JTF). Brig Gen Chris Olukolade, Director of Defence Information, in a statement on Sunday said Nigerian Army will create a new Division to be based in Maiduguri and headed by a General Officer Commanding (GOC) in the rank of a Major General. He said, the new development is in line with the mandate spelt out in…
By: Gracious Akujobi The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has called up 30 players for the National U-13 camp billed to open in Akure, the Ondo state capital on Monday, 19 August 2013. According to the National U-13/U-15 team secretary, Wale Adeyinka, invited players were picked from the 2012 National U-13 Youth Championship played last December in Abuja. It would be recalled that the FCT U-13 team defeated their Ogun state counterparts 3 -1 to emerge the champions of the 2012 National U-13 Youth Championship, which featured eight teams, Sokoto, Edo, Kaduna, Imo, FCT, Ogun, Niger and Ekiti state. Adeyinka further revealed that the four week training exercise would…
By: Gracious Akujobi The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has dispatched a letter to English Premiership side, Chelsea requesting that Nigerian youngster, Habib Makanjuola be allowed to join the Golden Eaglets ahead of the 2013 Under-17 World Cup to be hosted in the UAE between October 17 and November 8. Makanjuola, who impressed the Coach Manu Garba-led technical crew during the National Under-17 team’s open screening last month, has pledged his allegiance to Nigeria; saying it would be a dream come true for him to play for the Golden Eaglets. “I’m a Nigerian boy through-and-through and the only country I want to play…