By: Gracious Akujobi Oscar Palacios, an international football scout for Aspire Football Dreams has sent a passionate appeal to notable well-to-do Nigerians to encourage young promising football talents to improve. The Spaniard made the call in Lokoja on Saturday during a scouting exercise for young players of under-13. Oscar believes Africa and most importantly Nigeria have great pool of potentials and promising players that could become big professional stars in future. He also harped on the support of individuals, organisations and government at all levels in provision of playing kits, boots and pitches in aid to the discovery of talents.…
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Your Excellency, I find it necessary to write this open letter to you in order to let you know what I had always wanted to tell you as an admirer and keen watcher of your activities and commendable performance in the oil-rich State of Akwa Ibom. Let me confess that I was one of those who felt you were a media creation, all hype and gas, without any solid substance. Your hyperactive nature makes it natural for people to conclude that you are a noise-maker, attention-seeker and publicity-grabber. However, I had the opportunity and privilege of visiting Uyo, the beautiful…
Piqued by Newspapers advertisements, canvassing support for him ahead of 2015 presidential election, the Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has dissociated himself from the unsolicited advertisement. Hakeem Bello, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor, in a statement at the weekend described the advertisers as “unknown persons”. His statement reads, “This is to disclaim and dissociate the Governor and the State Government from this unsolicited and unwarranted venture. “This is against the backdrop of the fact that Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) is focused on sustaining the high tempo of development engendering governance right till the…
Senate President David Mark has commiserated with the government and People of Jigawa State over the death of the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Inuwa Sule Udi Ringim through a ghastly motor accident along Kano – Ringim road. Mark has also sent a message of condolence to the government and people of Benue State over the untimely death of the Special Adviser to Governor Gabriel Suswam on Security matters Patrick Gwar in Makurdi. In a separate message to the governor of Jigawa State Sule Lamido and his Benue state counterpart Suswam, the Senate President lamented that both…
In the last decade, Nigeria has witnessed an unprecedented decline in its social, economic and political fortunes. The recent lingering political and security crisis has magnified the cleavages in the nation’s multi-ethnic society and pushed our national psyche into a state of confusion, uncertainty and helplessness. The nation is now faced with a rapidly deteriorating situation of human deprivation and economic stagnation which is threatening the nation with an ultimate structural collapse. This needs not be the plight of Nigeria and the Nigerian people because our nation is endowed with a large, quality population, abundant natural resources and a unique…
By: Gracious Akujobi Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Gbenga Elegbeleye will on Saturday meet with Nigerian athletes that are British citizens with the aim of persuading them to come back to Nigeria to help develop sports, He will speak at the inaugural launching of African Sports in Diaspora scheduled to hold at the Greenwich Community College. The Special Assistant on Technical Matters to the NSC DG, Mary Onyali who spoke from Moscow Airport on her way to London for the event, said Elegbeleye is leading a strong delegation of the National Sports Commission. According to her, Elegbeleye,…
By: Gracious Akujobi Nigeria’s current track queen, Blessing Okagbare on Friday bounced back from her 100m heartbreak, by adding the bronze medal of the women’s 200m to the silver she won earlier in the long jump. Okagbare, who had gone into the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow as one of the favourites in the 100m finished a disappointing sixth when the race was run a few days ago. Captain of the Nigerian team However, on Friday night she came good when she ran the race of her life in the longer distance. She might have even won a silver…
President Goodluck Jonathan has conveyed assurances of his high esteem and warm personal regards to General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.) on the occasion of the former President’s 72nd birthday anniversary tomorrow, Saturday, August 17, 2013. In a congratulatory letter to General Babangida, President Jonathan praised his life of outstanding accomplishments. “On behalf of my family, the Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I rejoice with you as you mark your 72nd birthday anniversary. “I join your family, numerous friends and many well-wishers to thank Almighty God for His continued guidance, protection and provision for you in the past seventy-two…
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) on Friday announced the disqualification of a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof Charles Soludo and five others from contesting the Anambra governorship election scheduled to hold on November 16. A statement jointly signed by the Chairman of the Gubernatorial Screening Panel, Tayo Sowunmi; Secretary, Ifeanyi Mbaeri and a member, Onwuka Ukwa, said the sixaspirants were disqualified because they did not meet the party’s expectation. Other disqualified aspirants are: Emmanuel Nweke, Ogbuefi Tony Nnaechetta, Chinedu Francis Idigo, Dr. Chike Obidigbo and the immediate past Secretary to Anambra State Government, Oseloka Obaze.…
PDP Chairman Bamanga Tukur, exchanging pleasantries with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar at the wedding Fatiha of Faisal Adamu Ciroma and his bride Hafsat at Wuse II Jumu’at Mosque in Abuja on Friday.