By: Gracious Akujobi The Nigeria Football Federation has congratulated the Minister of Sports/Chairman of National Sports Commission, Bolaji Abdullahi as he celebrates his birthday on the 12th of August. NFF President, Aminu Maigari, admitted at the weekend that Abdullahi’s masterstroke of forging peace within the Nigeria football family and giving ample support to the NFF to adequately prepare Nigeria’s National Teams for major matches and championships have contributed immensely to the new heights that our football is scaling. “The Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission deserves all the plaudits that we can offer. He is a dynamic person…
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By: Gracious Akujobi Blessing Okagbare ended Nigeria’s long wait for a medal at the World Athletics Championships when she placed second in the long jump event at the ongoing championships in Moscow, Russia. She was only 0.02cm behind the gold medalist, Brittney Reese of the United States America, who won with her second jump of 7.01m. Okagbare leapt 6.99m. Okagbare, who is also in the hunt for a medal in the 100m women race, is the first Nigerian to win a medal at the Championships since Seville’99 where Gloria Alozie won a silver medal in the 100m hurdles and Francis…
By Gracious Akujobi Former Super Eagles defender, Ben Iroha, has categorically denied insinuations that he used his positions as assistant coach to various national teams to booster his act of inviting and selling players. Iroha has come under fire from various quarters as one of the coaches who invites players not on merit but on how much money they could offer to be in camp also later to be sold to foreign clubs. Prompt News Online took on the coach who had assisted coaches at Super Eagles, U-23, U-20 and U-17 levels and he denied ever inviting players for money…
ECOWAS volunteers who have just completed their two year tour of Liberia have been urged to be worthy ambassadors of the country as they return to their various countries. Nigeria’s Ambassador to Liberia, Mr Chidozie Obi-Nnadozie told them at a three day post mission training to use their personal experiences in the country to sensitize their countries about the dire need for reconstruction has urged graduating ECOWAS Volunteers to be worthy ambassadors of Liberia as they go back to their various countries. The training is intended to equip them with additional skills for life after their tour of Liberia. The…
By: Sunday Oyewole The Federal Government is planning to extend rail line from Kaura Namoda in Zamfara state to Niamey in Niger Republic, passing through Sokoto and Kebbi states, Vice President Namadi Sambo, has disclosed. According to him, rehabilitation work is also in progress on the rail line from Zaria to Kaura Namoda, adding that rail services had commenced from Kano to Lagos, passing through Zaria. The Vice President, disclosed this on Saturday, in Zaria, Kaduna State, during a reception organized by the Zazzau Emirate Council in honour of Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero. Similarly, Sambo said…
(NAN) – The Nigerian Army, 1 Mechanised Brigade, Sokoto State, on Saturday raided a suspected hideout of insurgents at the Gidan-Igwai area of the state. The Spokesman of the Brigade, Capt. Yahaya Musa confirmed this in an interview. “The operation was conducted as part of the ongoing efforts to rid Sokoto State of the fleeing insurgents from the volatile areas like Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, among others.” According to him, the operation was conducted as a result of tip-off from some good Samaritans in the city and its environs. Musa said that the raid was part of a routine operation…
After three weeks of scintillating football showing, the inter-state championship of the on-going Airtel Rising Stars National U-17 Tournament finally came to an end with qualifying matches concluded at the Lagos and Ibadan zonal centers on Friday. The Lagos and Ibadan zonal qualifiers were decided at the Legacy Pitch of the National Stadium, Surulere and the Liberty Stadium, Ibadan respectively. At the Lagos zonal championship, a total of 64 matches were played by 76 teams consisting of players from academies and secondary schools in Lagos and Ogun States. Individual awards went to Ruth Nevo and Tajudeen Ikeoluwa, both of whom…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in a handshake with Abubakar Dahiru Waziri, Chairman Yola South Council on the arrival of the former Vice President from lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia, at Yola International Airport on Friday.
It’s traditional to wait for a guy to make the first move. Why is that, exactly? We are running corporations, being treated as equals, and taking the world by storm. Why does that have to be any different in the dating realm? Millennials and technology have reinvented the dating game, and the old traditions don’t hold up like they used to. I’m not claiming that you have to make the first move; it’s just nice to give yourself the option. Here are a few reasons that it works: 1. Confidence is King It’s been said thousands and thousands of times,…
The US says 18 of the 19 diplomatic missions recently closed due to security threats will reopen on Sunday. The state department says its embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa will stay closed “because of ongoing concerns”. The US closed 19 diplomatic missions in the Middle East and Africa last Sunday in response to what it said was a threat of a terrorist attack. The consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore, which closed after a separate threat, will also not reopen yet. “We will continue to evaluate the threats to Sanaa and Lahore and make subsequent decisions about the…