Bolaji Oyegunle, London: Liverpool FC are keen on taking Nigeria’ Super Eagles and Chelsea’s defender, Kenneth Omeruo on loan. Swansea, Norwich and West Brom Albion are also interested in the Nigeria defender. Omeruo, 19, was granted a five year work permit by the Home Office but Chelsea want to loan him out so he can develop and become a better player. Meanwhile, Liverpool are also keen on British-born Nigeria midfielder, Dele Alli, who is playing for MK Dons. Brenda Rogers had scouts watching the 17- year old in their 0-0 draw on Saturday against Shrewbury.
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President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated President Robert Mugabe on his victory in last week’s presidential elections in Zimbabwe as announced by the country’s electoral commission at the weekend. Presidential Media Adviser, Dr. Reuben Abati, stated that ‘As President Mugabe and his party, ZANU-PF celebrate their victory at the polls, President Jonathan urges them to rededicate themselves to working for the well-being and progress of all Zimbabweans. “The President also calls on President Mugabe to ensure that all persons and parties who oppose the conduct of the polls and the announced results are given every opportunity to seek lawful redress as…
“The prolonged Academic Staff Union of Universities’ strike and the non-challant attitude of the federal government towards finding lasting solution to it is a systematic agenda of the political elite to keep the youth in bondage and therefore constitute grave crime against humanity since slavery is a grave crime against humanity”. The above picture was graphically created by a development focused Non-Governmental organization-HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) which has challenged the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and other organized civil society community to institute a global litigation at the Hague, Netherland’s-based International Crimes Court (ICC) against the…
By: Gracious Akujobi President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari, again sounded it loud and clear on Monday that the NFF is proud of the works and other activities of the League Management Company, and will continue to give the body (LMC) all the support it needs to forge ahead towards the goal of taking the Premier League to new heights. Speaking at the NFF Secretariat during a presentation by the League Management Company, Maigari affirmed the NFF’s approval for the way and manner the LMC has been going on in the business of sanitizing Nigeria’s elite division and…
The Federal Government has declared Thursday and Friday, August 8 and 9 respectively as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Fitri celebration. This was contained in a statement issued on Monday and signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Fatima Bamidele, on behalf of the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro. The Minister called on Nigerian Muslims to use the spiritual benefits of Ramadan to contribute to the development of the nation. He also wished Nigerians a rewarding and peaceful celebration, even as he urged them to exploit the spiritual benefits of love, joy and peace in their day-to-day activities. The Minister enjoined…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one Kingsley Mudi over alleged ATM fraud. He was picked up at about 11 pm on August 2, 2013 at Fidelity Bank ATM on Airport Road, Warri, Delta State following an intelligence report. At the point of arrest, 30 ATM cards of different banks with which he allegedly withdrew a total sum of five hundred and fifty thousand naira (N550, 000) were found in his possession. Eight signed UBA cheques belonging to sundry persons were also found on him. Kingsley Mudi, who claimed to be a Disc Jockey and an operator of…
The father of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state, M.r Ademola Fashola, is dead. According to the Special Adviser to Governor Fashola on Media, Mr. Hakeem Bello, he died at the age of 79. Mr. Bello, who said the death occurred in the early hours of Monday at an undisclosed hospital in Lagos, however, said the state government would announce the burial arrangement soon. Governor Fashola and his Media aide are both in Saudi Arabia for Lesser Hajj (Umrah).
Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha is not bothered about his suspension by the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), describing it as “irrelevant’’. In a statement by his Media Assistant, Chinedu Offor, in Owerri, the Governor enjoined his supporters and the people of the satte at large to remain calm and be law-abiding. Offor stated, “The governor is currently in the U.S. for a town hall meeting, organised by Imo indigenes at Atlanta, Georgia”. Prompt News Online recalls that the National Executive Council of APGA had on Saturday in announced the dissolution of Imo state Executive Committee of the party. “The NEC…
A former National Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, is now the leader of the newly-registered All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi state. The party held its inaugural meeting on Sunday after which a chieftain of the party in the state, Innocent Ugo-Chima, announced Dr Onu as the leader. Justifying the choice of Onu, the former House of Representatives member, Ugo-Chima said party chieftains considered his experience and role during the process that led to the coming together of the former Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), ANPP and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) to form…
The US says it will keep some of its embassies in north Africa and the Middle East closed for up to a week, due to a possible militant threat. Twenty-one US embassies and consulates closed on Sunday. The State Department in Washington said the extended closures were due to the exercise of caution, and not a reaction to a new threat. US diplomat missions in Algiers, Kabul and Baghdad are among those which will reopen on Monday, Washington said. A state department global travel alert, issued on Friday, is in force until the end of August. The department said the…