By Gracious Akujobi Executive member of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF Dilichukwu Onyedinma has declared that coaches for the female teams should be psychologically and technically sound to be in charge of female teams and not because they are women. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Prompt News Online, Dilichuwku, who doubles as the Nigeria Women League Chairperson said sound technical depth should be the watchword and not just because the position should be gender sensitive. “Psychological and technical depth in sports especially in football must be an essential ingredient in managing female football players. A coach must be technically sound and psychologically ready to know what the players…
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By: Gracious Akujobi, Abuja Former Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia has warned football loving Nigerians to beware of a fraudster that parades himself as organizer of a screening at the NYSC Camp in Kubuwa, Abuja this Saturday. Siasia told sports reporters in Abuja on Monday that there was a publication on nairaland.com that impersonated his soccer academy name Sia-One as planning a screening at the said venue in Kubwa. He said he needed to warn his fans in order not to fall into the hands of this fraudster. “I am using this medium to tell my fans in the country and across…
The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy, Kensington Palace has announced. The baby was delivered at 16:24 BST at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, west London, weighing 8lb 6oz. The palace said in a statement that the duchess and the baby were “doing well”. She and Prince William will remain in the hospital overnight. The news has been displayed on an easel in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace in line with tradition. A bulletin – signed by the Queen’s gynaecologist Marcus Setchell, who led the medical team that delivered the baby – was taken by a…
At a time the generality of Nigerians are very angry with the members of the Senate for violently failing to protect the fundamental human rights of the Nigerian girl child by out rightly refusing to state in black and white the universally acceptable age of consent and/or marriage in order to save the Nigerian girl child from ferocious attacks by paedophiles and sexual predators who are prowling round like roaring lion looking for innocent girl child to devour, the other side of the national assembly- federal house of representatives was last week presented with a historic opportunity to right the obvious…
President Goodluck Jonathan said Monday in Abuja that his administration attaches the highest possible value to the contributions of the Urhobo to national development and will therefore do all within its powers to address issues that are of concern to the ethnic group. Speaking at an audience with a delegation of the Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU), led by its President-General, Major-General Patrick Aziza (rtd.), President Jonathan promised that all the concerns raised by the Union will be referred to the relevant Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies for prompt attention. “Government is to solve problems. Our duty is to see how…
Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan was on Monday appointed the champion for Child Online Protection by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) in Geneva. ITU launched the Child Online Protection (COP) initiative in 2008 as part of the overall thrust to strengthen cyber security. It brings together partners from various sectors to ensure a safe and secure online experience for children around the world. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Dame Patience Jonathan highlighted the importance of intervening in the “worrisome challenge of cyberspace insecurity, especially with regards to our highly vulnerable children”. Noting that children and youth are among top users…
Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the High Court of Kano State on Monday convicted and sentenced Usman Salifu to two years imprisonment for stealing. The convict was alleged to have stolen the sum of N65, 000, 000 from one Yusuf Sale Dunari’s fixed deposit account domiciled at Oceanic Bank (now Ecobank) where he was a Branch Manager. The convict, who had pleaded not guilty upon arraignment, dramatically changed his plea by admitting his guilt to all the 4-count charge. The defence counsel pleaded with the court to tamper justice with mercy, saying that the convict is a first offender,…
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to nearly half of the world’s usable, uncultivated land but so far the continent has not been able to develop these unused tracts, estimated at more than 202 million hectares, to dramatically reduce poverty and boost growth, jobs, and shared prosperity. According to a new World Bank report, “Securing Africa’s Land for Shared Prosperity,” released today, African countries and their communities could effectively end ‘land grabs,’ grow significantly more food across the region, and transform their development prospects if they can modernize the complex governance procedures that govern land ownership and management over the next decade.…
Determined to put its House in order ahead of 2015 elections, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a 30-man reconciliation committee. According to the acting national Publicity Secretary of the party, Caesar Okeke, the decision is to ensure comprehensive reconciliation among members and interests in the party. The National Working Committee (NWC), he said also aim to harmonize all interests and achieve genuine reconciliation across board. The committee, which will be inaugurated by the National Chairman of the party, Bamanga Tukur at the Wadata House on Thursday, is headed by the Governor of Bayelsa state, Seriake Dickson.…
The last time the Nigerian Constitution was in the news like this, the spotlight was on Section 145. And, that was in 2010. It took the Senate President, David Mark’s ingenious “Doctrine of Necessity” to resolve the matter. Three and half years later, it’s Section 29 that’s in the news. This is what happened last week. The Senators, having previously voted, as part of the ongoing constitutional amendment, to expunge Section 29 Part 4b (S29(4)b), which introduces an element of ambiguity into the age at which a female is considered old enough to be able to renounce Nigerian citizenship,…