By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS Super Eagles defender, Shehu Abdullahi has joined Bulgarian club, PFK Levski Sofia, reports Promptnewsonline.com. The 26-time Bulgarian Premier League club announced the versatile defender penned a one-year contract. Abdullahi left Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia at the end of last season. “I am very glad to be here. Before I came to Sofia, I received messages from “Levski” fans and I already feel that I am at home. The club took very good care of me. “I came to show my best, help the team and achieve the goals this season,” Abdullahi told LEVSKI TV. “I have…
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President Muhammadu Buhari Friday at State House, Abuja, met with the Chairman and select members of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities, promising to engage in further consultations with relevant stakeholders, towards ending the protracted strike by university lecturers, under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The President said without necessarily going back on what is already established policy, “I will make further consultations, and I’ll get back to you.” The Pro-Chancellors were led to the meeting by Professor Nimi Briggs, who said they had come to meet with the President in three capacities: “As President and Commander-in-Chief, as…
By Andrew Abah, Abuja Alhaji Adam Mouktar Mohammed, Chairman FCT F. A has stated that the implementation of the 10-Year Football Master Plan remains the only way to stop Nigeria’s dwindling football fortunes and as well put a stop to the crises rocking Nigerian football. “It will interest you to know that before now, Nigeria does not have a football plan or blueprint. The current fighting among stakeholders is as a result of lack of policy direction. “The current 10-Year Football Master Plan has the capacity to end the rancour among stakeholders; and also transform the country’s football architecture with…
Suspected Gunmen on Friday killed a member of Ebubeagu South-East Security Outfit in Ebonyi. The victim, Mr Sunday Izhikpa, was shot dead at early hour of Friday by the alleged gunmen at his duty post in Mkpuma Ekwa-oku, Izzi Local Government Area of the state. A resident in the area, Mr Victor Ogbaga, who spoke with newsmen in Abakaliki, said the deceased was a native of Nduakparata Igbeagu in the area. “He was killed by the gunmen at his duty post, Mkpuma Ekwa-oku in Izzi. “The corpse of the victim has been evacuated from the scene, where he was murdered…
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno said he had empowered 1,000 unemployed youths with N100 million in Biu. This is contained in a statement signed and issued in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Baba-Sheik Haruna, on Friday. He said the grant, which ceremony was held at the Kadafur Cinema premises in Biu town, was to be used as start-up capital for micro and small scale businesses to stimulate the economy of the area. The event was part of the governor’s 3-day tour to the Borno South Senatorial headquarters to commission various projects executed by his…
Eun Soo-mi, former mayor of Seongnam, just south of Seoul, was on Friday sentenced to two years in prison by a district court on charges of bribery and abuse of power. The Suwon District Court ordered the immediate detention of Eun after convicting her of providing special favors to a police officer in return for receiving insider information about a police investigation into her alleged political fund law violation. The 60-year-old Eun, who served as Seongnam mayor from July 2018 to June 2022, was also ordered by the court to pay a fine of 10 million won (US$7,200) and forfeit…
The Nasarawa State chapter of Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), has appealed to the House of Assembly to pass the bill seeking full autonomy for Local Governments Areas (LGAs) in the country. Comr. Sharhabilu Rak-Adamu, President of NULGE in the state made the call while briefing newsmen on Friday in Lafia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that the National Assembly had recently passed the bill and transmitted it to the Houses of Assembly of 36 states for legislative processes in line with the provisions of the law. The Nasarawa State President of NULGE said the call…
The Abia Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger Delta, (LIFE-ND), has commenced the training of youths on agric-tech solutions in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria [NAN] reports that 13 youths are engaged in the ongoing training programme aimed at boosting agricultural production. The Founder and Chief Executive of IgHub, Mr Daniel Chinagozi, who received the LIFE-ND team at Aba on Friday, said that the programmme was targeted at solving challenges of sales currently experienced in the market. He noted that the beneficiaries were being trained in different value chains of the state priority commodities like, poultry sales, seed bank, palm…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has decried the disrespect for the national flag in both public and private organisations. The State Director of NOA in Plateau, Mrs Kaneng Pam-Hworo, expressed the concern while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Jos, during the annual National Ordinance Day. She said that the abuse and misuse of national symbols is a serious challenge in Nigeria which required change of attitude. “The National flag in particular, is the most commonly misused and abused national symbol in the country. A flag for instance is not supposed to be sewn, yet…
The National Population Commission (NPC) Kwara Office has begun inspection of venues for training of personnel to conduct the forthcoming 2023 census. The State Director of NPC, Mallam Saheed Adebayo, confirmed the exercise in all the 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs), while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ilorin. The state began the inspection on Sept. 14, to confirm the availability of necessary facilities needed for the exercise and ensure smooth operation. Adebayo said that all venues must have electrical wiring due to the new methods of digital census, which would require the use of…