By Andrew Abah, ABUJA Ahead of FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup initially billed for November, the coach of Nigeria’s U-17 Female National Team, Bankole Olowookere has lamented that some of his girls will turn overage when the competition is staged early next year in India due to suspension of FIFA/CAF organised championships as a result of COVID-19 Pandemic. Olowookere who spoke to Prompt News Online said, already some of the players have added weight due to suspension of football activities in the country and added that bringing them back to fitness level will take time ahead of the last African…
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has congratulated Muslim faithful in Nigeria for concluding this year’s Ramadan fast and marking Eid-el-Fitr peacefully. Gbajabiamila said this on Saturday in Abuja in a congratulatory message by Lanre Lasisi, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. According to the statement, he also urged the Muslim faithful to pray fervently for an end to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has been ravaging countries all over the world, including Nigeria. The speaker urged Nigerian Muslims to imbibe virtues such as feeding the needy, being their brother’s keepers and prayers for peaceful coexistence…
Spanish football’s top flight division La Liga can return to action from June 8 after being disrupted by the novel coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday. All organised football in Spain was provisionally suspended on March 12, although clubs in the top two divisions have since returned to group training. La Liga has yet to officially confirm a resumption date, although its president Javier Tebas had said previously he hoped the season could do so from June 12. “We are very happy with the decision, but it is the result of the great work of clubs, players,…
Former Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino said he was open to coaching again in England’s Premier League. According to him, he will make a decision on his future based on the kind of project put to him by any potential employer, whether in the top six or not. The Argentine took Spurs to the Champions League final last year but his side were beaten 2-0 by Liverpool. He was sacked in November, ending a successful but ultimately trophy-less 5-1/2 years in charge of the club. Reports in the British media have said the 48-year-old is among the top contenders to…
A kidnap victim, Mr Emenike Soronnadi, 50, has recounted his ordeal in the hands of his abductors, urging Federal and State Governments to urgently address issues of insecurity to safeguard lives of citizens. Soronnadi, a husband and business man, was kidnapped on April 20, and held captive for 11 days before his release on May 10, 2020. The victim told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt that he was abducted from his wife’s shop in Woji, Obio/Akpor Local Government Council, Rivers. According to him, three men fully armed with AK47 assault rifles and shooting sporadically into the air…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday urged Nigerians, particularly leaders at all levels, not to lose sight of the essence of the Eid-el Fitr and the eternal lessons of Ramadan.The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja urged Nigerians to bring the lessons to bear by living in truth, selflessness, tolerance, forbearance, honesty and transparency in all their dealings. Ologbondiyan felicitated with Nigerians, particularly the Muslim community, on this year’s Eid-el Fitr celebrations, urging all compatriots to exhibit the virtues imbibed during the Ramadan fast in all aspects of life.He noted…
The Kogi Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition of Mr Musa Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the election of Governor Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC).Wada was challenging the election of Bello in the Nov. 16, 2019 governorship election in Kogi.Wada, in his petition, alleged that the election was marred with violence and other irregularities including corrupt practices.Delivering the majority judgement, Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Kashim Kaigama, dismissed Wada’s petition on the grounds that it was lacking in merit.The tribunal held that the evidence of some of the witnesses was contradictory and amounted…
By Beauty John, LAFIA The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly Rt.Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for signing an Executive order for the implementation of financial autonomy of state Houses of Assembly and Judiciary. The speaker who doubles as the National Vice Chairman North Central,Nigeria Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures gave this commendation k Lafia, while reacting to the new financial autonomy order by President Muhammadu Buhari recently. Balarabe explained that granting of the financial autonomy to the state legislature and judiciary will give them the opportunity to harness their full potential as well as…
By Udo Akam-Alo, ABAKALIKI Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has appointed three (3) Special Assistants namely: Mr. Peter Mbam as SA on SMEs, Mr. Chidiebere Egwu as SA on Youth Employment andMojibade Ekuma as SA on Finance. According to the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Dr. Kenneth Ugbala, the appointment takes effect from the first of June, 2020. He said the appointees must carry out their duties as expected of them, especially the SA on Finance, who is to work directly under the Governor’s office. “These people as have been appointed and given portfolio is directed by the…
By Ayo Oye Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Friday night announced 245 new cases of Covid-19. It says the new cases bring the total confirmed cases in Nigeria to 7,261. Lagos, Jigawa and Ogun led on Friday with 131, 16 and 13 new cases respectively. The tweet by @NCDCgov which shows 10 new deaths reads: “245 new cases of #COVID19; 131-Lagos16-Jigawa13-Ogun12-Borno9-Kaduna9-Oyo9-Rivers9-Ebonyi8-Kano7-Kwara5-Katsina3-Akwa Ibom3-Sokoto2-Bauchi2-Yobe1-Anambra1-Gombe1-Niger1-Ondo1-Plateau1-FCT1-Bayelsa “7261 cases of #COVID19 in NigeriaDischarged: 2007, Deaths: 221.”