The Sokoto State Government has purchased 12 fire fighting vehicles and equipment worth N339. 9 million, the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Alhaji Isa Achida, has said. Achida said in Sokoto on Saturday at a media briefing that the vehicle were purchased to boost the operations of the State Fire Service in a bid to save lives and property. The briefing was organised by the State Ministry of Information and the State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to mark the two years of the administration of Gov. Aminu Tambuwal. “The provision of additional vehicles has brought the number…
Author: David Folami
As part of activities lined up to mark his 60th birthday celebrations, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola led a fitness and health walk round the streets of Osogbo, the state capital, early Saturday morning. Aregbesola is Governor of Osun, one of Nigeria’s southwest States. On the march with Aregbesola were deputy Governor, Otunba Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, chief of staff, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the deputy speaker of the House of Assembly, Hon Akintunde Adegboye, Osun APC party chairman, Prince Gboyega Famodun and several others. The exercise was tagged “Walk to live”. “Walk to Live” has been a highlight of the Aregbesola administration, particularly…
The army has dominated Falgore forest in Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano State, after flushing out armed bandits, cattle rustlers and other criminal elements from the forest. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, announced this on Saturday at Falgore at the end of exercise “Harbin Kunama” – Scorpion Sting. The army launched the special exercise in 2016 in Kaduna and Zamfara states to deal with those criminal activities. On April 19, it launched Harbin Kunama II in Southern Kaduna and extended it to part of Plateau, Kano and Bauchi states. Buratai said that although the exercise had…
Manchester United on Thursday, May 18 held their End of Season Awards which was attended by their first team stars and manager Jose Mourinho. Paul Pogba, Wayne Rooney, Antonio Valencia and their teammates were all dapper in suits for the end of year bash. At the awards, Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera was named the Player of the Year award named after Matt Busby which was voted by fans. “It is very special for me to win this award because when you see the list of the winners you realise how important it is… and because I stop the record…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have confirmed Super Eagles’ friendly game against Togo on Thursday, June 1. The friendly game which was first announced by the Togolese Football Federation (TFF) was put into doubt due to logistic concerns have now been confirmed by the NFF. “The @NGSuperEagles will play two international friendly matches, against the Senior National Teams of Corsica and Togo,” the NFF confirmed via Twitter. Before the game against Togo, the Super Eagles have also been scheduled to play a friendly against Corsica on Friday, May 26. The friendly games are to prepare the Super Eagles for their…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hopes the thorny issue of his future will not prove a distraction when his side attempt to squeeze into the Champions League against Everton on Sunday. Wenger’s future remains unresolved and he said on Friday he expects a decision to be announced after a board meeting that will take place in the days following the FA Cup final against Chelsea on May 27. Wenger has come under fire from an increasingly vocal number of Arsenal fans, but with the team’s top-four hopes in the balance, he says his personal circumstances should be put to one side.…
Bayern Munich’s beer-soaked head coach Carlo Ancelotti admitted it will be tough to replace Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso after the pair played their final game before retiring. Lahm, 33, and Alonso, 35, hung up their boots after Saturday’s 4-1 win over Freiburg as Bayern celebrated lifting the German league trophy for the fifth season in a row. The German giants ended up 15 points clear in Ancelotti’s first season since replacing Pep Guardiola. Germany’s World Cup-winning captain Lahm played his 517th and final game in the Bayern shirt, lifting the Bundesliga shield for a record-equalling eighth time. Alonso, a…
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in Borussia Dortmund’s 4-3 win over Werder Bremen on Saturday to finish as the Bundesliga’s top-scorer and seal his side’s direct Champions League place on a dramatic final day of the season. Aubameyang finished with 31 goals, one more than Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski, who failed to score in the champions’ 4-1 home win over Freiburg. There was drama at the bottom of the table as Hamburg guaranteed their survival with an 88th-minute goal to seal a 2-1 win over Wolfsburg. Two minutes after coming on, Luca Waldschmidt’s header, the day after his 21st birthday, sealed…
Mohamed Salah and Stephan El Shaarawy fired a double apiece and Edin Dzeko struck late as Roma put Juventus’s title celebrations on hold with a 5-3 win at Chievo on Saturday. Roma travelled to Verona knowing defeat, coupled with a Napoli draw against Fiorentina later, could hand Juventus a record sixth consecutive title before the Turin giants host relegation-haunted Crotone on Sunday. But with Napoli only one point further adrift and desperate to snatch Serie A’s second automatic Champions League qualifying spot, Luciano Spalletti’s men were in no mood for capitulating early. The capital club’s 27th win of the season…
Lionel Messi will spearhead Argentina’s attack against arch-rivals Brazil next month but there was no place in the squad for Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero. Inter Milan forward Mauro Icardi replaces Aguero in a squad believed to have been chosen by Jorge Sampaoli, the Sevilla coach who is poised to take over Argentina in a bid to rescue their World Cup hopes. Playmaker Manuel Lanzini, who has enjoyed a good season for West Ham in the Premier League, gets his first international call-up. Before they get back to the business of qualifying for Russia 2018 in August, Messi and Argentina…
Producer and singer Sheyman is a daddy! The music star welcomed a beautiful baby girl this week. The proud new dad just shared the news that he and his wife,, Cynthia Okonkwo-Ademoye are now parents. He took to Instagram on May 18, 2017, with a photo of his new lady love writing, “My Lord, I count myself lucky of your favour all the time, you allow me do things without stress, you guard my process of progress. You provide my happiness!!! To crown it all you gave us a precious jewel. Today, We share our joy with you as we…
Nollywood actress Mama Gee and evangelist Patience Ozokwor has revealed that her early marriage deprived her the chance of conjugal bliss. The veteran and brand ambassador of South-eastern descent, explained in an interview how she was forced into marriage at 19. She revealed that her mother wanted her to get married on time as she was from a polygamous home. In an interview with a Ghana television station, RTV, she said, “It was not my decision to get married at 19. And if it’s not my decision it means I was forced into it. I was forced into it many…
The remains of late actress, Mojisola Abike Olaiya will be flown back to Nigeria for burial. According to fresh reports by Punch, the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has offered to fly the remains of late actress for proper burial as against the scheduled burial in Canada. Punch reports that the state governor aborted the burial in Canada at the last minute on Friday, May 19, 2017 after her death was reported on Wednesday, May 18, 2017. It was further reported that the Ekiti state government has agreed to foot the cost of bringing home her remains to Nigeria for…
The Industrial Arbitration Panel sitting in Abuja has ordered PENGASSAN and Mobil Staff to suspend their strike action. Following the industrial action embarked upon by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN, Mobil Branch), the Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP) on Friday, issued an order prohibiting any lock-out or strikes in the course of the dispute. The panel also ordered that a circular signed by the Union Secretary, Comrade Anietie David Udoh, be issued withdrawing the already circulated internal memorandum dated May 18, 2017, on or before midday of Saturday, May 20, 2017. Non compliance, read the…
Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has restated the commitment of the Nigerian Army to secure the country, pledging the commitment of officers and men in the discharge of their duties. Buratai stated this on Saturday in Kano when he paid a courtesy visit on the governor of the state , Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje. ”Insurgents and other criminals have been seriously degraded and the army would not relent until it ensures peace and stability in all parts of the country,” he assured. Buratai said that he was in Kano to round off a special military exercise “Operation Scorpion Sting…
Parents of the 82 Chibok schoolgirls who were released after being held for more than three years by Boko Haram have arrived in Abuja. According to Punch, the parents arrive Abuja to reunite with their daughters on Saturday, May 20, 2017. This is coming nine days after the Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, had promised that the girls’ parents will travel from the remote northeastern town in Borno state to meet their daughters in the capital, Abuja. Deadly Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, has released 82 of the Chibok high school girls who were abducted in mid-April 2014. The…
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he felt “sad” that his former captain Tony Adams claimed the Frenchman “couldn’t coach his way out of a paper bag”. Wenger has come under fire from many quarters as his team struggle to make the Champions League next season with even a win over Everton on Sunday not certain to guarantee a spot in Europe’s elite tournament. Speaking in his autobiography “Sober”, serialised in The Sun newspaper, Adams said: “Arsene is essentially not a coach. Back in the day I said in an interview coaching wasn’t Arsene’s strong point. “Actually in the original draft,…
Real Madrid have all they can ask for with just one La Liga game of the season to go and that is the destiny of the title in their own hands, coach Zinedine Zidane said on Saturday. Madrid lead Barcelona by three points at the top of the table and just need to avoid defeat at Malaga on Sunday to be assured of a first La Liga title in five years. Barca need to beat Eibar at home to have any chance of leapfrogging their fierce rivals. “It is in our hands which is important for us,” said Zidane. “There…
Veteran midfielder Yaya Toure is set to get a new Manchester City deal due to his impressive form this season. Toure’s current contract expires runs out at the end of this and the midfielder is keen to quickly resolve his future. The midfielder has really impressed Pep Guardiola who wants to tie the midfielder to another contract. According to reports, there have been strong indications that the 34-year-old will be offered an extension. It will be a busy summer for Manchester City who will be working hard to replace some of the players who will be leaving at the end…
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Friday that the State government was determined to strengthen the judicial system in promotion of good governance. The governor made the assertion in Port Harcourt while handing over a Federal High Court complex constructed by his administration to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court. Wike said the court complex was constructed in a bid to promote access to justice. He said that part of the vision of the government in providing the Federal High Court complex was also to make the state a judicial hub in the South- South region. Wike…