Super Eagles defender, Kenneth Omeruo has been ruled out of the side’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) double header against the Pharaohs of Egypt. Omeruo’s club, Kasimpasa in the Turkish top flight informed the Nigeria Football Federation that the defender is down with a groin injury that will sideline him for the next two weeks. Eagles’ team administrator, Dayo Enebi said the development has already been communicated to the side’s head coach, Samson Siasia and the team medics. “Omeruo’s injury and subsequent withdrawal from the Egypt games has been communicated to the coaches and the medics. “The player is…
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Dele Alli has told his Tottenham Hotspur teammates to forget their chastening Europa League exit and focus on making a final push to win the Premier League title. Mauricio Pochettino’s side were given a reality check by Borussia Dortmund as the German club cruised to a 2-1 victory at White Hart Lane on Thursday to complete a 5-1 aggregate success. Pochettino admitted the one-sided last-16 tie showed his team remain way short of the standards set by Europe’s elite clubs. But Tottenham’s teenage midfielder Alli insists the humbling defeat will be completely forgotten if the season ends with the north…
Lil Kesh reflects on his past in song ‘Semilore’ while giving God due gratitude for where he is now. The rapper recently released his debut album ”Y.A.G.I” made available on iTunes and Apple music.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged religious, community and political leaders to mobilise their followers against corruption and other crimes. Buhari made the call at International Islamic Conference on Peace and Nation Building organised by Jama’atul Izalatil Bid’ah Wa’Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), in conjunction with the Muslim World League, Makkah, Saudi Arabia, at Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. He stated that the call had become imperative in view of the fact that Nigeria had suffered many years of official neglect and corruption leading to the common man’s untold hardship. He assured that his administration would do everything possible to safeguard lives and property…
The Supreme Court has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) permission to try former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu on corruption charges. The decision was announced by Justice Suleiman Galadima today, March 18, 2016. Kalu has been accused of participating in the laundering of N5.6 billion in public funds. He allegedly committed the fraud during his tenure as governor of Abia between 1999 and 2007. The EFCC took Kalu to court in 2007 but the case was stalled due to various court orders. The Abuja Federal High Court and Court of Appeal had earlier refused to stop…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Senate to revisit the Nigerian Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill it dropped on Tuesday. This is contained in a statement by Amb. Kema Chikwe, the party’s National Women Leader on Friday in Abuja. Chikwe said it was important to revisit the bill, especially in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “On behalf of the entire PDP women, I join members of the civil society to express profound disappointment and displeasure over the dismissal of the Nigerian Gender and Equal Opportunities bill by the Senate. “This regressive action ironically occurred at…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria can no longer afford to import food items. Buhari made the comment on Thursday, March 17, 2016, while receiving the new Bulgarian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Vesselin Blagoer Delcher in Abuja. ‘‘We must produce what we eat. We don’t have unlimited resources to continue the importation of food items that can be produced locally,” Buhari said. “Fortunately, some Nigerians have shown foresight by building factories that process agricultural products within the country. They have created a value chain that boosts employment, protects our foreign reserves and safeguards the economy from external shocks. “We…
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has warned soldiers to avoid violating human rights while discharging their duties. Buratai made the call on Friday, March 18, 2016, while addressing officers and soldiers at the headquarters of the 82 Division in Enugu, Vanguard reports. “Our rules of engagement during security operations touch on the observation of human rights at all times,” he said. “You must behave professionally, protect lives and uphold the dignity of humans during all your operations. If you apply all the rules of engagement and still have cause to open fire as a last resort, then…
The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has ruled out the possibility of paying workers’ salaries for the month of March, giving the low federal allocation the state got. The Cable reports that the state got N6.23 million as against the the N56 million it received in September 2015. Aregbesola said the March allocation can not even cover the electricity bills of the state secretariat. The Governor said back in 2015; “Money coming from the Federation Account has dipped seriously and our hope for survival is in our hands; what our forefathers lived on was agriculture.” “For September, our state got…
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has assured Nigerians that fuel scarcity will end really soon as the Mosinmi Depot, near Sagamu has been reopened for loading. This was disclosed in Lagos on Friday, March 18, by the South-West Chairman of the union, Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo. He said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has started pumping petroleum products to the depot for distribution to marketers across the country. According to him, if the NNPC maintains the loading flow, the current nationwide fuel scarcity will fizzle out in no time. NAN reports the depot was shut…
The controversy surrounding the admission of card readers as evidence in election tribunals, might soon be a thing of the past. Recent reports that a bill sponsored by Senator Tijani Kaura, which is aimed at amending the 2010 Electoral Act, in order to legalise the use of card readers for elections, has passed the second reading. The bill is titled: A Bill for an Act to Amend the Electoral Act N0. 6 2010 and for Other Matters Connected Therewith 2016. Kaura said it was important to legalise the use of the card readers, following various pronouncements by the courts, saying…
The Secretary to the Ekiti state Government (SSG), Dr. Modupe Alade, in a statement said the people of the state will resist any attempt by the Buhari led administration to destabilise the state. This is coming on the heels of the alleged invasion of the state House of Assembly by men of the Department of State Services (DSS). Alade said it is glaring that the act was aimed at intimidating Governor Ayo Fayose, who she said has been a vocal critic of the government. The SSG also claimed that she has been receiving calls from an alleged DSS operative, Paul…
The gender equality bill that was rejected by the Senate has sparked some reactions from notable Nigerians, most especially, the women folk. You will recall that the Nigerian Senate refused to pass the bill which was sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi on March 15, 2016. Senate President, Bukola Saraki said the bill was rejected by some Senators because they disagreed with it along the lines of religion and tradition. Reacting to the development, Senator Stella Oduah slammed her colleagues, saying “Women have wonderful innate skills and we must provide enabling environment for growth and full development of their potentials.” Adding…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff has said that he got into the position because of Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose. Sheriff made the disclosure in Ekiti after meeting with Fayose and other members of the party on Thursday, March 17, 2016, Punch reports. “I never planned to be the PDP Chairman but God used people like Fayose and other Nigerians to make me the chairman (of the party),” Sheriff said. “I was sleeping in my room when Fayose called me from Port Harcourt and said I was going to be the new National Chairman. For me, it…
The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Joe Igbokwe, has urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s attempts to build a new Nigeria. Igbokwe made the call on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 via an article titled, “Wanted: Real men and women to help Nigeria.” The article, which was published on online news platform, Sahara Reporters, reads: “President Buhari needs our help to build a new Nigeria. I want committed, decent, honest men and women of deep character to stand up for Nigeria. I know millions of Nigerians out there are silently praying for this President…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki has called on stakeholders in Rivers State to ensure that the March 19, 2016 National and State Assembly rerun elections in the state are peaceful. Saraki made the call via a statement released on Thursday, March 17, 2016, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu. It reads: “Election days are supposed to mark the renewal of mandates and advancement of democracy which has been rightly defined as the ‘government of the people, by the people and for the people’. Therefore, it is trite that no position or interest being canvassed during the poll…
Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, indicated that the differences between him and his predecessor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Speaking to State House correspondents in Abuja today, March 18, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential Villa, Ganduje said the issue with the former governor is an in-house matter. “The situation is under control. It is an in-house problem which is under control. We are talking about it. Yes, reconciliation is ongoing, and it will work. “We have been together for long, we are, politically, brothers and friends. Therefore, we will make sure that we don’t allow things…
Former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has said that all the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are God-fearing. Amaechi also said that he hates violence and that his followers aren’t allowed to own guns. The former governor, and current Minister of Transportation, made the comments on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, during an interview on Channels TV. “I wish you knew me very well, I hate violence. One thing I fear about life is that it is irreplaceable, so one thing you must do if you follow me is that you must not own a gun, you must not…
The Ekiti State government has claimed that the detained member of the state assembly, Afolabi Akanni, is in critical condition. ovt The government had yesterday, March 17, announced that the lawmaker had died in the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS), but the claim was quickly dismissed by the security agency by presenting Akanni to the press alive. Though alive, the lawmaker looked frail and very sick. Eyewitnesses said he could barely walk on his own. While speaking at a press conference today, March 18, Lere Olayinka, the spokesman for Governor Ayodele Fayose said Akanni’s continued detention after…
All may getting set for former BBA star, Tayo Faniran to walk down the aisle. Although he says there’s no pressure to tie the knot, marriage is definitely on the table for him. The 29-yr-old Faniran revealed to Punch in an exclusive interview that he’s in an exciting relationship with the mother of his son and would love to stay happily married like his parents are, which is why he isn’t in a hurry to say “I do”. “I am currently in an exciting relationship and I have a son. The wedding bells will soon ring but I am not…