The Nigeria Football Federation’s tense working relationship with coach Stephen Keshi looks set to continue. The federation has asked Keshi to explain several incidents it is unhappy about. Most recently Keshi did not attend Tuesday’s technical committee session with the NFF. He has also been asked to explain going on leave without permission and so missing a reception hosted by President Jonathan Goodluck in February. Continue reading the main story “As a responsible organisation, we have no other option than to issue you a query to explain how all these events unfolded” NFF letter to Stephen Keshi “It is important…
Author: MyBingNigeria
ABUJA — On Monday, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said his country intends to harness nuclear energy for development purposes – which to most Nigerians means one thing: providing electricity. But some analysts say that Nigeria should figure out how to keep the lights on with the huge natural resources it already has. Nigeria’s nuclear aspirations began in 2007, when then-President Umaru Yar’Adua said the country planned to add nuclear power to the national grid by 2017. The original deadline seems to be off the table, but officials say the plan is still on track. “Nigeria is on course in its…
People inspect the remains of a car used in a suicide bomb in Maiduguri, Nigeria, March, 25. 2014. Jossy Ola, AP LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency says 3 million people are suffering from the Islamic uprising with a quarter million people made homeless in the northeast of the country just this year. It says an assessment of the three affected states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa shows children, elderly people and women are most affected. The government agency has provided relief goods but says needs increase daily and asks for help. A statement posted online Thursday says…
Only one case of wild polio virus was reported in the first two months of 2014. A report released by the Global Polio Eradication Initiatives on Thursday in Lagos said Nigeria was winning the war against polio. The report, made available to journalists, quoted Oyewale Tomori, Chairman, Nigeria’s Expert Review Committee on Polio Eradication and Routine Immunisation, as giving the score card. The report quoted Mr. Tomori, a professor, as saying that only one case of wild polio had been reported in the first two months of the year across the country. It occurred in Gaya Local Government Area of…
With John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses struggling for game time at their respective clubs, how can Stephen Keshi arrange the Super Eagles without them? Does Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho know how John Obi Mikel’s stint on the sidelines could prove detrimental to Nigeria’s chances at the World Cup in Brazil, which is only a few months away? At this moment it’s so obvious, Mikel is experiencing some kind of recurring deja vu, but in this case it seems different. Typically, he has always had the last laugh under past coaches but Mourinho sees his competitor, Nemanja Matic, as an…