The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that the country will entertain Sierra Leone’s qualifying matches for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). The Leone Stars hosts African champions Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday, 6 September, and the NFF said in a statement on Wednesday that either the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos or the Adokiye Amiesiamaka Stadium in Port Harcourt will serve as venue for the Match Day 2 encounter. “We are delighted to announce that we have received the go-ahead from the Federal Ministry of Health to host the match. The Sierra Leoneans will come with a delegation…
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The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has finalised arrangements for its team ahead of a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying match in Dar es Salaam. The Super Eagles will play Tanzania on 5 September, hoping to continue in their bid to make the 2017 Cup of Nations in Gabon. According to thenff.com, plans to fly the team into Dar es Salaam and back to Nigeria, with departure – onboard a leading Nigeria airline – from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and the return set for the Port Harcourt International Airport, has already been concluded. Officials have hinted that…
Some supporters of the All Progressive Congress in Okworike Amagu in Ikwo LGA Ebonyi State were chased out of their homes by hoodlums suspected to be loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state. Also valuables, worth millions of naira belonging to the APC supporters, were allegedly destroyed by the attackers. One APC supporter, whose name was given simply as Mr. William, was also said to be missing as of the time of publishing this report. Some of the supporters, including their wives and children, who have fled to Abakaliki, the state capital, where they were forced to take…
Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson has cautioned Nigerians against insulting their president because such a disposition undermines the respect due to him on the global stage. Speaking at an interactive session in Lagos on Tuesday, Dickson said he was yet to comprehend in what context the Nigerian people have started to label President Muhammadu Buhari as “baba go slow” a few months after assuming office. He pointed out that it was the same way they branded former President Goodluck Jonathan “clueless” while in office. “When you call your president ‘clueless’ and ‘baba go slow’, are you asking his counterparts abroad…
A credibility crisis has hit the Senate over the swearing in of two different persons to represent a single senatorial district. Two persons – General Mohammed A. Garba (retd.) and Malam Mustapha Sani Mohammed, both of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are laying claim to the Niger South Senatorial District seat. While Garba was sworn in as the senator representing the district on June 9, Mustapha was last Wednesday sworn in by Senate President Bukola Saraki for the same seat. According to findings, the controversy over Garba and Mustapha’s candidacy in the APC began from their constituency during the nomination…
Prof. Assisi Asobie Former Chairman of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Prof. Assisi Asobie has slammed the National Assembly for not doing enough to fight corruption in the country. Asobie, who noted that the country should not concentrate on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), stressed that the government should rather focus on the office of the Auditor–General of the Federation, and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CBC) because they report to the Public Accounts Committee of the two chambers of the National Assembly. The former…
The Commandant, Nigeria Army School of Military Engineering, Makurdi, Maj.-Gen. Bamidele Ogunkale, has apologised to Governor Samuel Ortom for soldiers’ attack on a community in North Bank on August 15. We had reported here that 39 soldiers from NASME attacked the Hausa-dominated community at the weekend because a girl courted by one of them was given out in marriage to another man. The rampaging soldiers also reportedly vandalised over 100 vehicles and made away with mobile phones, TV set, radio and other personal effects belonging to residents of the community. Tendering the apology during a courtesy call on the governor…
Leicester have completed the signing of Napoli midfielder Gokhan Inler subject to international clearance. The 31-year-old will cost the Foxes a reported £3m and has penned a three-year deal at the King Power Stadium. “I’ve spoken with the manager and I’m very happy to be here because it’s a nice team. I’ve watched them lots of times and I like them. “The manager was important for me, also the Director Jon Rudkin and the owners. For me the whole package was very positive because they wanted me and now I’ll give everything,” Inler, who began his career at FC Basel…
Barcelona centre back Gerrard Pique has been hit with a four match ban following his sending off for insulting a linesman in Monday night’s Spanish Super Cup second leg against Athletic Bilbao. The Spaniard, who watched the first leg from the bench, was sent off in the 55th minute as Barca drew 1-1 at home to Athletic, losing 5-1 on aggregate over two legs. He protested when the assistant referee didn’t signal for an offside, allowing Aduriz a shot at Barca’s goal which was saved by Claudio Bravo. Pique boiled over and screamed at the linesman when the ball went…
Head coach of the Nigeria U-23 national team, Samson Siasia, has called on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to advice Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) sides to release players for preparation for the All-Africa Games in Congo Brazaville slated for between 3–18 September . The coach, who had only eight of the invited players available for training at the Fifa Goal Project in Abuja on Tuesday, described players’ late arrival as “unfair.” According to the tactician, others have notified the team that they have yet to be released by their respective clubs, with Match Day 24 fixtures of the Glo…
It looks like the fast rising dance-hall singer, Patoranking has just gotten himself a new set of 4-wheel drive. Patoranking flaunted what seems like his latest car, a black Mercedes G-Wagon, on his Instagram Page. He also added a caption: – Born to win #Miami #Whayasay!!! See another photo below: –
Don Jazzy revealed the secret behind his hit songs during its recent chat with City People magazine. When asked if he has the Midas touch, the super famous producer said he doesn’t know about the Midas touch but he understands the market. In his words: – “I don’t know about the Midas touch, but I think what it is, is that, I understand the market first, I also understand people to a large extent, the common problem with people in the industry is not really understanding the individuals they deal with, either the artiste or their staffs, I run a very…
One of the funniest men on the continent, AY Makun, has disclosed where he gets all his jokes from. In a recent interview the ‘30 Days In Atlanta‘ star said his wife, Mabel Makun gives him inspiration for his jokes. “You see, to my wife, I am not a comedian. She is even more of the comedian. Because, most of the materials that I use, sometimes, she inspires them,” said AY Makun. “There are times that I even talk about her. We laugh everywhere. And there are ways to make her laugh in bed” he also added. AY who shut down…
Comic indigenous rapper, Falz the bahdguy has just signed a new endorsement deal with MTN. The singer who’s excited about the new mouth watering deal took to Instagram to share the news today August 18, 2015. Falz posted a photo of himself signing the deal and wrote “Big year, big deals. #MtnPulse movement eez offisha! Cc @mtnng @pauloo2104.”
Superstar singer and EME boss, Banky W is currently in London with the two women he claims matter most in his life. Banky W shared the photo of himself with his mother, and sister. He even named Mama Wellington and his sister his women crush for this Wednesday. “#WCW Momma W and le sis @msddg” he wrote in the caption. The EME boss has been with his family these past few weeks. On August 5, Banky W released a brand new song ‘High Notes‘.
RIVERS APC CHAIRMAN, DAVIES IKANYAThe All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers State chapter has, once again, uncovered the sinister plot of the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the suits before the election petitions tribunal in Abuja. The Rivers APC, through the Secretary of its Media and Publicity Committee, Godstime Orlukwu, Tuesday in Port Harcourt, revealed that the PDP leaders were plotting to pay an undisclosed amount of money into the bank account of one of the tribunal judges, thereby implicating the APC through frivolous petitions. The APC is currently challenging the outcome of the governorship and National Assembly…
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Tuesday revealed that the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) generated N162bn and spent N160bn out of the sum in one year, remitting only N2bn to government coffers. The Edo governor made the startling revelation at the 8th quadrennial delegates conference of the National Union of Road Transport Workers. According to Oshiomhole, another revenue generating agency of government failed to make remittance to the federations account from the taxes collected, claiming that money generated was not enough to fund its operations. The governor spoke just as the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba…
Ibrahim Baba Ibrahim Baba on Tuesday retired as the Post Master General of the Federation from the Nigeria Postal Service. Speaking to journalists in Abuja, Baba said that non-usage of postage stamps by financial institutions made the country to lose N1 trillion every year. He added that NIPOST, under his leadership, was able to intercept 258,207 scam mails worth N125.2 billion between 2006 and 2014. “NIPOST was able to intercept the fraudulent documents through collaboration with security agencies like the Nigeria Police and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,” he said. The Service, according to Baba, also collaborated with the National…
Some fighters belonging to the Boko Haram sect have been killed by troops of the 26 Task Force Brigade in Gwoza, Borno State, while fleeing the Sambisa forest. According to a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, the terrorists were killed on Tuesday evening following sustained aerial bombardment by the Nigerian Air Force. “The fleeing terrorists in seven pick-up vans and some motorcycles mounted with assorted weapons such as Rocket Propelled Grenades and Anti-Aircraft Guns were decisively dealt with, killing quite a number of them. “The troops also destroyed their…
The Yobe Government said it has refurbished over 300 classrooms and provided infrastructure in schools destroyed by insurgents across the state “to avoid gaps in the system”. The Director of Press to the State Governor, Abdullahi Bego, said this in an interview on Tuesday in Damaturu. Mr. Bego said the state government had made education and health care a priority that would receive major intervention in the next four years. “About 3,000 teachers have been recruited and posted to schools across the state to boost manpower requirement to improve the standard of education in the state. “The state government has…