Chelsea first-team doctor Eva Carneiro will be dropped from the bench for Sunday’s trip to Manchester City after criticism from manager Jose Mourinho. The Chelsea boss lashed out at his medical staff who he said were “naïve” for treating Eden Hazard during the 2-2 draw at home to Swansea. The Daily Telegraph reports that Carneiro will continue in her position as Chelsea first-team doctor but her role at the Premier League champions will now be significantly changed. She will continue to consult with first-team players at the club’s Cobham training ground but will no longer attend matches or training sessions.…
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Head Coach of the U-23 National Team, Dream Team, Samson Siasia has invited 31 players to camp in preparation for next month’s All-Africa Games, in Brazzaville, Congo. The list which is made up of mostly players who qualified the Dream Team for the Games has some new faces like Lucky Jimoh, Bright Onyedikachi, Olisah Ndah amongst others. The invited players are expected to report to the Parkview Hotel, located at Zone 1, Wuse, Abuja on Wednesday 12th August, 2015 with their international passport. The Dream Team will face Ghana, Senegal and Egypt in Group B of the Men’s Football Tournament…
The new Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh (retd.), has swung into action with the re-organization of the programme with a view to making it more effective and accountable.To fast track the process, Mr. Boroh has approved the commencement of a biometric verification to determine the actual number of beneficiaries of the programme.In a statement by his Chief of Staff, Col. Denis Abel (retd.), on Tuesday, the coordinator also issued a directive to the Amnesty Office to prepare the groundwork for the effective payment of the stipends to beneficiaries.
FROM LEFT: CHAIRMAN, POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION (PSC), MIKE OKIRO; COMMISSIONER FOR MEDIA, SOUTH-EAST ZONE, COMFORT OBI AND COMMISSIONER FOR WOMEN AFFAIRS, AISHA TUKUR, AT A NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE ALLEGED N275M ELECTION-MONITORING FUND’S FRAUD ROCKING THE PSC IN ABUJAThe Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, has ordered the Police Service Commission, to refund N145.16 million, out of the N350 million election monitoring fund to the Federation Account.This is contained in a document signed by the Chairman of ICPC, Ekpo Nta, in Abuja on Tuesday.“The total amount of N133, 413,845.99 from the N350 million 2015 election monitoring exercise domiciled…
Foremost constitutional lawyer and chairman of the newly constituted Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has expressed the determination of the committee members to do their work diligently and be responsible to the Nigerian people.Sagay dropped the hint yesterday while speaking with Daily Trust in a telephone interview.According to the human rights activist, it is important for all Nigerians to support the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in its fight against corruption.“All of us have a responsibility to assist this government to fight corruption which is the greatest scourge confronting this country today. Although, I can’t give…
A stalwart of the governing All Progressives Congress, Prince Paul Ikonne, has disclosed that leaders of the party from the South Eastern region are constantly being mocked by the Peoples Democratic Party over President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to appoint people from the region.Mr. Ikonne, who spoke with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, however, expressed optimism that the South East will get its due rewards soon.“To be very honesty with you we are under pressure, serious pressure, because the PDP people and those that didn’t believe in the APC are just mocking us but we are not disturbed”, he said.He also…
Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday said the task of rebuilding of the North East devastated by the Boko Haram insurgency is a global responsibility.SENATE PRESIDENT BUKOLA SARAKI (LEFT) WITH THE SOUTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA MR. NOH KYU-DUK AND SENATE DEPUTY CHIEF WHIP SEN. FRANCIS ALIMIKHENA, YESTERDAY. Speaking when he received in his office, the Ambassador of South Korea, Mr Noh Kyu-Duk, and the India High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr A.R. Ghanashyam, Saraki said the region currently lacked functional hospitals, schools and other social amenities that make life worth living. He, therefore, called on the two envoys and their countries…
A Police corporal, Christopher Ali, has been dismissed for “accidentally” killing two nursing mothers at a funeral in Fugar, headquarters of Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State.Corporal Ali’s dismissal followed an Orderly Room trial by the state police command, which found him guilty of murder.The State Police Public Relations Officer, Stephen Onwochei, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), told reporters in Benin, the state capital, that of the two policemen arrested, one of them was found culpable.Onwochei said: “The policeman has been tried in the Orderly Room. He is a corporal. As I speak with you, he has…
Kinsmen of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, including Senator Clever Ikisikpo, have said they dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because of its method of operation.Ikisikpo, who represented Bayelsa East in the 7th National Assembly, said he and former federal and state lawmakers as well as ex-office holders from Ogbia dumped the PDP because it was run as a one-man business.He spoke yesterday at his Kolo Creek home.The senator said he and his compatriots, who will be formally welcomed to the All Progressives Congress this weekend, joined the party for its transparency, internal…
Nigeria’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, on Tuesday urged Nigerians to criticise the current administration responsibly and constructively.The elder statesman made the call in a chat with State House correspondents shortly after meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.Sule described the advent of the administration as the “dawn of a new era”, saying the administration would deliver on its promises.“I call upon Nigerians to give them (President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo), their honest and sincere support.“Tell them if they do wrong or if they go wrong, support them if they do the right…
The Oyo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday admitted over 34 exhibits in a petition filed by the Accord Party governorship candidate, Sen. Rashidi Ladoja against Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of All Progressives Congress (APC). Ladoja is praying the tribunal to declare him the winner of the April 11 polls, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Also joined in the petition are APC, Dr Rufus Akeju, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner and the commission. The Chairman of the three-man Tribunal, Justice Mohammed Mayaki, marked the exhibits as tendered by the petitioner’s lead counsel, Mr Richard Ogunwole (SAN).…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has effected a massive reshuffle, sack and retirement of top management personnel at its various strategic business divisions and subsidiary companies. This has reduced the top level personnel from 122 to 88. The development was contained in a statement from the corporation’s Group General Manager, Public Affairs, Ohi Alegbe in Abuja. It showed that key amongst those that were relieved of their jobs were Prince Haruna Momoh, who superintended over the Pipeline and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the NNPC, as well as the Tony Muoneke who was appointed managing director of…
Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, and his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom have been tasked with bringing the incessant killings in the border communities of the two states to an end as soon as possible. President, Tiv Cultural and Social Association, Taraba state Chapter, Hon. James Nungwa gave the charge in Jalingo on Tuesday while reacting to recent killings and abductions of people in Takum local government area of the state. According to him, the call has become imperative in order to bring permanent peace to the communities. Tiv youths from Benue state and Jukun youths in Taraba have…
The Peoples Democratic Party Unity Group in Bayelsa State has expressed confidence that the intervention of former President Goodluck Jonathan and the party’s Board of Trustees will put to rest issues tearing the party apart ahead of the December 5 governorship poll. The group, therefore, advocated a free, fair and credible primary election to elect the flag bearer for the party in the poll. Spokesman for the PDP Unity Group, Timi Omubo, in a statement in Yenagoa, the state capital on Tuesday, also enjoined party members to stop misleading the public and concentrate on building unity for the party to…
The Bank of Industry (BoI) has launched a N1billion fund for the country’s fashion industry. Managing Director of the bank, Mr Rasheed Olaoluwa said the fund was to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). According to Olaoluwa, Nigerian fashion designers are one of the most creative in the world, having trained in most of the best fashion schools across the globe. He said the fund was an initiative under the Gender Unit of the bank, and also targeted toward women-owned businesses only. “There has been a lot of talk about SME funding, but with less actions. This is why BoI…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye over the weekend boasted that he was richer than Bill Gates, who ranks as the world’s richest man. Teaching the worshipers in the mission during the church’s 63rd Annual Convention on Saturday shortly before the Holy Communion Service on the topic; “Overflowing Cup,” Pastor Adeboye said that if Bill Gates needs shoes, he would have to go to the market to buy them, but that if he should announce that he needs shoes at the Redemption Camp, where the convention took place, the auditorium might…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has warned the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to steer clear from the process towards the selection of the next Ooni of Ife.Following the passage of Oba Okunade Sijuwade, the ruling houses in Ife, Osun State, will meet as part of the process of picking a new Ooni.However, George, who is the Atona Oodua of Yoruba land, during an interview on Monday, warned the former Lagos State governor against using his close relationship with the Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, to manipulate the process.According…
Nigeria’s Bank of Industry (BoI) has launched a 1 billion naira fund for the country’s fashion industry. Managing Director of the bank, Mr Rasheed Olaoluwa said the fund was to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). According to Olaoluwa, Nigerian fashion designers are one of the most creative in the world, having trained in most of the best fashion schools across the globe. He said the fund was an initiative under the Gender Unit of the bank, and also targeted toward women-owned businesses only. “There has been a lot of talk about SME funding, but with less actions. This is…
Some electricity consumers on Tuesday lauded the Senate directive to Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to halt community metering and the monthly fixed charges on electricity bills to consumers. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos in separate interviews that the directive was long overdue because it was exploitation for services not rendered. Mr Ganiu Makanjuola, National President, National Association of Electricity Consumers of Nigeria (NAECN), said it was out of place for consumers to pay the charges after paying their monthly bills. “Why the N750 fixed charge when consumers will have to pay their monthly bills.…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has warned the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to steer clear from the process towards the selection of the next Ooni of Ife. Following the passage of Oba Okunade Sijuwade, the ruling houses in Ife, Osun State, will meet as part of the process of picking a new Ooni. However, George, who is the Atona Oodua of Yoruba land, during an interview on Monday, warned the former Lagos State governor against using his close relationship with the Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola,…