U-23 Nations Cup: Siasia picks 26 for Morocco camp
Head coach of the national under-23 male football team, Samson Siasia, has picked 26 home-based players for the pre-Africa U-23 Cup of Nations’ training camp in Morocco. According to a list released on Tuesday in Abuja by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the 26 players were picked from the 35 players earlier invited to camp.
Pinnick: Buhari deserves place in Guinness Book of Records
President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) is worthy of a bold mention in the Guinness Book of Records, according to NFF President Amaju Pinnick.
Infantino “to withdraw” from FIFA election if Platini stands
UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino vowed on Tuesday to withdraw from FIFA’s presidential election if Michel Platini, the UEFA president who is serving a 90-day ban from all football-related activities, is allowed to stand.
I’m nobody’s stooge, says new INEC boss
Newly-inaugurated Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has assumed the reins of leadership at the commission, promising to be guided by the spirit and letters of the Electoral Act.
Diplomats’ vehicle in auto crash in Abuja, 4 injured
Abuja – Four diplomatic corps officers from the Ethiopian Embassy were on Monday involved in an accident on Independence Avenue in the Central Business District in Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The accident which occurred at about 2p.m. left the occupants of the diplomatic hilux vehicle with registration number 43 CD 01 […]
‘Pro-Biafra protests not in the interest of south-east people’
IMO State Governor and Chairman of Progressives Governors’ Forum, Chief Rochas Okorocha, is currently arranging a crucial meeting with other governors in the South-East, over the growing agitation by protagonists of Biafra.
Senegal’s Sall seeks “tolerant Islam”
Senegal’s President Macky Sall on Monday called for African countries to promote a “tolerant Islam” and share intelligence to combat jihadist groups across the continent.
Man nabbed for stealing Facebook underwear photos
A Tokyo man accused of accessing a woman’s Facebook account and allegedly downloading pictures of her in her underwear has been arrested, police and reports said Tuesday. In what is being reported as the first such arrest in Japan, Ryosuke Koga, 25, allegedly logged into the victim’s Facebook account 17 times between January and March, […]
N1.04trn NCC fine: Why MTN Group CEO, Dabengwa, resigned
LAGOS — The recent N1.04 trillion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, may have claimed one person in the company as the President and Chief Executive Officer, MTN Group, Sifiso Dabengwa, resigned from his position, yesterday.
Wike denies Facebook posting credited to him on Taraba Tribunal Judgment
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike,has denied the Facebook posting on the judgment of the Taraba State Governorship Election Tribunal which annulled the election of Governor Darius Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) Aisha Alhassan as winner of April 11, 2015 poll on Staturday.
Oil, gas sector facing sharp low revenues – Kachikwu
Lagos – The Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Dr Ibe Kachikwu on Monday said the industry was facing a sharp lower revenues from the country’s oil assets. Kachikwu said this at the 33rd Annual International Conference and Exhibition organised by Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) in Lagos. The NNPC boss […]
