The new Minister of Defence, Mr. Muhammed Dan Ali, has made what might be the first official statement by this administration on the new agitation by Biafrans for a separate country. Nigeria, he noted on his initial statement on assuming office as Defence Minister, is buffeted by “many indices of destabilisation.”

Concerned senior Taekwando practitioners have called on the Nigeria Taekwondo Federation and National Sports Commission to urgently dispatch justice on the alleged physical assault on three female players by Chika Chukwumerije.

THE interment of the late matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief HID Awolowo, has sparked off a wave of celebrations at Ikenne and area for the final burial rites of the woman considered to be the most influential woman in Yoruba land who died on September 19, 2015, weeks to her centenary birthday.

The appointment of Mrs. Kemi Adeosun as Finance Minister did not come as a surprise to many analysts. She was a predictable choice, tipped by both local and international media as one of the favorites to clinch the top job because of her outstanding financial and accounting background. Bloomberg, a United States based international financial magazine, in an article written by Paul Wallace, had predicted – based on a survey of select analysts – that she would be Buhari’s choice for Finance Minister on the basis that she “has a strong background, … has a lot of energy, … is high on integrity; … is pro-reform and ..is a realist.”

Blatter said earlier this week that he was disappointed to have lost his initial appeal and that there was no evidence of improper conduct relating to the payment to Platini.