Pinnick defends FIFA’s plan to sell 20% W/Cup stake
“‘Once I get elected, you will now start receiving $1.25 million.' I said, 'That is a big lie. ' Where do you want to get the money from? He said, 'We did it in UEFA. We turned UEFA around, and we can also do it in FIFA. I have seen my books and consulted.' When he got elected, he immediately started paying $1.25 million. For a circle, each FA was getting about $6 million.
TETFund cracks down on abandoned projects
….Bars defaulting institutions from 2027 funding By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund,TETFund, has wielded the big stick against beneficiary tertiary institutions that have failed to complete intervention projects. It also announced that institutions with lingering abandoned or delayed projects would be shut out of new project approvals under the 2027 intervention cycle. […]
How Nigeria secured $30bn Paris Club debt relief — Okonjo-Iweala
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday recounted how a deliberate communication strategy helped Nigeria secure the landmark $30 billion Paris Club debt relief during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Okonjo-Iweala, who spoke at the public presentation of ‘’The Pain and the Promise,’’ a new book by communications expert and […]
Wrong to assume all women sleep upward — Lafiaji-Okuneye, LASUED VC
‘They will say: “Oh, you see? To be a VC, do you know how many people that one had to sleep with?” But you don’t have to be discouraged’
Saudi Arabia joins US in strikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq
By Nkiruka Nnorom with agency report Saudi Arabia and the US have carried out joint strikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq, in a potential escalation of the Middle East conflict. This came as Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency said at least four members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, were killed in the joint […]
BTS pulls out of Grammys after Asian pop category introduction
“We have decided not to enter the Grammys this year,” BTS members said in coordinated posts on their individual Instagram accounts.
