Champions League winner, Manchester City, are to receive the highest pay in bonus from football ruling body, FIFA, for releasing players for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Author: Abdulfatai Ayobami
In offering my thoughts about a blueprint for tomorrow in Nigeria, I choose to deal with what I call first principles. I will deal locally and globally with what had happened, and is happening. What we all know and need to look at again, and from here hope to project what tomorrow offers. No part of the earth is new except those that are yet to be discovered by human beings. Powers, Nations and Countries have all existed in various forms and evolved differently. One first principle that History has taught us, is that Empires have risen and fallen and…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, is to unveil committees
Operatives of the Yobe State Police Command have arrested a couple: Abdullahi Ibrahim and Khadija Ali, for allegedly stealing a motorcycle belonging by a Muslim cleric
The Imo State Police Command said it arrested 56 suspects for various criminal offences, including armed robbery, kidnapping, child trafficking, cultism, murder and terrorism, between January and June.
The Niger State House of Assembly on Tuesday criticised the dissolution of commissions, boards and parastatals by the State Governor, Mr Umaru Bago.
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State on Thursday expressed dismay over the killing of some gallant police personnel who were on duty
The Taraba State Government has begun negotiations with a consortium of six Nigerian banks to secure a facility worth N150 billion for projects.
You may have seen it. The list, of course. Those who think that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not moving fast enough to appoint ministers have offered to help. They have composed their own ministerial list for him and shared it on the social media. It’s trending now.
A Federal High Court sitting in Akure has adjourned trial of four suspects arrested for registration impersonation and examination malpractices of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam in Ondo State. The registration impersonation suspects include Timilehin Akinwale, Olayinka Mustapha and Peter Okereke, while Feranmi Adesuyi was arraigned for examination impersonation. According to the charge sheet, the first three defendants committed the impersonation act on Feb.15 at Aina Awaw International College, Ilu Abo, Akure, which was a CBT Centre for JAMB registration and examination. “That you Okereke Peter (m), 29yrs, Akinwale Timilehin (m),22yrs and Mustapha Olayinka Idris (m), 23yrs on…
Babatunde Ishola, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Zone 8, on Wednesday, warned political parties and supporters in Kogi against violence and crises in the forthcoming Nov. 11 governorship election in the state. Ishola gave the warning at a stakeholders’ meeting on election security with the theme: “Strengthening Community Engagement Toward a Violence Free Nov. 11 Governorship Election in Kogi” held at the police command headquarters in the state. The AIG, who is the convener of the meeting, also warned the politicians against self help when there was breach of peace during the governorship election but should alert security operatives…
The Senate on Wednesday embarked on a probe into an alleged uneven disbursement of intervention loans to the tune of N483 billion by development financial institutions among the six geopolitical zones in the country.
Google on Wednesday announced the expansion of Bard, its conversational AI service
The Provost, Ameer Shehu ldris College of Advanced Studies, Zaria, Kaduna, Dr Richard Ogunleye Ibrahim, has revealed how a Kaduna state serving senator forged a result to gain admission into a university. While testifying before the tribunal sitting in Kaduna on Wednesday, the college provost said, “We have thoroughly checked our records for year 2011/2013 academic session and we do not have a student with the name Lawal Adamu with registration number A11/PA/1147.” The provost continued, “However, we can confirm that we have a female student; Halima Ibrahim Ndanusa, as the bona-fide student with the same registration number A11/PA/1147 that…
The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, Maj.-Gen. Hassan Dada, Wednesday, has assumed office, urging commanders, officers and troops to brace up for more work.
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, (UniAbuja) FCT, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, has advised farmers to adopt modern agricultural techniques to enhance food sufficiency in the country. Na’Allah gave the advice at the 6th Annual General Meeting and Conference of Deans of Agriculture in Nigerian Universities (ADAN), held at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Abuja. The Vice-Chancellor, represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics, Prof. Aisha Maikudi, said the conference would provide an excellent opportunity to celebrate the progress and achievements of the faculty established in 2005. According to him, modern agricultural techniques are greatly dependent on advancement to enable farmers…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said its newly launched Project Hope will create jobs for about 10,000 indigent youths, women and entrepreneurs in the Niger Delta. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, announced the plan during the launch of the project at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He said the Holistic Opportunity Projects of Engagement, christened “Project Hope’’, would create about 1,000 jobs for each of the nine Niger Delta states. Ogbuku said: “Today marks a new dawn for youths of the Niger Delta with the launch of Project Hope that seeks to turnaround NDDC’s…
Succour has come to 60 indigent undergraduates from Delta State at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), as they received N50,000 financial assistance each from a philanthropist, Chief Jude Ozah, the “Isagba of Ogwashi-Uku kingdom” in Delta State. Presenting the sum of N50,000 to each of the beneficiaries at Nsukka on Tuesday, Prof. Ike Onyishi, Dean, Faculty of Social Science, UNN, urged the beneficiaries to ensure that the money is used for what it is meant for. Onyishi said the objective of Chief Ozah in instituting the financial assistance was to help indigent undergraduates of Delta State origin to fund…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has pledged to support the victims of the recent killings in Plateau state
President Bola Tinubu is meeting with the Class of 1999 Governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The set is the first set of elected Governors of the current democratic dispensation, also known as the Fourth Republic. Tinubu is a member, having been elected as the Governor of Lagos State. Some of the set served two terms, which lasted between 1999 and 2007. READ ALSO: · Police rescue day-old baby dumped near septic tank in Lagos · Shettima, Malala discuss girl-child education · Reps to investigate alleged 14-year power outage in Ondo Those taking part in the meeting include: former Governors James…