Author: Popoola Babalola

“Alhaji Toro is a wonderful person with genuine interest for the development of Nigerian football,” noted Nduka Ugbade, Golden Eaglets’ Assistant Coach, who incidentally captained Nigeria to win the inaugural FIFA Under-16 World Cup at China ’85. “Alhaji Toro belongs to that class of administrators alongside the likes of late Patrick Okpomo that usually wants the best for Nigerian football

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The Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, has signed the 2013 Appropriation Bill of N96.4 billion into law with a pledge that it will be implemented to the letter and ensure speedy service delivery. This was just as the Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly commended the state government for its full implementation of the 2012 budget. Ahmed described the quick passage of the Appropriation Bill by the state legislature and his signing it into law as major strides towards service delivery to the people of Kwara State. “I want to make it clear that everything that has been…

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General Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former Head of State and leader of Nigeria Prays, an interfaith intercessory group, visited the American University of Nigeria on Monday, pleadeing for peace in the nation. Gowon addressed the university community and later conferred with members of the Adamawa Peace Initiative at the AUN Hotel and Conference Centre. API was created in 2012 by AUN to facilitate economic, development and peace efforts in Adamawa State. At a peace lecture at Lamido Aliyu Musdafa Commencement Hall, attended by over 1,000 AUN faculty and staff members and students, General Gowon praised the AUN for involving the community…

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Nigeria popular hip hop act, Naeto C, and his wife, Nicole, celebrated the conception of their baby on Sunday in the United States of America. The event, which was attended by family members and friends of the couple, was put together in preparation for the arrival of the unborn child. The couple, it was learnt, may stay behind in the US until the birth of the baby.

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