October 2019

No Plans For Nigeria’s Coaching Job For Now — Jo Bonfrere

No Plans For Nigeria’s Coaching Job For Now — Jo Bonfrere

October 21, 2019 3:48 pm

Johannes Bonfrere, the coach of Nigeria’s Dream Team I, which won a gold medal at the Atlanta ’96 Olympics, said on Monday that he had no plan to assume any coaching job in Nigeria for now.

Bonfrere told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that his frequent visits to Nigeria to watch some games involving the national teams were mere visits because of his love for the country.

NAN reports that Bonfrere was also seen on the stand during Nigeria’s matches at the 2018 World Cup in Russia and watched the Super Eagles play during the African Cup …

Mbappe Set For Champions League Role Against Club Brugge

Mbappe Set For Champions League Role Against Club Brugge

October 21, 2019 3:39 pm

Still fighting for full fitness France World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe will feature for Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League group game at Club Brugge on Tuesday, but will not play 90 minutes according to coach Thomas Tuchel.

The lightning-quick 20-year-old forward has been suffering from a thigh strain since early August but came off the bench to score against Nice at the weekend.

“It’s too early for him to play 90 minutes so we need to work out whether we want him to start the match or finish it,” said Tuchel on Monday.

“It’s the same with Edi,” he …

Lawan: We Did Not Shut Out Media From Legislative Business

Lawan: We Did Not Shut Out Media From Legislative Business

October 21, 2019 3:30 pm

The President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmed Lawan, on Monday, said it was share misrepresentation of fact to say that newsmen were not allowed to cover the budget defense sessions going on at the National Assembly.

Lawan, in a statement by his Spokesperson, Mr. Ola Awoniyi, was reacting to report published in some dailies recently that the media were shut out of the coverage of the budget defense at the various senate committees.

“There is no shut out of the press from what we do.

“We need the press to tell Nigerians what we are doing. You (journalists) are …

New-Look Bayern Out To Prove Spurs Drubbing Was No Fluke

New-Look Bayern Out To Prove Spurs Drubbing Was No Fluke

October 21, 2019 3:03 pm

Bayern Munich faces Olympiakos away in the Champions League on Tuesday with key defender Niklas Suele sidelined as Niko Kovac’s side seek to prove their demolition of Tottenham was no fluke.

The summer overhaul of Bayern’s squad bore spectacular fruit a fortnight ago in a 7-2 thrashing of Spurs as winger Serge Gnabry scored four second-half goals.

“The 7-2 was a great match, a statement, but nothing more,” insisted Bayern head coach Kovac after last season’s finalists were routed.

Now Bayern must back up the Spurs trouncing in Athens on the back of below-par performances in the Bundesliga and the …

INEC Fixes Nov 16 For Melaye’s Senatorial Re-run Election

INEC Fixes Nov 16 For Melaye’s Senatorial Re-run Election

October 21, 2019 2:50 pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed November 16, 2019, for the conduct of a fresh election into the Kogi West Senatorial District involving Senator Dino Melaye and Smart Adeyemi among others.

In the statement signed by National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, the commission appealed for issue-based campaign devoid of security threats, insisting that all the candidates were still eligible to participate in the poll.
The commission equally revealed that it would also conduct election into Sabuwa State Constituency of Katsina State on November 30.

Titled “INEC fixes dates for elections for Sabuwa State …

Ekwensu Is Not Satan; The Igbos Owe Ekwensu An Apology

Ekwensu Is Not Satan; The Igbos Owe Ekwensu An Apology

October 21, 2019 1:37 pm

Ekwensu is not satan, lucifer, or devil. Millions of Igbos were in various churches today, and many were busy allegedly destroying ekwensu with their holy ghost fire.

If you’re one of them and you’re reading this, I’m afraid, you’ve wasted your time and energy in what can best be described as an exercise in futility.

Ekwensu is one of the great and popular Igbo deities, in line with the likes of anyanwu, ala and amadioha. Ekwensu is known as a trickster, cunning, aggressive, violent, deal-breaker, crafty at trade negotiations, he’s the God of war and victory who rules and fights …

Katsina Spends ₦200m On Demarcation Of Cattle Routes

Katsina Spends ₦200m On Demarcation Of Cattle Routes

October 21, 2019 11:15 am

The Katsina State government has expended a whopping sum of ₦200 million in demarcating grazing areas and cattle routes as part of effort to curtail herdsmen and farmers clashes in the state.

The state government has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Maradi State government in Niger Republic on the movement of cattle and herdsmen as well as the tracking of cattle rustlers and other criminals within the two countries.

Governor Aminu Bello Masari, who disclosed this in an exclusive interview with THISDAY on Monday, said the state government has completed the demarcation of over 905 kilometres of …

Buhari Departs Abuja for Russia Ahead Of African Summit

Buhari Departs Abuja for Russia Ahead Of African Summit

October 21, 2019 11:02 am

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday departed Abuja for Sochi, Russia to attend a three-day Russia-Africa Summit holding from Oct. 23 to Oct. 25.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that before leaving the presidential villa for onward journey to Sochi, Buhari carried out some official engagements where he was briefed by some cabinet ministers.

NAN reports that the presidential aircraft conveying the president and some members of his entourage took off from the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja (NAIA) at about 2.15 p.m.

The presidential aircraft is expected to arrive Sochi International Airport at about …

Nigeria Needs More Private Sector Investment - Atiku

Nigeria Needs More Private Sector Investment – Atiku

October 21, 2019 10:56 am

Mr. Olusegun Adeyemi-Showunmi, who is the spokesperson of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has stressed the need for the federal government to focus more on attracting private capital.

Speaking in an interview on the sidelines of the just-concluded International Monetary Fund/World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington DC, Adeyemi-Showunmi, who is also the Managing Director of Right Dev, expressed dismay over the federal government’s aggressive tax drive, saying it was focused on impoverishing Nigerians.

He said his participation at the meetings was to see precisely where the world was going …

Sell Public Enterprises To Fund 2020 Budget, BPE Tells FG

Sell Public Enterprises To Fund 2020 Budget, BPE Tells FG

October 21, 2019 10:41 am

The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr.Alex Okoh, has advised the federal government to consider the privatisation of federal government-owned enterprises to fund the ₦10.33 trillion 2020 budget, which has a total deficit of ₦2.28 trillion.

He decried a situation where state-owned enterprises place undue pressure on the lean public purse by way of subventions.

A statement by BPE’s Head, Public Communications, Amina  Tukur Othman quoted Okoh as saying that there was no justification for the ritual of yearly budget deficit with local and external borrowings when there are national assets that could be converted into …

No More Reliance On Federal Allocation In Oyo - Makinde

No More Reliance On Federal Allocation In Oyo – Makinde

October 21, 2019 10:26 am

Oyo State Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde, yesterday said the era of going cap in hand to beg for federal allocations would soon be over in the state.

Makinde, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, made the declaration during a thanksgiving service held at the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) in Bashorun, Ibadan.

The governor added that the idea of relying solely on federal allocations would soon be a thing of the past in Oyo State, as, according to him, the state’s Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) would be drastically improved through enhanced tax collection procedures.…

Sowore Gets Concessions As Court Varies Bail Conditions

Sowore Gets Concessions As Court Varies Bail Conditions

October 21, 2019 10:05 am

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court on Monday reviewed the bail conditions granted to detained convener of #Revolution Now protest, Omoyele Sowore, in his alleged treasonable felony charges.

The review was sequel to an application by Sowore praying the court to vary his bail conditions on accounts of his inability to meet the conditions described as ‘stringent’ by his lawyers.

Justice Ojukwu had on October 4 admitted Sowore to bail in the sum of ₦100 million with two sureties in like sum. One of the sureties, according to the judge, must deposit the sum of ₦50 million …

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