November 2019

Trump Booed At UFC Fight Night In New York

Trump Booed At UFC Fight Night In New York

November 3, 2019 4:27 am

President Donald Trump was loudly booed on Saturday for the second time in a week at a sporting event as he attended a UFC fight in New York.

Trump, wearing a dark suit and a red tie, pumped his fist and waved at the crowd as he walked into the city’s iconic Madison Square Garden arena on Saturday night.

There was no repeat of the loud chants of “lock him up” that greeted Trump when he attended a World Series baseball game last weekend, but loud jeers rung out.

Many mixed martial arts fans also clapped and cheered as Trump …

Nigeria To Import Doctors From Europe, United States

Nigeria To Import Doctors From Europe, United States

November 3, 2019 4:20 am

• Plan will curb medical tourism, says minister
• Stop brain drain first, stakeholders advise

Health Minister Osagie Ehanire said yesterday that Nigeria would employ the services of medical experts from Europe and America.

The disclosure came at a time that some stakeholders are expressing concern about the migration of health workers from the country.

Ehanire said officials of the ministry were in touch with foreign embassies for specialists who would work in hospitals across the country for specified periods.

The minister, who stated this during the 2020 budget defence session, said the move would strengthen the nation’s health sector.…

Oyetola Tasks Journalists On Ethics

November 3, 2019 4:19 am
• Osun NUJ Inaugurates Gov As Grand Patron Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has appealed to media practitioners to hold firmly to the tenets and ethics of their profession by being fair, balanced, accurate and prompt in their reportage.Oyetola, who said this at the Dinner/Award Night of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),Osun State Council, held at Leisure Spring Hotel, Osogbo, scored Nigerian journalists high in the reportage of the state.

The Governor maintained that Nigerian journalists, particularly those covering Osun, have demonstrated the height of professionalism by acknowledging and encouraging good governance through balanced and unbiased reportage of

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Dickson Predicts Peaceful Bayelsa Polls

Dickson Predicts Peaceful Bayelsa Polls

November 3, 2019 4:18 am
The Bayelsa state Governor, Seriake Dickson, has expressed optimism that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate, Senator Douye Diri, would emerge victorious in the November 16 governorship election through a free, fair, peaceful and credible process.
The governor said this at the weekend during his valedictory State annual Thanksgiving Service.Dickson expressed gratitude to God for finding him worthy to be used as an instrument to engender peace, stability and appreciable development in the state.He said that God would not allow those who do not mean well for the state to assume the reins of governance.

The governor, who emphasised 

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Ninth Assembly Will Take Nigeria To Higher Heights

Ninth Assembly Will Take Nigeria To Higher Heights

November 3, 2019 4:17 am

Peter Ohiozojeh Akpatason, a third term lawmaker, ninth representing Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency, Edo State, is Deputy Majority Leader, Federal House of Representatives. The former President of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) told RALPH OMOLOLU AGBANA that the ninth Assembly is poised to take the nation to greater heights.

What should Nigerians expect from the ninth Assembly?
Basically, the indication for serious business in the ninth Assembly was the composition of its leadership, which was a clear departure from that of the eighth Assembly, in the sense that the ruling party’s position was adhered to by party

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Germane Issues Up At Senate Committee Budget Defence

Germane Issues Up At Senate Committee Budget Defence

November 3, 2019 4:15 am
The recent screening and budget defence by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) before the Senate standing committees threw up some issues.The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, set the ball rolling, when he said the least daily upkeep spent on a prisoner in America is N31, 000, which makes nonsense of the dignity of labour in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is currently battling to get government to implement the N30, 000 minimum wage agreement.Even some states are finding it hard paying the N18, 000 minimum wage, which became applicable in 2011. It is exclusive of all deductions, except those
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Kogi: Why Achuba Is Challenging His Impeachment

Kogi: Why Achuba Is Challenging His Impeachment

November 3, 2019 4:11 am

The emergence of the former Chief of Staff to Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello as the new Deputy Governor may not have come to many as surprise, just as the recent impeachment of the former Deputy Governor, Chief Simon Achuba was long expected.Onoja was nominated by Governor Bello as his running mate, following his victory at the primary election of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which produced him as its standard bearer for the November governorship election.

No doubt, Chief Edward Onoja would be remembered as one of the most powerful and influential Chiefs of Staff …

Super Eagles Match-Fixing Allegation: Westerhof Defeats Bonfrere

FIFA Ranking And The Super Eagles

November 3, 2019 4:11 am

Nigerians may have been surprised to find their darling team, the Super Eagles dropping instead of rising in the latest International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) ranking released on October 24, 2019. Since in 1994 when the Super Eagles rose to fifth in the world, its best ever ranking, they have not gotten anywhere near that rank. In the one released on September 19 (incidentally my birthday), the Super Eagles gained points to be placed 34th in the world. Nigerians believed that there will be an improvement for that of October because in the month under consideration, the Super Eagles

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Christian Pilgrimage To Be Modified – NCPC

November 2, 2019 6:00 pm

The Director, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Mrs Esther Kwaghe, says the commission is making efforts to modify Christian pilgrimage and make it more spiritual and developmental.

Kwaghe made this known in a statement by Celestine Toruka, Head, Media and Public Relations, NCPC, on Saturday in Abuja.

She spoke during  a sensitisation visit to the Deputy Governor of Gombe State, Dr. Mannasseh Jatau.

She explained that part of the new developments the commission would introduce in the exercise included skill acquisition and agricultural expositions.

The NCPC boss intimated her host that Gombe state had continued to be “one of our

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Nigeria: When Corruption Fights Back

Nigeria: When Corruption Fights Back

November 2, 2019 5:59 pm

There is this question that always lingers in my mind, and I try as much as possible to find answers, internally. The challenges facing our country are issues that we discuss in our everyday engagements with families, friends, colleagues and acquaintances. The challenges are many; we have the challenges of insecurity, religious extremism, poor infrastructure, cross-border crises and economy, etc. When President Muhammadu Buhari came to power in 2015, the issues he promised to tackle are the challenges of insecurity, corruption and to revamp the economy.

One troubling challenge is corruption. Corruption is virtually found in the citizens everyday life; …

What Atiku Can Learn From President Jonathan

What Atiku Can Learn From President Jonathan

November 2, 2019 5:53 pm

I do not know much about sports, but I know what good sportsmanship is. Diego Maradona, the Argentine football shaman, was a great player, but he is not celebrated as much as Pele of Brazil.  One fatal flaw detracts from Maradona’s genius – hubris.

Maradona is known to be a sore loser. He curses, barks and brawls in defeat. As a matter of fact, his ‘’legend’’ is stymied by his repulsive foibles and deportment.

Politics is like football. It is a game. One side wins and the other side loses. It should not have to be a hara-kiri – ‘’it …

Rohr: Ebere Eze Under Pressure To Answer Nigeria Now

Rohr: Ebere Eze Under Pressure To Answer Nigeria Now

November 2, 2019 5:51 pm

Eze who is born to Nigerian parents , trained with the Super Eagles in October , 2017 but later featured for the England’s U-20 side.

Eze was called up to the England U-21 squad in September this year by manager Aidy Boothroyd for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers against Turkey and Kosovo. He was an unused substitute on both occasions.

He is however still eligible

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