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Minister Queries NFF Over Dismal Outings Of National Teams

November 19, 2019 11:10 am

Sports Minister, Mr. Sunday Dare, has rapped chieftains of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the inability of the country’s national teams to make major impact in major international tournaments this year.

Dare met the leadership of the NFF on Monday and after the brief meeting that lasted barely 30 minutes, the minister demanded that they must hand in a written explanation to the federal government, detailing what was responsible for the poor outing of national teams in four major tournaments.

“We need to run a reality check. Nigerians are not happy with our state of football. We must start …

Q3 2018 capital budget records dismal implementation

May 26, 2019 12:56 am

There are strong indications that the bulk of N2.079t released by the Ministry of Finance as at May 14 for the implementation of projects by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) may still be lodged at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The Minister of Finance Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, last week, said that the amount was for the implementation of projects captured under capital votes in the 2018 fiscal spending plan by the MDAs.

But snippets from the Third Quarter 2018 budget implementation report exclusively obtained by The Guardian indicate that Jubril (President Muhammadu Buhari)’s ministers may have been largely …