Nigeria’s Super Eagles will don the new Nike jersey when they play international friendlies later this month in Portugal. The Nigeria Football Federation said the football house has concluded arrangements with global kit outfit, Nike, to wow the world with another set of beautiful designs for all Nigeria national teams. Rising from their virtual meeting on August 31, 2020, chaired by the President, Amaju Pinnick, the NFF chieftains agreed that the Super Eagles would launch the new wears during the FIFA window for international friendlies in the month. In July, Pinnick had disclosed that the NFF are already making plans…
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Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has sworn-in the newly elected 13 Local government Chairmen in the State with a charge to them to diligently serve the people and replicate his developmental strides at the grassroots. The Governor during the event also inaugurated a newly-appointed Acting Accountant-General of the State, Emeka Nwankwo, and other newly-appointed Special Assistants to the Governor, explaining the reason for his constant appointment and removal of Accountants General in the State. Recall that the Governor had about a month ago appointed Mojibade Ekuma as the Accountant General to replace Christiana Ukwuta. This recent appointment has brought…
South African retail company, Shoprite Checkers (PTY) Limited, on Tuesday filed an application seeking to discharge a mareva injunction stopping it from transferring its asset. Mareva injunction is a court order freezing a debtor’s assets to prevent them being taken abroad On July 14, Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos made the mareva injunction in favour of a Nigerian firm, A.I.C. Limited, which in 2018 secured a $10 million judgment against Shoprite in a breach of contract lawsuit. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that A.I.C. had obtained the mareva injunction against the backdrop of Shoprite’s announcement…
By Friday IdachabaLokoja, Sept. 1, 2020 ActionAid Nigeria, a humanitarian Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has called for the establishment of Commission for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in states across the country as part of measures to end exclusion of the vulnerable population. Ms Ene Obi, Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria,made the call in a statement signed by Lola Ayanda, Communications Coordinator of the NGO,and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Lokoja. Obi said that with an estimated population of 25 million Nigerians living with disabilities, according to Human Rights Watch 2019, the need for the Commission was long overdue. She…
A human rights group, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ), has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Police Service Commission (PSC), and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to call officers of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos State to order over illegal intervention into the Court matters on the property belonging to the family of late Alhaji Busari Apata of Mokola area, Ibadan, Oyo State. The group stated that the call became imperative for police to hands off any matter that was before the court of competent jurisdiction concerning the land, adding that…
Below is the excerpts of the interview and the CV for the renowned agric expert: INTERVIEWER: Let us start with your name sir. HON. COMMISSIONER: My name is Dr, Prince Olabode Adetoyi, I am the newly sworn in Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, just like it has been said about food security, every population will need food to solve human need. The new oil bloc in Nigeria is agriculture so the time has come now for us to go into Agric business, Agric business means taking it from production to marketing and when we are saying from production we…
Honourable commissioner for finance and economic development, Mr Akin Oyebode reaches out to Ekiti young entrepreneurs. START UPS WORKSPACE VOUCHER APPLICATION!! A day after his inauguration to the post, he declared a 3 months rent free co-working free space for 5 business startup in a well located office building in the state capital town Ado Ekiti. This largess and possible mentorship approach was announced on his social media handle. He wrote: I’m giving 3-month coworking space vouchers at Christore Hub, to 5 startups in Ekiti. All you need to do is apply here before September 15, 2020. https://t.co/iDaFGJTX3F
Airline pilots have been known to report UFOs, but this time, cockpit crews landing at Los Angeles International Airport caught sight of “a guy in a jet pack,” according to a report. An American Airlines pilot approaching LAX at around 3,000 feet and 10 miles out told an air traffic controller that he saw the solo jet setter whizzing along off their wing, Fox 11 reported. “Tower, American 1997, we just passed a guy in a jet pack,” the Flight 1997 pilot said, according to ATC audio posted by the news outlet. The controller appears to be less than shocked. It’s not…
Re: Beautiful Debate By Dr. Ife Arowosoge The update of political adventure and misadventure of Chief Segun Oni highlighted by Dr. Ife Arowosoge is puerile, lame and uncalled for. It is also astonishing for Dr Ife Arowosoge on a frenzy, to give sweeping analysis of events in a party he knows little or nothing about. In all honesty, we believe that Chief Segun Oni has been misled for political ambition. In the interest of the unsuspecting party members and public who may misconstrue Arowosoge’s version as the truth, we like to put the matters in proper perspective as react as…
Anthony Joshua will fight IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev on December 12 at London’s O2 Arena, promoter Eddie Hearn has revealed. The bout between the British-Nigerian heavyweight and the Bulgarian was initially due to take place in June at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, a new date for the bout has now been revealed. ‘Yes, December 12 at the O2 is the plan for AJ,’ Hearn told Boxing Scene. Sports promoter John Wirt, who co-promotes Pulev with Top Rank, added: ‘We are happy that the fight appears to be back on track…
