Month: May 2022

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Background

Sports

Super Falcons and Barcelona Femeni striker, Asisat Oshoala has celebrated her Pichichi win.

Super Falcons and Barcelona Femeni striker, Asisat Oshoala has celebrated her Pichichi win as the Primera Iberdrola was concluded yesterday with her side winning the 2021/2022 title with a perfect record of 30 wins from 30 matches, with 159 goals scored and 11 conceded. Barcelona Femeni defeated Atletico Madrid 2-1 on the final of the season with the goals scored by Irene Paredes and Aitina Bonmati, while Amanda Sampedro scored […]

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Sports

The NFF has confirmed the appointment of Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles.

The Nigeria Football Federation NFF has confirmed the appointment of Jose Peseiro as the new head coach of the Super Eagles with immediate effect, subject to the signing of agreed terms between both parties The 62 year old is a Portuguese who played as a striker in his days and has wide and varied experience coaching top Clubs and National Teams across four different continents, including Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.  The NFF […]

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Foreign

Former President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been re-elected.

Former President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been re-elected after a final vote that was only open to the country's Members of Parliament MPs.   Mohamud defeated the current president, Mohamed Abudallahi Farmajo, who has been in office since 2017.   The ballot was limited to Somalia’s 328 MPs due to security concerns over holding a wider election, and one of them did not cast a vote. He received […]

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National

The Igbo youth council has expressed outrage over the reported attack on the Igbo residents.

The Igbo youth council led by Okwu Nnabuike has expressed outrage over the reported attack on the Igbo residents in Sokoto State on Saturday. Several reports in the media indicated that businesses of the Igbo in Sokoto were subjects of attack as Muslims protested the arrest of two suspects involved in the killing of Miss Deborah Samuel , a female student accused of blasphemy. The protesters were said to have […]

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National

The immediate past Minister of State for Education says FG is working on a funding structure for public universities.

The immediate past Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba the Federal Government is working on a funding structure for public universities in the country as part of moves to tackle the incessant strikes by lecturers in these institutions. Nwajiuba who noted that the government’s funding of public universities is unsustainable, yesterday said he has proposed a new scheme in which universities have a different way of earning money to […]

todayMay 16, 2022 26

Politics

INEC raises concerns about security challenges in the country ahead of 2023 general elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has raised concerns about the security challenges in the country ahead of the 2023 general elections in about nine months’ time but dispelled fears that the elections might not hold due to security threats. The Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, in his remarks yesterday in Abuja at the second quarterly meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security ICCES, believes there is […]

todayMay 14, 2022 40

Politics

President Buhari Condemns Mob Attack oN Deborah Samuel For Alleged Blasphemy

President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned the resort to self-help by the mob in Sokoto, which resulted in violence, destruction and killing of a second-year student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Deborah Samuel. Deborah, was accused of making a social media post that blasphemed the Holy Prophet Muhammad, a crime for which a mob, mostly made up of fellow students, killed her. Reacting to the incident, Buhari said the […]

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Entertainment

The long awaited biopic of former Nigerian Head of State,Babangida has been confirmed for a straight to streamer release.

The long awaited biopic of former Nigerian Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida has been confirmed for a straight to streamer release. The Obi Emelonye directed Badamasi: Portrait Of A General will premiere on Amazon Prime on May 18, 2022, nearly three years after its anticipated theatrical release. Originally set to premiere in cinemas, the film suffered multiple delays, first rumoured to be influenced by the National Film and Video Censors […]

todayMay 13, 2022 27

Sports

The Confederation of African Football CAF has appointed Namibian official Antsino Twanyayukwa as the referee.

The Confederation of African Football CAF has appointed Namibian official Antsino Twanyayukwa as the referee for next week’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round first leg match between Ethiopia and Nigeria in Addis Ababa. Twanyayukwa will be joined at the potentially explosive encounter, scheduled for the Abebe Bekila Stadium as from 4pm Ethiopia time on Friday 20th May, by compatriots Eveline Augustinus as assistant referee 1, Pulen Agnes […]

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