South Africa has denied visas to Nigeria’s national under-18 basketball team, preventing them from participating in the 2024 FIBA U18 Afrobasket tournament set to take place in Cape Town from December 14 to 22. The South African Consulate in Abuja denied the male players’ visas. The Vice Chairman, Nigerian Basketball Federation, Ugo Udezue, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday. Expressing frustration over the lack of explanation, Udezue described the move as a form of sabotage. This has jeopardised Nigeria’s participation in the tournament which begins today with a match against Egypt. The players, who had been training in…
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The payments summed to a total of N250million within those five days. All the payments were made to one organisation, Rock of Ages total events No fewer than five payments within days were made for the decoration of state banquet halls, Sheraton hotel and for decorations for the “First Lady” programmes by the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government between March 15 and July 15, 2024. The payments summed to a total of N250million within those five days. All the payments were made to one organisation, Rock of Ages total events Review of the payments portal showed that on…
Seven players arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Uyo at 10 am on Monday, ahead of Nigeria’s 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches. The players who have reported include William Troost-Ekong, Ola Aina, Semi Ajayi, Ademola Lookman, Olisa Ndah, Taiwo Awoniyi, and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru. Nigeria is set to play Benin Republic on Saturday, September 7, 2024, in their first Group D match, scheduled for 5 pm at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium. A video clip from the Super Eagles X account on Monday revealed this. The 2025 AFCON qualification matches, organized by the Confederation of African Football, will determine…
Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has slammed the First Lady of the state, Betsy Obaseki, over her comment that only the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Asue Ighodalo, has a wife among the contenders for the state governorship election. During the PDP’s campaign flag-off at the Ubiaja Township Stadium in Esan South-East Local Government Area, Mrs Obaseki introduced Ighodalo’s wife, Ifeyinwa, to the crowd, emphasising the importance of having a woman in the Government House. She said, “Let us vote for the best candidate in this coming election, and I want to introduce the wife. Incidentally, among all the…
The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc has rewarded a staff member of the company, Mr. Auwal Dankode, who found and returned $10,000 while cleaning an aircraft in Kano. According to a statement on Saturday, Kano-born Dankode was hosted at the company’s headquarters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos for his transparency, honesty and integrity. Dankode was assigned alongside other colleagues, to clean the MS 878 passenger aircraft operated by Egypt Air, when he found the money left behind by the passenger on seat No 25H, at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, last Wednesday. He promptly turned…
The caretaker chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ogun State, Dada Awoleye, on Saturday, hailed the party ward congress describing it as “Very peaceful and a wonderful show of love and unity portraying the opposition party as one big family.” Awoleye, while speaking with journalists over the ward congress commended the maturity and orderliness exhibited by the party members across the 236 wards in the state. He disclosed that the party has through this peaceful and purposeful conduct reiterated its determination to send the government of the APC packing in the state come 2027. The chairman said, “To God be…
The Bauchi State Government has appointed Haruna Dayaya as the new Emir of Ningi. This was disclosed in a press release issued on Sunday by the Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the Governor, Mukhtar Gidado, following the approval of Governor Bala Mohammed. The statement stated that Danyaya, the eldest son of the late Emir, was appointed as the 17th Emir of Ningi. The statement read “This decision is in exercising the powers conferred on him (the governor) by Cap. 24 Item 3 (1 ) of the laws of Bauchi State of Nigeria (Appointment of Emirs / Chiefs and Deposition…
The Peoples Democratic Party National Working Committee, on Saturday, received knocks over the composition of the caretaker committee for the Ekiti State chapter of the party. The NWC, in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Friday, announced the composition of a 19-member caretaker committee for Ekiti State PDP headed by Dare Adeleke following the expiration of the tenure of the State Working Committee. However, in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Saturday, Lere Olayinka, media aide to former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, described the composition of the caretaker committee as an “exercise of the NWC…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, over their failure to end the fixing the National Assembly’s allowances and running costs, and the failure to account for the monthly running costs paid to members. In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1289/2024 filed last Friday, August 27, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, Akpabio and Abbas were sued separately and on behalf of all members of the National Assembly. SERAP, in the suit filed on behalf of its lawyers, is seeking an order of…
A factional group of the Peoples Democratic Party in Katsina State led by its gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 general election, Yakubu Lado faction has elected new officials in a Saturday congress held at the state party secretariat, Katsina. Announcing the new officials of the party, the Chairman of the Congress, Ilu Bello announced Nura Kurfi as the new chairman of the PDP in the state. “Based on the constitution, we have the representative of the Independent National Electoral Commission here to witness the outcome of our election of the 39 positions, comprising of state, zonal and local government officials”,…