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The ongoing Flying Eagles screening exercise meant to select players for the 2024 WAFU B U20 Championship, scheduled for October and November in Togo, has been hijacked by government officials, football agents, and football academy owners, The PUNCH reports. According to some of the players undergoing the selection process at the FIFA Goal Project in Abuja, who spoke to The PUNCH on the condition of anonymity for fear of being victimised, the exercise has been completely taken over by the infiltrators, leaving the Aliyu Zubairu-led technical crew confused. “Some players are either sent herre by top government officials with lettesr…
Ahead of the Saturday, September 21 governorship election in Edo State, the Labour Party, on Wednesday, held its final mega campaign rally with the party’s leaders, such as Peter Obi, Yusuf Baba-Ahmed, Nenadi Usman, Aisha Yesufu, among others, in attendance, canvassing support for the party’s candidate, Olumide Akpata. However, the embattled National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, and members of his disputed National Working Committee, were absent. On Wednesday, the Abure camp, at a press conference in Abuja addressed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh, accused Obi and Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, of betrayal,…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajearo, has attributed the current uproar between the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to alleged government policy somersault and fraudulent moves by some forces. Ajearo, who said this to journalists at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal ll, in Lagos on Wednesday, further described what has been going on between the Dangote and the NNPC as uncalled for, stressing that in a deregulated economy there should be choices and competition. He quarried the basis for regulating what Dangote is to sell, insisting that deciding for the private sector…
The late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, in his bestseller, The People’s Republic, said that “The primary responsibility of leadership is catering for and promoting its people to the end so that they may live a full and happy life.” This means a government should recognise the dignity of its citizens and work tirelessly to improve their lives. Currently, it seems Nigerians are far from living a full and happy life, given the hyperinflation, rising cost of living, and the embarrassing chaos in the oil and gas industry. President Bola Tinubu assumed office with a promise of renewed hope. Nigerians supported…
A Bauchi State-based man, Taimako Mato, arrested alongside four others has disclosed the reason behind his decision to join a gun-running syndicate to supply arms and ammunition to terrorists. Mato disclosed this while being paraded at the Nigeria Police Force headquarters in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, on Tuesday. According to the resident of Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, he possessed his first ammunition after some Boko Haram members attacked his community in 2015 but were repelled by security operatives and youths in the area. He added that the Boko Haram terrorists fled and left their vehicles…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, beseiged the Kogi State Government Lodge in Abuja in an attempt to arrest former govenor, Yahaya Bello. The Director of Yahaya Bello’s Media Office, Ohiare Michael, raised the alarm in a statement on Wednesday night, titled, “Despite voluntary visit, EFCC officials surround Kogi Government Lodge, Abuja in an attempt to forcefully arrest former governor Yahaya Bello, fire gunshots.” Earlier in the day, the ex-governor’s media team and the anti-graft agency were engaged in a verbal dispute over the controversial visit of the ex-governor to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja. A…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, sent his sympathy to the people and government of Borno State over the massive flood that ravaged the state capital, Maiduguri, last week, killing at least 30 and displacing over a million. Checks by The PUNCH indicated that donations to the Borno State government from various quarters, including the Federal Government, have crossed N17bn. Obasanjo, in a sympathy message to the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, described the disaster as unfortunate and commended the government for its swift and courageous response to the situation. In the message made available to the press by…
The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over an imminent building collapse at the Mopol 20 Barracks, Onigbongbo in the Ikeja area of the state. This is as the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency is set to begin an emergency evacuation and demolition of the old Block 3 part of the barracks. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, said its response team had assessed some parts of the structure and found them in a precarious condition. The LASEMA boss stated the building and adjacent structures would also be evacuated immediately to prevent…
Some residents of Mpape, a suburban community in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, have insisted that they would rather flee the community for safer places than live in fear of a disaster owing to the recurrent earth tremors experienced in the area in the last few days. The development comes after the Nigeria Geological Survey Agency released a statement on Wednesday assuring the residents that the tremors recorded were low and posed no threat to the community. According to the statement by the Director General, Professor Olusegun Ige, approximately 48 separate earthquakes were recorded, with both intensity and frequency increasing…