The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday reduced to five years the suspension for “corruption” of former Nigerian national team coach, Samson Siasia, in a match-fixing affair. The court ruled that the life ban, imposed by FIFA in April 2019 after Siaisia was found guilty of agreeing to ...
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No school is safe until govt negotiates with bandits – Gumi
Sheik Abubakar Gumi, a well-known Islamic preacher, claims that there are 100,000 armed bandits in the North-West alone. The bandits abducted schoolchildren, according to Gumi, who were upset that he bargained with them without involving the Federal Government. No school could be safe unless the government dealt with the ...
Read More »I will Organize An Award Ceremony The Day EFCC Have The Guts To Arrest Tinubu – Deji Adeyanju
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently investigating the former governor of Lagos state Senator Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Hence, this latest report that made media headlines has generated comments and reactions from social media users. This has led Deji Adeyanju a political analyst and commentator to ...
Read More »Gernot Rohr Drops Ahmed Musa From Squad To Play Mexico
Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, is the biggest absentee from Gernot Rohr’s squad for next month’s international friendly with Mexico in the US. Heartland goalkeeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, has however been recalled to the team. Ezenwa’s last call-up for Nigeria was in October 2019, as they drew 1-1 with Brazil. ...
Read More »Linda Ikeji, Tara Fela-Durotoye Laud Ecobank’s Women Empowerment Initiatives
Media entrepreneur and popular blogger Linda Ikeji , said she was motivated to partner with Ecobank on her “Selfmade Woman” initiative because of the bank’s various women friendly programmes, stressing that many individuals, especially women who own small businesses are supported by the bank to succeed. “When I conceive the ...
Read More »CAC Boss Denies N6.54bn Fraud Allegation
The Registrar General/Chief Executive, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, has expressed the commission’s commitment to the anti-corruption war of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, adding that it will not in any way be party to corrupt practices. He said the CAC would continue to work hard to ...
Read More »Anti-Buhari protesters regain freedom after 68 days in Kogi prison
Emmanuel Larry and Victor Udoka have been granted bail and released from the Nigeria Correctional Centre in Kabba, Kogi State, having spent 68 days in the facility. The two had been detained since April 5, after participating in the #BuhariMustGo protest, staged against the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. They ...
Read More »Photos: Fidelity Bank MD Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe Receives New Air Peace Embraer Aircraft
Managing Director/CEO, Fidelity Bank PLC. Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe was in Abuja on Thursday June 17, 2021 when Air Peace Airline took delivery of the first of 13 brand new E195-E2 directly from Embraer facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil. The new aircraft with registration number 5N-BYF, named Helen Ekwusi Onyema, ...
Read More »Only church investments surviving in Nigerian economy – Bishop Oyedepo
Bishop David Oyedepo of the Winners Chapel has said only church investments are currently surviving in the Nigerian economy. Oyedepo said church investments are doing well because there are no wrong additions. Addressing his members on Sunday, the preacher, observed that other establishments and investments may be manipulated to ...
Read More »Gunmen Kill Former Naija Fm OAP Ejanla In Ibadan
Unknown gunmen have assassinated a former On-Air-Personality, OAP, with Naija FM, Titus Badejo, popularly known as Ejanla. He was shot outside 407 Club at Oluyole Estate, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday night. Ejanla had posted snap videos from the club around 8:57 pm. He was shot by the masked ...
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