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“Nigeria has no leader,” tweeted by Femi Fani-Kayode, a one-time Minister of Aviation, has elicited jeers and cheers from some Nigerians. Fani-Kayode, a pub;ic commentator and critic in his Twitter handle on Monday remarked that “The crown of a leader is integrity, his stronghold is impartiality and his wealth is the welfare of the citizens,” which is a covert inference to the certificate saga woven around President Muhammadu Buhari. Replying Fani-Kayode’s statement, Oyedollar Victor penned “Cause when Nigerians voted you and your cohorts and entrusted you with the commonwealth of our great nation Nigeria, you squandered almost everything and now…

A new, foreign coach has been unveiled for Akwa United FC in Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom State. He is Rafael Everton, a Brazilian and former coach of FC Ifeanyiuba of Nnewi. Everton, who signed a year’s contract and whose last job was with Abia Warriors FC of Umuahia replaced Abdul Maikaba. The Club chairman and Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Udom Emmanuel on Sports, Mr Paul Bassey told newsmen at the unveiling ceremony in Uyo on Monday that Everton fitted into the plans and vision of the club. Bassey said that other coaches were also interviewed for the job but the…

Former Jamaican sprinter and 100-metre world-record holder, Usain Bolt, has finally quit football for Rugby. The eight-time Olympic champion stated that he has accepted a $3 million deal to play rugby for the Wallabies after negotiations to play football for A-League club, Central Coast Mariners, broke down, according to SportingLife. . “I think I’ll be good at rugby,” Bolt said. “Holding the ball while running will be much easier than dribbling it at my feet.” Meanwhile, Michael Cheika, the Wallabies coach, confirmed that the 32-year-old might just be the answer to his team’s recent poor form. Cheika said: “Usain has…

Seventy-nine school students were Monday kidnapped in an English-speaking region of Cameroon where separatists are fighting an armed campaign for independence, a government source said. The students were abducted along with their principal, a teacher and a driver, the official said, as a source at the school confirmed the kidnapping of the pupils. They were enrolled at the Presbyterian Secondary School in Bamenda, capital of Cameroon’s Northwest Region — one of two regions hit by attacks by Anglophone militants that have met with a brutal crackdown by the authorities. “The search for the hostages has been launched — every man…

As miners groan under lack of access to finance, Federal Government’s effort to diversify the economy through the mining sector is being threatened by poor support by the banks. Abubakar Bwari, the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development stated this at the Breakfast Dialogue Meeting with Chief Executives of Nigerian Banks and the UNDP Country Director for Nigeria, Samuel Bwalya, with theme, ‘Financial Institutions as Critical Stakeholders in the Development of Mining in Nigeria’ held at the weekend in Lagos. Abubakar said a key constraint identified in the mining roadmap was the underdeveloped financing and business environment for the mining…

Sergio Aguero became the second-fastest player after Alan Shearer to reach 150 Premier League goals as he and Raheem Sterling inspired Manchester City’s crushing 6-1 win over Southampton in the absence of Kevin De Bruyne on Sunday. Belgium international De Bruyne was ruled out with another knee injury this week, but that had little impact as City blew poor Saints away, Aguero taking his tally to 150 goals in 217 league appearances, while the excellent Sterling got himself a brace. Although Saints ended City’s run of six successive Premier League clean sheets with a Danny Ings penalty after half an hour, the home…

The United States Institute of Peace, USIP, has said it was less likely for President Muhammadu Buhari to be defeated in the 2019 election. The organaisation said this in a report it released on the forthcoming general election, adding the report was based on its interactions with Nigerians from different sectors. The report, which analysed the chances of violence marring the elections, is contrary to two recent predictions by The Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU, the research unit of The Economist Magazine, that the incumbent government will be unseated next year.  USIP said though many Nigerians felt that the current administration had not…

The House of Representatives may probe an alleged $1.348 billion power sector scam levelled against General Electric, GE and Rockson Engineering by 10 Civil Society Organisations, CSOs. This development arose from a signed petition by the CSOs on September 26, 2018, and received in the office of the Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on September 27, 2018. The CSOs alleged actions of the two power sector players were inimical to the economic survival of Nigeria. The CSOs include: Empowerment For Unemployed Youth Initiative, Guardians of Democracy and Development, Civil Society Group for Accountability and…

Students of public universities in the country are to stay longer than necessary as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Sunday, began indefinite nationwide strike over poor funding of the institutions. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, National President of ASUU who confirmed this to a reporter of TVC News, Lagos asked lecturers to withdraw their services with immediate effect. ASUU declared the strike at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State. Ogunyemi lamented that the Federal Government has been insensitive to the funding of the universities, saying…

The 36-year-old Kenyan endurance veteran, who finished second to American Shalane Flanagan in last year’s Big Apple showdown, reclaimed the crown in an unofficial time of two hours, 22 minutes and 48 seconds. Only Norway’s Grete Waitz, a nine-time champion from 1978 to 1988, has won more New York women’s titles than Mary Keitany, who is also a three-time London Marathon winner. Keitany stayed with the leaders from the start, taking on the challenging pace of Ethiopians Netsunet Gudeta and Rahma Tusa in a breakaway midway into the 26.2-mile race over the streets of New York. World half-marathon champion Gudeta…