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FIFA, Thursday, named Nigeria’s Ex-international, Emmanuel Amuneke and Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba as members of one of the two panels to shortlist candidates for Men’s Footballers and Coaches of the year for the 2017/18 season. Another panel will do the shortlist for Women’s players and Coaches for the season. The 47-year-old Amuneke was former coach of the Sudanese club, Al Khartoum SC. As a winger, he represented Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup and played for great clubs, such as Barcelona, Sporting CP, Zamalek, Julius Berger and Concord. The Best FIFA Football Awards is the premier annual awards celebration held…

Nigeria’s Football Federation President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has been appointed as 1st Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). CAF’s Secretary-General, Amr Fahmy, signed the letter that announced the appointment of the Delta-born football administrator into the exalted position. With his appointment, Pinnick replaced Ghana’s Kwesi Nyantakyi who stepped down from the position following an undercover investigation that indicted him for dropping the name of the Ghanaian President in shady deals. Pinnick was on Monday directed by the Federal Government to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court of April 27, 2018, which restored the orders of…

The Nigerian Senate, Thursday, gave its three committees two weeks to investigate and report back the circumstances surrounding the death of Miss Linda Angela Igwetu, the NYSC corper who was allegedly shot by a police Office two nights ago. During plenary, Senator Atai Aidoko, citing Order 42 and 52, raised the issue, stating that while on her way home with her friends, the corper was shot and rushed to Garki hospital, Abuja but was not treated because they needed a police report. Commenting on the Motion, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, the President of the Senate, said, “There are two issues…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, defended the signing of Executive Order No. 6 of 2018 meant to seize assets of individuals with suspected corruption cases in the country. Buhari had earlier in the day signed the order which anchors “On the Preservation of Assets Connected with Serious Corruption and Other Relevant Offences” at a short ceremony in the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Later in his Twitter handle Thursday, Buhari explained that “It has become necessary to retool our arsenal to be able to more effectively tackle corruption in Nigeria and ensure that justice is not defeated/compromised by persons…

Akwa Ibom State has recorded a major stride in its food sufficiency drive with the production of 160,000 metric tons of long grain rice for local and international consumption. Tagged Family Rice, the rice was presented to Mr. Udom Emmanuel, the state governor during the State Executive Council meeting at the council chambers, Government House, Uyo. Emmanuel said the feat was in line with the state government’s target of crashing the price of staple food in the market, saying in no distant time at least 80 per cent of food consumed in Akwa Ibom would be produced from the state. He…

The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 17 referees, 37 assistant referees and 10 Video Assistant Referees for the final phase of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Given the number of matches left and the teams that have qualified for the next round, the number of referees has been reduced. Appointed for the next phase are: AFC: FAGHANI Alireza (IRN); SHUKRALLA Nawaf Abdulla (BHR) CAF: DIEDHIOU Malang (SEN); SIKAZWE Janny (ZAM) CONCACAF: GEIGER Mark (USA); MARRUFO Jair (USA); RAMOS PALAZUELOS Cesar Arturo (MEX) CONMEBOL: CUNHA Andres (URU); PITANA Nestor (ARG); RICCI Sandro (BRA) OFC: CONGER Matthew (NZL) UEFA: CAKIR Cuneyt…

The emergence of Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC) has thrown spanner into work as All Progressives Party has lost control of majority seats in the Nigerian Senate. By this factionalisation, the political calculus of the Red Chambers in the passage of bills and resolutions now is no longer the same as Senators in different political divides must be adequately lobbied and their interests aggregated. The standings Of Political Parties In The Senate: Peoples Democratic Party- 39 Senators Reformed All Progressives Congress- 26 Senators All Progressives Congress- 24 Senators All Progressives Grand Alliance -2 Senators Reno Omokri, a social media commentator…

After months of speculations and consultations, a new faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Wednesday, emerged in Abuja The new faction is named Reformed-APC (R-APC) with Buba Galadima as the Chairman came out from the loin of the ruling All Progressives Party headed by Adams Oshiomhole. The new faction is made up of aggrieved members of the APC, mostly from the National Assembly and evolved from the tilt of new Peoples Democratic Party- nPDP- hitherto led by Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje. Briefing journalists after their meeting at the Sheraton Hotels in Abuja on Wednesday, the chairman, Galadima, said the…

The House of Representatives, Wednesday, resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the recovered loot by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, since 1998. To this end, the ad-hoc committee is expected to dig out all recoveries made and mode of payments, how the money was disbursed and report back within the next six weeks. This development was sequel to a motion under matters of public importance, entitled: ‘Urgent Need To Stop The Federal Government From Expending The Last Tranche Of The Abacha Loot Or Any Recovered Loot At All Without Parliamentary Approval’, promoted by Sunday Karimi,…

The Senate, Tuesday, called on the 36 State Houses of Assembly for collaboration on efforts to review the constitution to integrate state and community policing. The move, according to the Senate, is to halt the escalating killing of Nigerians by herdsmen and spate of general insecurity in the country. Speaking Monday in Abuja when speakers of 36 State Houses of Assembly, led by its chairman and Speaker of the Gombe State House of Assembly, Abdulmumin Ismaila Kamba, paid a thank-you visit to the leadership of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Senate President, said the synergy between state lawmakers and those…