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Stoke City's Oghene Etebo becomes the latest to pull out of Sunday's Brazil friendly with injury

STOKE City midfielder Oghene Etebo has become the latest member of the Super Eagles to pull out of Nigeria's Sunday's friendly game against Brazil taking place at Singapore's National Stadium after picking up a last minute injury.

 

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10 demands I would like to make of Sadiya Umar Farouq as she assumes her new role

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Let this represent a clean break from the past. None of the usual ostentatious “First Lady” nonsense. You have no need for a retinue of assistants, hangers-on, leeches, parasites, personal assistants, bag handlers and praise singers. Carry on doing you job as a minister in a professional manner like any other member of the cabinet

(2) Carry your bags yourself and hold your umbrella yourself when it rains. Promise us no shopping trips abroad between now and 2023

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Nigerian start-up wins Future Stars challenge at Gitex Technology Week with Chiniki Guard programme

NIGERIA has emerged the winner of the Future Stars challenge held at the ongoing Gitex Technology Week in Dubai with Abdulhakim Bashir clinching the top prize with his Chiniki Guard programme designed to tackle the menace of shoplifting.

 

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Buhari re-appoints his nephew Abdulkarim Dauda as his chief personal security officer

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the service extension of his chief personal security officer (CPSO) Abdulkarim Dauda for another three years extending his retirement date to May 13, 2023 from the proposed January 1, 2020.

 

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Farmers and herdsmen clash in Ibadan as Oyo State House of Assembly proposes anti-grazing bill

FARMERS and Fulani herdsmen have clashed at the premises of the Oyo State House of Assembly as they disagree over the proposed anti-grazing bill being proposed by Governor Seyi Makinde.

 

Like several other states, Oyo is proposing to introduce an anti-grazing bill that will limit cattle herding to designated areas. Governor Makinde and the Oyo State House of Assembly are planning to introduce a new bill that will compel Fulani herdsmen to raise their livestock in dedicated ranches.

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Fayemi adds his voice to the debate about smaller government saying senate should be scrapped

GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has added his voice to the debate calling for a reduction in Nigeria's legislators saying that the country really needs only the House of Representatives and the senate is a luxury.

 

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Nigeria to offer visa on arrival for all visitors in a bid to woo foreign investors

GOVERNMENT ministers are working on plans to introduce visa-on-arrival for all visitors visiting Nigeria as part of a new regime to encourage investors under this administration's ease of doing business in the country policy.

 

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Ndidi heads into Brazil game as the best tackler in the English Premier league so far this season

SUPER Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has once more soared to the top of the English Premiership table as the best tackler in the league having recorded 35 so far during the eight games of the 2019/20 season so far.

 

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Nigerians have got to start seeing themselves as one of the protectors of the human race

By Ayo Akinfe

[1] I have always maintained that Nigeria is not just any nation. You do not become the largest black nation by sheer coincidence. Equally, you do not occupy the near centre of the earth by accident. Giants do not suddenly appear out of nowhere without a purpose. Nephilim's are supposed to be super human beings

 

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Armed gunmen kidnap another RCCG pastor in Nasarawa as the targeting of clergymen continues

ARMED kidnappers have abducted another Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) clergyman Pastor John Egla in the Nasarawa State capital Lafia in what is now becoming a growing phenomenon.

 

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