FIFA Bans Brazilian Football Chief Del Nero For 90 Days
FIFA handed Brazilian football confederation (CBF) president Marco Polo Del Nero a 90-day provisional ban from all football activities on Friday.
The 76-year-old, a former...
Soldier Sentenced To Death For Killing Five Rescued Civilians In Borno
The General Court Martial (GOC) sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State has sentenced a soldier serving in Operation Lafiya Dole to death for murder.
Deputy Director...
Buhari Wants Nigerian Troops Back From Guinea Bissau
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told the President of ECOWAS Commission, Marcel A. de Souza that Nigerian troops in Guinea Bissau need to be...
INEC sacks 3 staff over Kogi gov’s double voter registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said it has sacked three staff involved in the double voter registration of Kogi State Governor Yahaya...
Court Stops El-Rufai’s Planned Sack of Over 20,000 Kaduna Teachers
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Kaduna division, on Thursday, halted the planned sack of 21,780 primary school teachers who failed a competency test...
Champions League Hurting Chelsea’s Chances, Says Hazard
Eden Hazard admits Chelsea are experiencing a more gruelling December than during last season’s Premier League title-winning campaign because of the club’s involvement in...
2018 Budget: Senate Committee Faults Allocation By Power Parastatal
The Senate Committee on Power, has condemned plans by the Rural Electrification Agency, a parastatal in the Ministry of Power to spend N10 billion...
249 more Nigerians back from Libya
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU) on Thursday facilitated the return of 249 more Nigerians from Libya.
The News Agency...
Parties now 67 as INEC registers 21 associations
Nigeria now has 67 political parties. This followed yesterday’s registration of 21 parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The electoral agency took the...
Corruption Fight And The Lee Kuan Yew Example. By Jerome-Mario Utomi.
The current climate of opinion in the country that looks upon corruption in public offices as a threat to the society calls for a...