The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari, and some members of the NFF Executive Committee have been appointed into standing committees of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, for the period, 2013-2015. In the list of standing committees published on the CAF Media Channel, Maigari, under whose leadership Nigeria football has soared to [...]
Aminu Maigari Sani Abdullahi is a member of the Organizing Committee for the African Nations Championship. The President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari, and some members of the NFF Executive Committee have been appointed into standing committees of the Confederation of African Football, CAF, for the period, 2013-2015. In the list of standing [...]
Some of the major players that the country has hung hope on to qualify for the 2014 World Cup and also do the country proud in next month’s Confederations Cup may not answer the national call after all.A major setback has plagued the Super Eagles set up as of today as Victor Moses will not be [...]
All logistics, both human and material resources, to be used for the Inter-Clubs Competitions in Lagos State between now and the end of the year are ready. The Inter-Clubs Competitions, which will be organised by the 36 Sports Associations, are facilitated by the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Social Development and the Grassroots Sports Development [...]
Kalu Uche: Miss Nigeria’s friendly match against Mexico Victor Moses in action for Nigeria at the last Nations Cup in South Africa. Photo: AFP Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, has declared that the team would not miss the services of Chelsea of England player, Victor Moses and Kasimpasa of Turkey star, Kalu [...]
Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeri
Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeria In lieu of your statement: NEF to Jonathan: You‘ve declared war on Northern Nigeria We progressive youth of North Nigeria hereby assert that the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) does not represent the good people of North Nigeria. We are disappointed in [...]
Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa
Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa Interview with JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka By Jocelyne Sambira Africa’s continued growth has sparked the interest of investors from industrialized nations, resulting in fierce competition for its resources and markets. The aggressive economic expansion efforts by China and India, among others, come to mind. Japan, however, has [...]
Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians
Clergy Bethrand Osinachi Ujunwa calls for unity among Christians By Nwaorgu Faustinus The former parish priest of St. Paul’s Catholic Parish Umuodagu Ntu in Ngor/Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State, Rev. Father Bethrand has called on Christians to be united as a body. Rev. Bethrand made the call at a send-off and reception church [...]
Malian children face education crisis
Malian children face education crisis Conflict disrupts schools By Kingsley Ighobor While the world remains focused on ending Mali’s conflict following rebel incursions into the northern part of the country early last year, there are about 400,000 Malian children facing severe disruptions in their education, warns the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. The fund and other [...]
Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech
Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech By Pavithra Rao In an era of lightning speed, ever-present wireless connectivity, high tech is now also being used to benefit livestock farmers in rural areas of Africa. Widely known for being used to track wild animals, GPS, or “Global Positioning System” tracking devices are being adapted by [...]
Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge
Boko Haram Are Cannibals and Drug Addicts; It Is Time To Eradicate This Scourge To the President and Nigeria’s people AssalamualikumWe the MuslimsAgainstTerror.com here by offer our prayers and support for the mission to bring an end to Abubakar Shekau’s Boko Haram. We are pleased to hear of the declared states of emergency. Even though [...]
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Amaechi knows fate on Friday as NGF election holds
Ahead of the election of a new chairman for the forum of 36 states governors, the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), some governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have started arriving in Abuja . A source disclosed to Daily Sun that the election has been fixed for Friday while the anti-Amaechi forces [...]
Faceoff: ‘Amaechi must beg Jonathan’
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos must put its house in order to win the 2015 elections in Lagos State, just as Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State must show respect for the office of President Goodluck Jonathan instead of disrespecting him. Owolabi Salis, a chieftain of the ruling PDP and one of the [...]
Rivers PDP crisis: Amaechi’s aide obeys father’s order to resign from cabinet
The political crisis ravaging the Rivers state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, on Tuesday led to the resignation of Obinna Anyanwu, the Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Conflict Resolution. His resignation which appeared involuntary was announced in a terse statement addressed to the Governor. In the letter, Anyanwu said his resignation was [...]
MTN Football Scholar trials berth in Enugu, Port Harcourt
HUNDREDS of young men at the weekend thronged the Rangers training pitch in Enugu and Liberation Stadium in Port Harcourt to participate in the trials for this year’s MTN Football Scholar. The trials, which started the series of auditioning for Season Three Academy, saw the enthusiastic youths demonstrating soccer artistry in groups under the watch [...]
Aide resigns following father’s call on Amaechi to resign
RIVERS State governor’s line-up suffered a setback Monday, as one of his aides, Obinna Anyanwu, tendered his resignation letter to his boss, Mr Rotimi Amaechi. Obinna, son of Chief Emma Anyanwu, a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Etche Local Government Area of the state, was until his resignation, a Special Assistant to [...]
Breaking: Amaechi/Jonathan face-off: Court orders police to vacate Rivers council
Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has ordered the police to vacate Obior/ Akpor council of Rivers State. The court gave the directive on Monday morning. The Speaker of the Rivers Assembly had accused the Federal Government of a ploy to declare a State of Emergency in Rivers, starting [...]
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