Year: 2017

City Outclass Arsenal, Man Utd Crash At Chelsea

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola praised his side’s “amazing” run of form after they outclassed Arsenal to open up an eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League. City have won nine consecutive league matches, a club record for a single season, have progressed to the knockout stage of the Champions League and are through to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup. “We cannot deny the last two months have been amazing,” Guardiola said. “We knew how important this game was and we prepared well. The players gave an…

Over 150 Players Storm Katsina For Badminton Tourney

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Over 150 badminton players across Nigeria, yesterday converged on Katsina for the first edition of the Katsina Golden Star National Badminton Championship. According to the president of the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN), Francis Orbih, the tourney is, technically, the first national badminton championship in Nigeria for many years. He explained that, while other badminton contests have either been international classics, as it had happened in Lagos on three occasions, or badminton events of other fiestas like the National Sports Festival or the National Youth Festival, the one in Katsina…

NNPC Assures Of Hitch-Free Products Supply At Xmas

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As the festive periods draw near, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has assured that it would ensure a hitch-free supply of petroleum products nationwide during the season. Group managing director of the corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, who made the commitment during the inauguration of the board of directors of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the NNPC, charged that the company must ensure steady supply of petroleum products even well beyond the festive periods hitherto often characterised by supply hiccups. “The festive season is fast approaching,…

Police Drop 90-count Charge Against Peace Corps Boss

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The Nigerian police yesterday dropped the 90-count criminal charges brought against the National Commandant of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, Amb Dickson Akoh. However, a new 13-counts charge has been brought to replace the old charge. The police authorities have been engaged in a running battle with the Peace Corps Commandant in the last one year over the plan to transform the Corps into a statutory body through an Act of the National Assembly. No reasons were given by the police for the sudden withdrawal of the charges. However, the…

JAMB Bans Use Of Wristwatches In Exam Centres

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Determined to curb irregularities and malpractices, in its examinations, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday, revealed that it has introduced electronic signal jammer and will henceforth ban candidates from bring in wrist watch, eye glasses, pen amongst other devices in the examination hall. The registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this at a meeting with CBT owners from the 36 states on the new regulations introduced by JAMB for 2018 examination. The registrar maintained that 90 percent failure recorded in 2017 UTME…

D’Tigress Book World Cup ticket

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D’Tigress booked the first FIBA World ticket from the African zone after advancing to the finals of the 2017 FIBA Women Afrobasket tournament when they defeated host-Mali in a hard fought semi-final game by 48points to 47. It was Mali’s Tirera Meiya that led the scorer’s chat with 15points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds but it was not enough to upset a more technically balanced Sam Vincent led side who shared the scoring responsibility on the night. D’Tigress co-captain, Kalu Ezinne steered the battle charge against the host scoring 11points,…

MAN Decries Lagos Govt ‘Stop Work Order’ To Sand Dredgers

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The Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN) has decried the Stop Work Order issued by the Lagos State Government to sand dredgers in the state. This is even as they note the reaction by the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development nullifying the order. In a statement to LEADERSHIP signed by the National Secretary Dele Ayanleke, it stated that “The attention of Miners Association of Nigeria has been drown to the recent work – stop order issued by Lagos State Government to all sand dredgers in Lagos “It is a known…

BREAKING: Former Nigeria Star, Emenalo Quits Chelsea As Technical Director

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Former Nigeria international footballer, Michael Emenalo has quit as the technical director of English side Chelsea, stepping down from his post after 10 years with the Blues. The 52-year-old, who played for Nigeria at the 1994 World Cup, joined Chelsea in 2007 under Avram Grant, for whom he played at Maccabi Tel Aviv. He worked in both scouting and coaching departments at Chelsea before being promoted to technical director in 2011. Emenalo, who played for Notts County in the 1990s and in the first MLS game, has been linked with…

Annie Idibia Empowers 1000 Youths To Mark Birthday

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Mrs Annie Idibia, wife to Nigeria’s music icon, 2baba, says she is celebrating her birthday with the commencement of an empowerment training programme for 1000 youths from across the country. She said this during a press conference recently in Abuja to mark the commencement of the training programme for 1000 youths. “This is Annie Idibia Care Foundation, also known as Aicare Foundation’s free empowerment training for 1000 youths in Abuja. “We have 15 skills and over 20 facilitators who are professionals. This training will last for six days from 8.30am…

Amb. Ginika Grabs Double Honours

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Magic Lens International Unity Ambassador of the year award 2017 by MAFAA Awards owned/organized by Chalse Awurum at NAF Conference Centre Abuja and Nigerian Women Role Model by MBGA at Hilton Hotel Abuja. Amb. Ginika Tor William who recently had an impressive award night at Atlanta Georgia USA that played host to high profile personalities from all over the world was welcomed with double honour. It’s no doubt that Amb. Ginika deserves these great honours considering her unflinching support to women and youth as well as her immense contribution to…