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FIFA orders NFF to pay ex-Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr N157m as compensation
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been ordered to pay former coach Gernot Rohr just under $380,000 (about N157 million) in compensation after ending his contract early. Nigeria’s longest-serving manager having taken charge in August 2016, Rohr lost his job as Super Eagles coach in December just four weeks before the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations kicked off in…
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2023: Nigeria needs experienced leader to tackle insecurity, economic challenges- Saraki
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Monday declared that he has every potential to tackle the security and economic challenges facing Nigeria. Saraki, who stated this while addressing delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, after a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, said only a president that is up and…
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JUST IN: Jonathan joins presidential race picks APC form
A coalition of Northern groups on Monday has reported purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential Nomination and Expression of Interest forms for former President Goodluck Jonathan. Sporting fez caps with the inscription ‘run Jonathan run’, members of the coalition said Jonathan is the most qualified to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Although Jonathan isn’t a member of the APC, speculations…
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I’ll triple Nigeria’s GDP to $1.5tn by 2030 – Pastor Bakare
Serving Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, says he will triple the country’s Gross Development Product (GDP) to N1.5 trillion if elected Nigeria’s president. Bakare said this in his official declaration to contest for presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja on Monday. Bakare, who hinged his…
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Petroleum Minister, Timipre Slyva, picks APC presidential forms
Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Slyva, has picked the presidential nomination and expression of interest forms for the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2023 general elections. Supporters of the minister presented the forms to him on Monday. Addressing a group of supporters who gathered at the NNPC Towers, Slyva thanked them for picking the forms for him. He…
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PHOTO NEWS: Buhari attends COPS15 summit in Abidjan
President Buhari on Monday attended a meeting with International Development Partners of the Great Green Wall of COP15 in Abidjan. The president also attended the summit’s opening ceremony.
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Fayemi names state civic centre after Awolowo 35 years after death
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has named the recently inaugurated ultra modern Civic and Convention Centre, in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, after the late sage and former Premier of the defunct Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The gesture, according to a statement personally signed by Governor Fayemi in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, is in commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the death…
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Buhari tasks World Bank, AfDB, others to support One Planet Summit initiative, activate $19bn fund
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abidjan urged the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB) and other partners to support the One Planet Summit initiative and activate the $19 billion pledge, which will be utilized for land restoration, tree planting, development of climate resilience infrastructure and investments in small and medium sized farms. President Buhari also underscored the importance of recharging…
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Obi-nomics, By Sam Omatseye
I have always despised those who call him “her excellency.” No one is masculine like Peter Obi. Look at his intense eyes, carriage, stride and sometimes visceral smile. His vocal output may be light, but a warrior underlies its deceptive effeminacy. The gifted ear can filter the man from the female sigh. But that is the former governor of Anambra…
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Buhari has trained me to be best for the job – Osinbajo
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo says the training he has received in office as the nation’s number two man makes him the best for the presidency in 2023. The VP was speaking at his official residence on Sunday when he hosted speakers and deputy speakers of Houses of Assembly in the country. He asked the Speakers and their deputies to partner…
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