No fewer than 300 over aged footballers were rejected by officials on the first day of screening for the National U-17 soccer team, the Golden Eaglets.
Over 400 hopeful footballers had stormed the NFF/ FIFA Goal Project playing ground in Abuja for the screening exercise being conducted by Coach Manu Garba.
According to one of the officials involved in the screening exercise, “many old players simply descended on the training camp hoping to be picked...
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Police operatives have ended their blockade of the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP located in Wadata Plaza at Wuse Zone 5, Abuja.
The police took over Wadata Plaza 9 days ago, following reports of threat to public peace and breakdown of law and order arising from intra party crisis afflicting the PDP.
Sources around the area said that the fierce looking policemen who had kept vigil at the secretariat over the past week...
Hearing in the appeal filed by Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki at the Court of Appeal against his trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT could not proceed on Tuesday, following the inability of the justices of the court to form the quorum required by the constitution to hear the case.
The presiding judge, Justice Moore Adumein adjourned the matter till Thursday, June 2, 2016 as only three justices out of the required five...
Armed soldiers numbering about 15 on Tuesday, barred legislators from entering the Kogi State House of Assembly.
A group of legislators on the platform of the G15, had taken over the parliament last Thursday and held a plenary session having secured an Abuja court ruling.
However, the G15 led by embattled Speaker, Mr. Momoh-Jimoh Lawal returned on Tuesday only to discover that armed soldiers had barricaded the entrance to the House...
In the aftermath of Monday's Biafra Day protests in which three policemen and several protesters were killed, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with some Igbo leaders at the State House, Abuja.
The Biafra Day protests rocked cities like Onitsha, Owerri, Aba, Abakaliki, Enugu, Asaba, Ikom and Port Harcourt.
In Asaba, two policemen were reportedly killed while another two were thrown into River Niger.
Security sources said that many of the...
Tuesday, 31 May 2016
The Speaker of the Niger House of Assembly, Mr Ahmed Marafa, has called for harsher penalties for the crimes of kidnapping and cattle rustling in the state.
Speaking in Minna on Tuesday at a public hearing on a bill for a law to penalise kidnapping and cattle rustling, Marafa said that the two crimes were taking a huge toll on the state, hence the need for laws to deal with the menace.
“These two crimes are taking a toll not on only Niger state...
President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB on Tuesday hosted the State House Press Corps to a Lunch.
One of the pictures shows the President sharing greetings with the oldest member of the Corps, Ladan Abubakar.
Ladan Abubakar has been a photojournalist for more than 40 years. He is also a veteran of the State House Press Corps.
Another of the photos shows PMB addressing State House journalists during the lunch.
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