$322m Abacha’s Loot Sharing: The Voice of Jacob, the Hands of Esau
Opinion September 18, 2018
On June 20th, 2018, the Federal Government of Nigeria represented by the Special Assistant to the President on Justice Reforms, Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, disclosed the intention of the Federal Government of Nigeria to disburse the repatriated $322,000,000 Abacha loot from Switzerland to poor and vulnerable Nigerians in 19 States. The... Read more
The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) has named Messrs Luca Piazza and Solomon Mudege as its observers to Thursday’s elections into the Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) 2018-2022. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mudege is FIFA’s Senior Manager for Development Programmes (Africa), while... Read more
Full Text Of Mrs Adeosun’s Resignation Letter
Press Releases September 18, 2018
14th September, 2018 His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria State House Aso Villa Abuja Dear Excellency, Let me commence by thanking you profusely for the honour and privilege of serving under your inspirational leadership. It has been a truly rewarding experience to learn from you and... Read more
President of the Republic of Liberia, Mr. George Oppong Weah has hailed Nigeria as a great and worthy ally in national development, while describing Nigerian Football as a model that he wants his country to follow. Speaking after Tuesday night’s exhibition match between the Lone Star and the... Read more
Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna and Egypt’s Dina Meshref emerged as singles champions at the 2018 ITTF African Championships concluded in Mauritius on Sunday September 9, 2018. Quadri did not drop a point from the first round (round of 64) until the final when he defeated Egypt’s Ahmed Saleh 4-1 to... Read more
Calabar—Sen. Bassey Otu has declared his intention to go back for the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In his speech entitled “Our past, present, and hope in the Southern Senatorial district” at the State Cultural Centre, Otu reassured... Read more
Uprooting The Climate Menace
Opinion September 18, 2018
By Nnimmo Bassey I bring you greetings of peace and a pledge to stand in solidarity with you all until the dangerous ecological problems confronting us and our children become a thing of the past. Our ecological challenges are widespread and suffocating. The clearest for those of us in... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong A Nigerian plastic-recycling company has won the maiden Shell Outstanding Achievement Prize in the 2018 Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators Awards. Bayelsa State-based De-Rabacon Plastics came tops in a competition that also saw another Nigerian firm, Alternate Energy Limited, emerge as the second runner-up... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong The NFF Committee on Ethics and Fair Play has placed a one-year ban from all football-related activities on Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Salisu Yusuf, according a statement availed journalists on Wednesday. The ban followed the committee’s consideration of a complaint by the NFF as well as... Read more
Youth Time International Movement Begins Applications For Its Latest Youth Global Forum 2018!
News September 18, 2018
By Ekene Odigwe Igbo people as an ethnic group has “Igwebuike, k’anyi Dozie Obodo Anyi” philosophy. It is a model that translates to “Together we can achieve more, so let’s rebuild our land”. Kenyans have Ubuntu way of life and it simply translates “I am because we are. The... Read more
