Super Eagles lose 0-2 to Guinea in their last warm-up game ahead of Nations Cup

NIGERIA'S Super Eagles lost a warm-up friendly game to Guinea's Syli Stars today going down 0-2 to their West African neighbours at the Bani Yas Stadium Abu Dhabi in a match organised to prepare them for the forthcoming African Cup of Nations.

 

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Tinubu suspends minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation over money laundering

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has suspended Nigeria's minister for humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation Dr Betta Edu with immediate effect after she was named in a money laundering case involving the transfer of public funds into a private account.

 

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Tinubu clears all national team match bonuses and coaches salary arrears in the run-up to Nations Cup

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has cleared the backlog of match bonuses owed to members of the Super Eagles and other Nigerian national teams approving the payment of N12bn ($13.1m) which also covers the clearing of salary arrears.

 

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I am yet to hear any pronouncements on women’s issues from the Tinubu administration so how about them sending a bill that looks like this to the National Assembly

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Scrapping of all laws which limit a woman's right to inherit family property

[2] Child marriages should become criminalised immediately with a minimum 10 year prison sentence for convicted criminals

[3] 50% women's representation will be guaranteed in all elected and appointed positions

[4] Free smear tests will be made available in all states

[5] Free childcare will be made available in all 774 local government areas

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Afenifere general secretary Sola Ebiseni declares his intention to run for Ondo governor

AFENIFERE general-secretary and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart Chief Sola Ebiseni has announced his intention to run for Ondo State governor when the contest takes place later this year.

 

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Do we really have the right to demand that we be treated as equals with the rest of humanity when about 80 years after World War Two we are unable to even manufacture basic British and German aircraft?

Ayo Akinfe

[1] If you ask me, there is something fundamentally missing with us Africans as human beings that fails to explain our intellectual laziness

[2] Faced with the constant threat of terrorist attacks, Nigerian munitions manufacturing should be thriving in an unprecedented manner at the moment.

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Leeds United eye Bright Osayi-Samuel as January transfer window looks set to open

ENGLISH footballing giants Leeds United are planning to purchase Super Eagles rightback Bright Osayi-Samuel during the forthcoming January transfer window as the club plans for a swift return to the Premier League.

 

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Would you not just love it if President Tinubu sent a Nigerian Civic Responsibility Bill to the National Assembly which included a Contract With Nigeria which all public officials were compelled to sign when being sworn-in

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Every local government must set up a cooperative fund and encourage people to pay into it

[2] Local government chairmen should hold monthly public town hall meetings in all 774 local government areas in the country

[3] As from February 1 2024, the federal government will be launching a Buy Nigeria First consumer goods policy

[4] All public officials must resign their positions if they chose to go abroad for medical treatment

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Arsenal offer scholarship deal to Nigeria-eligible teenage central midfielder Andre Annous

ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal have offered Nigeria-eligible teenage box-to-box midfielder Andre Annous an academy scholarship for the course of the 2004/05 season as part of a plan to promote him into the first team.

 

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