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Rohr calls up Paok's Esiti as a replacement for Ndidi and also recalls Bryan Idowu

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has called up Paok of Greece midfielder Anderson Esiti as a replacement for the injured Wilfred Ndidi for the September 10 friendly encounter against Ukraine in Dnipro.

 

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Ihedioha orders Imolites to carry our citizen's arrest of Rochas whenever he sets foot in Imo State

GOVERNOR Emeka Ihedioha has asked the people of Imo State to carry out a citizen's arrest of his predecessor Senator Rochas Okorocha whenever they see him and hand him over to the police for assaulting a government official.

 

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Bata plans to expand its presence in Nigeria with more shoe manufacturing plants

CANADIAN footwear giant Bata has announced plans to expand its presence in Nigeria with the opening of several multi-million naira factories across the country that will manufacture shoes and fashion accessories.

 

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Frederick Lugard was Nigeria’s most successful economic manager ever and we need to replicate his feat

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Today is August 30. On this day in 1894 British explorer Frederick Lugard began his expedition of the Niger which led to the eventual creation of the nation state called Nigeria. This is the flag which Lugard gave the territory. In just 20 years, Lugard had captured nearly 1m square kilometres, subduing about 20m people from 250 different ethnic groups. He created the biggest and most lucrative British colony south of the Sahara to the envy of the Germans and French 

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Anambra pentecostal pastor flees after stabbing his mother to death and leaving her in a pool of her own blood

PENTECOSTAL clergyman Pastor Nwabueze Anaka has fled from his church and home in Anambra State after stabbing his mother to death at Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state.

 

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Coza's Pastor Fatoyinbo granted bail after his witness shows up from Port Harcourt

COMMONWEALTH of Zion Assembly (Coza) founder Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo has been released on bail by the police in Abuja after he met the condition that he should produce his witnesses in the ongoing rape case against him.

 

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Rohr considers inviting English-born Bordeaux striker Josh Maja for Ukraine friendly

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr is seriously considering inviting British-born Bordeaux striker Josh Maja to camp ahead of the September 10 friendly against Ukraine after being impressed with his current form.

 

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Buhari praises Nigerian community in Japan describing them as worthy ambassadors

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has praised the Nigerian community in Japan saying they are exemplary ambassadors of the country pointing out that the few diasporans indulging in criminal activities do not represent the values of majority of the people of the country.

 

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Chelsea goalkeeper Shakiru Adegoke gets formal invitation to Golden Eaglets camp

CHELSEA'S teenage goalkeeper Shakiru Adegoke has been officially called up to join the Golden Eaglets squad ahead of the 2019 U-17 World Cup after receiving an invitation letter from the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).

 

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Ipob should have used its presence in Japan to push for infrastructural development across the southeast

 

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) I think Ipob has missed a trick at the Seventh Tokyo African Investment Summit in Japan. It should have used the opportunity to project itself as the true voice of Ndigbo and use the opportunity to woo Japanese investors to come and invest in the southeast. This would have put the governors under pressure to conclude such deals and showed Ipob to be the genuine champion of the Igbo masses 

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