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New Super Eagles Coaching Crew

New Super Eagles Coaching Crew

These are members of the new coaching staff of the national men's football team, the Super Eagles Augustine Eguavoen – Technical Director/Technical Adviser (interim)Emmanuel Amuneke – Chief Coach/1st AssistantSalisu Yusuf – 2nd Assistant/Chief Coach, CHANJoseph Yobo – 3rd AssistantAloysius Agu – Goalkeepers’ Trainer
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NFF Reconstitutes Eagles Coaching Crew, Appoints Eguavoen, Amuneke

NFF Reconstitutes Eagles Coaching Crew, Appoints Eguavoen, Amuneke

Nigeria Football Federation on Monday announced the reconstitution of the technical crew of the Senior National Team, Super Eagles. The federation retained Augustine Eguavoen as Interim Technical Adviser while former Nigeria World Cup star and former U-20 Boys’ Head Coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, was appointed as a Chief Coach and an immediate assistant to Eguavoen. In a statement on Monday, the federation said it won’t move forward with the agreement with Jose Peseiro who was expected to take charge of the team after the Africa Cup of Nations. One of the most garlanded footballers to have come out of Nigeria, Amuneke…
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Kano APC Crisis: Why Shekarau’s Faction Rejected Power-Sharing Plan

Kano APC Crisis: Why Shekarau’s Faction Rejected Power-Sharing Plan

Reasons have emerged why the Kano State All Progressives Congress (APC) faction led by Senator Ibrahim Shekarau has rejected the proposals of the party's national secretariat towards resolving the lingering crisis in the state. Senator Shekarau’s G-7 which has been at loggerheads with Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s leadership of the party in the state, does not accept the recently unveiled power sharing arrangement because "it is skewed in favour of Governor Ganduje's faction of the party ". Both factions have had deep-seated disagreements leading to two parallel executives in the state and ongoing court cases. Senator Ibrahim Shekarau The party’s…
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Randy Driver Kills Friend Because Of Concubine

Randy Driver Kills Friend Because Of Concubine

By Our Correspondent Agushire-Ezimo and Ogbodu-Aba both in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State are presently unease following the killing of one Hilary Agumuo, from Ezimo, by one Simon Ogbu, from Ogbodu-Aba.“It all started on 17th December, 2021, around 10pm,” narrates an eye witness, Okonkwo Madu. He continues, “The misunderstanding began at a drinking joint. Simon Ogbu came to beat one Ifeanyi, but in the cause of the ensuing fight, Hilary intervened to separate them.“Hilary made a comment, which infuriated Mr Ogbu after his intervention. And the fight then shifted to Hilary and Simon Ogbu. They were separated, but…
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BREAKING: Over 104 ISWAP fighters, family members surrender in Borno [PHOTOS]

BREAKING: Over 104 ISWAP fighters, family members surrender in Borno [PHOTOS]

No fewer than 104 fighters of the Islamic State – West Africa Province, ISWAP , have surrendered to Nigerian troops in Borno State. Nigerian Army Headquarters made the disclosure on Monday via a post on its verified Facebook page. According to the post, those who surrendered to the 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa include 22 males, 27 females and 55 children. The post reads, “ISWAP and their families numbering 104 comprising 22 males, 27 females and 55 children surrendered to troops of 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa, Borno State on Saturday 5 February 2022.” DAILY POST had reported that families…
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Ohanaeze Youths Berate Gov Bala Mohammed For Anti-Zoning Comments

Ohanaeze Youths Berate Gov Bala Mohammed For Anti-Zoning Comments

By Jonathan Okpanachi The Ohanaeze Youth Council has described Gov Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State as 'a poor student of history' for canvassing that th presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the 2023 elections, should not be zoned to the South-East geopolitical zone. Gov Bala was allegedly quoted to have stated that agitations that power must shift to the southern part of the country in 2023 "is meant for the All Progressives Congress, and not the Peoples Democratic Party." According to him, the North still has four years left, 'based on the arrangement of the PDP'. The…
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Marafa, Keyamo lose out As APC inaugurates state Excos

Marafa, Keyamo lose out As APC inaugurates state Excos

Factions of the All Progressives Congress in several states that are loyal to some ministers and senators are set to lose out as the APC has perfected plans to inaugurate state chairmen loyal to the governors at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja today. Some of the losers include the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo; and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Others who lost out include former Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, Senator Kabiru Marafa and a former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’Aziz Yari’. Several…
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Dr. Chidia Maduekwe makes case for Abia Good Governance at BMO outing, Abuja

Dr. Chidia Maduekwe makes case for Abia Good Governance at BMO outing, Abuja

THE URGENCY OF NOW - FULL SPEACH Nkaa G’eme – Kanyi Kesandu Our present situation in Abia State demands immediate response. There is no room for margin of error, or trial and error. The principles of fresh esoteric management theories have no place in the present governance need of Abia state. The solution lies with known and workable principles that can guarantee the urgent emancipation and migration of Abia people who are currently locked up within the enclave of decrepit deplorable despondency into self-assured dependency born out of certainty embedded or encapsulated within the single affirmative and assertiveness in the principles…
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Why 2022 Budget won’t fail – Buhari

Why 2022 Budget won’t fail – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the 2022 budget won’t fail but will accomplish the purpose for which it was passed because the National Assembly is led by trusted members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Buhari, who said this while speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday, expressed confidence that this year’s budget will succeed. Recall that following the President’s assent to the 2022 budget, there were reports of friction between the presidency and the parliament. Buhari had expressed strong reservations on the “worrisome changes” made by the National Assembly to the 2022 Executive Budget proposal. When asked if he…
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High cost of cement will render most Nigerians homeless – Group

High cost of cement will render most Nigerians homeless – Group

A group, Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, an umbrella body of all the youth groups in the South-East has said that the high cost of cement would render most Nigerian families homeless if not checked. The group said it is totally condemnable to sell a bag of cement at the rate of N5,000 per bag in a country where so many families go to bed hungry. In a press release signed by the President-General of the group, Goodluck Ibem, he said the high cost of cement would make landlords increase their house rent which would be above the…
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