The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has sacked the Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr. In the interim, it also appointed ex-international, Augustine Eguavoen who is currently it’s Technical Director, as the Technical Adviser. Rohr has been Nigeria’s longest-serving manager on Super Eagles. A virtual meeting of the NFF Executive Committee on Sunday, decided that Eguavoen will work with Salisu Yusuf (Chief Coach); Paul Aigbogun (Assistant Coach); Joseph Yobo (Assistant Coach); Dr Terry Eguaoje (Assistant Coach) and Aloysius Agu (Goalkeeper Trainer). Former Nigeria captains Augustine ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu and Garba Lawal have been appointed to provide technical and ambassadorial support…
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By Ahmed Attahir, Gusau The Zamfara State Sexual Assault Referral Center has recorded 366 cases, including rape and domestic violence. The medical director of the center, Dr Aminat Hassan disclosed this during a round table organized by International Human Rights Commission, to commemorate the Day in the State. Dr Aminat lamented that the referral center recorded 366 cases mostly on sexual assault, rape and domestic violence since it was established in 2019. According to her, the cases when fully established were referred to relevant agencies for necessary action. “Currently, we have suspended our service as a result of challenges we…
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for ECOWAS leaders to forge stronger solidarity in order to address the new challenges, including the current third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and its Omicron variant. The president made the call at the 60th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday in Abuja. “Today’s realities remind us of the need to continue to forge stronger solidarity in order to address the new challenges, including the current third wave of the pandemic and its Omicron variant. “I am…
Gunmen have imposed over N1 million as levies on Birnin Tsaba, Gabaken Mesa, Gabaken Dan-Maliki, Turawa, Askawa and Yanbuki communities in Zurmi, Kaura Namoda and Birnin-Magaji local government areas of Zamfara state. ChannelsTV reported on Sunday, that a resident, Aliyu Abdul said the people of Askawa have paid N5 million for 18 abducted persons as well as to prevent further attacks on their community. The report says that because some communities were yet to raise the money before the December 11 deadline given to them by the gunmen, panic had resulted in the communities. “Gabaken Mesa has paid N1 million,…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced that it recorded a huge leap in trading surplus amounting to ₦141.96 billion in June 2021. This the company said is compared to a deficit of ₦37.46 billion recorded in May the same year. This is contained in the June 2021 figures of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR). A trading surplus or trading deficit is derived after deduction of the expenditure profile from the revenue for the period under review, a statement by the company’s spokesperson Garba Deen on Sunday, said. “In June 2021, NNPC Group operating revenue…
Three secondary schools in Sokoto have won projects exhibition contest organised by the state University Students International chapter of the American Chemical Society. Two students of Alheri Schools, Guiwa and a student of Airan International School Bado, all in Sokoto, won the Society’s 2021 Global Challenge Science Fair for Young Scientists project exhibition contest. In the exhibition which had eight contestants with different innovations, Ahmed Mohammed of Alheri Schools, emerged first position; Safiya Aminu of Airan International School, Bado, came second and Fatima Bala of Alheri Schools emerged third. The first position won a prize of N120,000; second position went…
In further reaction to attacks and recent burning to death of dozens of travellers in Sokoto state, the Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has mobilzed to the state vowing to extract justice for the innocent victims. Confirming the development in a statement on Sunday, the spokesperson for the CNG, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman said the entire leadership of the Coalition from all the 19 Northern states have arrived Sokoto. “We are hear to engage families of the victims, the endangered communities in Sokoto and Kebbi, religious clerics and other civil society groups to discuss urgent practical action plan to force government to…
ECOWAS leaders in Nigeria on Sunday, began deliberations on crucial sub-regional and continental matters, including reports on political crises in Mali and Guinea Conakry. The meeting, hosted by President Muhammadu Buhari, has President of Ghana and Chairman of ECOWAS Authority, Nana Akufo-Addo in attendance. Others are President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe Eyadema and President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic. Also in attendance are President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau, President Julius Bio of Sierra Leone and President Jose Maria Neves of Cape Verde. President Jose Maria Neves of Cape Verde is participating in the…
…2 Nigeriens nabbed in Delta, 1million Tramadol capsules seized in Ondo, 453.673kg others in Anambra, Kogi Operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Ghanaian and two Nigerians at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Akanu Ibiam international Airport, Enugu, respectively for trafficking a total of 9.953 kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine. The spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi in a statement made available to ASHENEWS on Sunday, said “one of the suspects, Uzoh Ndubuisi Johnson was arrested on Wednesday 8th December 2021 at about 5.30pm during an inward screening of Ethiopian Airlines passengers at…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday evening hosted leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to a pre-Conference dinner at the Presidential Villa, ahead of the 60th Session of the bloc. Mr Sunday Aghaeze, Personal Assistant to the President (Photography) confirmed this in pictorial reports of the event. Those who attended the dinner included President of Ghana and Chairman of ECOWAS Authority, Nana Akufo-Addo; President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe; and President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger Republic. Others were President Macky Sall of Senegal; President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau; President Julius Bio of Sierra Leone; and President…