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Nigeria, April 7, 2016 – Five female students from Ondo, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states have been awarded scholarships worth N5 million each to study in tertiary institutions by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The five lucky girls, Ayomide Adeyeye, Amarachi Orjiugo, Edidiong Francis Bassey, Blessing Jeremiah James and Grace Bassey. They were among the top 10 winners at the grand finale of the Girls in Engineering, Mathematics and Science, GEMS, competition held in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. The overall winner at the grand finale, Miss Ayomide Adeyeye from Ondo State emerged from a total of 33…
Nigeria, April 7, 2016 – Ahead of the forthcoming congresses scheduled to take place between April 23 and May 21, the Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State on Wednesday ratified the elevation of Moses Cleopas, as its acting chairman. He took over from Chief Serena Dokubo-Spiff, who has since been appointed as the Secretary to the State Government. The ratification was made following a motion moved by Prof. Steve Azaiki and seconded by the member representing Sagbama/Ekeremor Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Chief Fred Agbedi in conformity with the party’s constitution. The member…
Nigeria, April 7, 2016 – A truck belonging to Lafarge Cement with registration number AJL 696 XJ heading out of the Alausa Central Business District(CBD), Ikeja, Lagos today crashed into a white Toyota Camry with registration number MUS 488 DN. The truck which was approaching Hakeem Balogun Street from IMP Avenue crashed into the vehicle just by the junction in front of Ganifawehinmi Library, leading to heavy traffic jam in the area. We gathered that truck failed break on approaching the junction and subsequently crashed into the car that was right in his front and both landed on the road…
Nigeria, April 7, 2016 – Super Eagles team doctor, Ibrahim Gyaran has expressed gratitude to the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports as well as the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) for facilitating his attendance of the FIFA/Isokinetic conference in London. The conference holds between April 9-11 and has as its theme ‘Return to play in Footballers’, an emphasis on the complete recovery and return to full match fitness of injured players. Gyaran told thenff.com that the conference will help him to keep abreast of new findings and methods in medicine that will make him more effective on his job. “The field…
Nigeria, April 7, 2016 – The Minister in charge of the embassy in Dakar, Lot Egopija has declared that Dakar is a victory ground for Nigeria and that all hands are on deck to ensure that the Super Falcons are victorious in their 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifying match against the Terenga Lioness of Senegal on Friday, 8th April. Egopija told thenff.com when he visited the Super Falcons at their Al Afifa hotel in Dakar on Wednesday that the embassy has been mobilizing Nigerians based in Dakar and environs to troop to the Stade Demba Diop on Friday…
South Africa, April 7, 2016 – Ex-wife of late former President of South Africa, Winnie Nelson Mandela today lost in her quest to inherit Mandela’s house in Qunu village. She had through her counsel argued in the case she instituted in 2014 that the house where Mandela spent much of his time in 2013 ought to be her property under customary law in South Africa. But the SA High Court according to BBC dismissed Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s application and ordered her to pay all legal costs. Mandela had bequeathed the property in question to his family before he died. The former…
Emmanuel Thomas Nigeria, April 7, 2016 – Members of the civil societies in Edo State today protested against the lingering fuel scarcity in Nigeria, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari who doubles as Minister of Petroleum to resign. The protesters who walked along major streets in Benin called on President whom they said has travelled out of Nigeria 28 times since May 29 to sit down at home and resolve the lingering fuel crisis or resign. The Civil Societies protested just as lawyers threatened to institute a suit compelling the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against the President Buhari if…
Togo, April 7, 2016 – Frenchman Claude LeRoy has been appointed as Head Coach of the Togolese national team. LeRoy(68) who had a spell in Nigeria as Assistant to then Coach of Nigeria, Clemens Westerhof also coached Cameroon, leading the Lions to the 1988 Nations Cup. LeRoy who has also indicated interest in coaching the Super Eagles of Nigeria has previously worked as Head Coach of Senegal, Ghana, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is replacing Tom Saintfiet. LeRoy signed a three-year contract with Togo and his main task is to qualify Togo for the 2017 Nations Cup in…
Emmanuel Thomas Nigeria, April 7, 2016 – As the fuel crisis gets worse, Nigerians are now passing the night on queues at petrol stations to be able buy the product. Our correspondent got photographs of some buyers fast asleep on queue at Oando Petrol Station on Mobolaji Johnson Way, very close to the office of the Lagos State Government. Our correspondent who shot the photographs at 5:30am, reported that some of those who passed the night on the queue told him they have been on the queue in the last 24 hours. “ I have been here since 10 am…
Nigeria, April 7, 2016 – The Nigerian Football Federation(NFF) has called on philanthropists to throw their weight behind Enyimba of Aba Football Club, the only club representing Nigeria in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) competition. The NFF made the call in a communiqué issued after a meeting of the NFF Executive Committee in Abuja. “In view of the fact that Enyimba Football Club of Aba is the only Nigerian club remaining in the hunt for continental glory this year, the Executive Committee resolved to give the team all necessary support to qualify for the group stage of the CAF…
