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OFFICIAL: Oshoala Extends Barcelona Contract

10Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

OFFICIAL: Oshoala Extends Barcelona Contract

Nigeria captain Asisat Oshoala has signed a new two-year contract with Barcelona Ladies. Oshoala’s previous contract was due to expire this summer. The 27-year-old, who joined the European champions in January 2019 has scored 80 goals in 101 appearances for the club. Asisat Oshoala The forward is the sixth-highest goal scorer in the history of the club. Oshoala was also the first Barcelona player to score in a Champions League final. She is currently the top scorer in the Primera Iberdrola, with 19 goals in 16 games. Read Also: Eguavoen Hopes for Victor Moses’ Return to Super Eagles “Asisat Oshoala renewed his contract with FC Barcelona until June 30, 2024. The striker, who ended her association with the Club at the end of the season, has sealed her continuity for ...

Eguavoen Hopes for Victor Moses’ Return to Super Eagles

8Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

Eguavoen Hopes for Victor Moses’ Return to Super Eagles

Super Eagles interim technical adviser Augustine Eguavoen wants Victor Moses to return to the team. Moses retired from international football following the Super Eagles ouster from the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Augustine Eguavoen There have been several efforts to make the winger rescind his decision, but he has remained adamant on his decision not to play for the three-time African champions. Read Also: 2022 W’Cup Playoff: Ghana Will Be Difficult Game For Eagles –Ndidi “Even Victor Moses. I will break the news. We want the best for the country. Victor Moses is someone I also adore and I’ve been looking for ways to get him into the team,” Eguavoen told journalists on Monday. “We have spoken but he’s not part of this game but hopefully as time goes on because we want...

Osimhen Fires Blank As Napoli Slip Up In Title Race After Loss To Milan

7Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports

Osimhen Fires Blank As Napoli Slip Up In Title Race After Loss To Milan

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen failed to score as Napoli fell 1-0 at home to AC Milan in Sunday’s Serie A top of the table clash. Osimhen has now failed to score in his last three games for Napoli. He has found the back of the net seven times after 18 league games in the Serie A. Victor Osimhen Former Arsenal and Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud netted the only goal on 49 minutes, after redirecting a wayward Davide Calabria effort to give Milan a huge victory away to Napoli in the Scudetto race. Read Also: 2022 W/C Playoff: Eguavoen Lists Ighalo, Dennis, Lookman, 29 Others In Provisional Squad For Ghana Clash Osimhen went close to getting on the score sheet but fired straight at Mike Maignan after a give-and-go with Giovanni Di Lorenzo. The Super Eagles striker had...

2022 W’Cup Playoff: Ghana Will Be Difficult Game For Eagles –Ndidi

5Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Sports, World Cup

2022 W’Cup Playoff: Ghana Will Be Difficult Game For Eagles –Ndidi

Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi has warned the team to be careful with the way they handle the Black Stars of Ghana in the fast-approaching 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff.The Leicester City star made this known in an interview with ESPN, where he said that the players are determined and hungry to play at the world football showpiece in Qatar. Ndidi was among the players invited by the Interim coach of the Super Eagles, Austine Eguavoen on Friday. “It will mean a lot for us to go back to the World Cup,” Ndidi told ESPN. Read ALso: 2022 W/C Playoff: Eguavoen Lists Ighalo, Dennis, Lookman, 29 Others In Provisional Squad For Ghana Clash “But Ghana will not be easy. To be honest, we have to be careful about their whole team and not just any specific players. It will be two ...

Queues: FG Confirms Supply of Adulterated Fuel

9Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Petroleum

Queues: FG Confirms Supply of Adulterated Fuel

The Federal Government through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority on Tuesday said adulterated petrol, fuel with methanol quantities above Nigeria’s specification, was discovered in the supply chain. In a statement, it said the supplier had been identified and appropriate sanction would apply. It also said oil marketers had been directed to ensure a sufficient supply of quality petrol in all outlets in the country. Queues had surfaced at filling stations in parts of the country on Monday stretching into Tuesday in what appeared as growing scarcity for Premium Motor Spirit, a commodity that has achieved an indispensable status in the Nigerian economy, no thanks to epileptic power supply, the rising cost of gas, and dependent by vehicle owne...

President Buhari Receives Briefing On Situation In Guinea-Bissau

7Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Africa, News, Security

President Buhari Receives Briefing On Situation In Guinea-Bissau

President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday morning got a comprehensive briefing on the coup attempt to oust President Umaru Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau, but which was aborted by loyalist forces. On the sidelines of the African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Nigerian President met with Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea-Bissau, Suzi Barbosa, who gave a graphic presentation of the attempt to overthrow the constitutional order in her country. See Also: ECOWAS to Convene Emergency Meeting Over Mali Coup “They attempted to kill President Embalo. They destroyed the presidential palace with bazookas, killed 11 young people. It took about five hours to restore order. It was a nightmare ,” she said. President B...

ASUU Begins Preparation For Strike, Declares Monday Lecture-free

6Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Begins Preparation For Strike, Declares Monday Lecture-free

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has urged its chapters across the country to sensitize members of the public on the situation between the union and the Federal Government. This is as it declared Monday, February 7, 2022, as a lecture-free day in a bid to enhance sensitization. The National President of the Union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Saturday evening. Sunday PUNCH reports that the directive to the chapters of ASUU comes less than a week after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) pledged the commitment of his administration to fulfilling the agreement with the union. Buhari made the promise when members of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council visited him to discuss the lingering is...

Ernest Shonekan Buried In ₦30 Million Vault, ₦8 Million Casket

6Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Life, News, Nigeria

Ernest Shonekan Buried In ₦30 Million Vault, ₦8 Million Casket

Former Head of the Interim National Government (ING) Ernest Shonekan was on Friday buried in an over N30 million vault in Lagos. Temitope Alebiosu, a staff member of Ebony Vaults, Ikoyi, the funeral company that handled the ceremony, informed The ICIR in a telephone interview that the cost of the vault was above N30 million. But she did not disclose the exact cost. When asked about the cost of the casket, she said it was in the range of N8 million. See Also: Lagos Announces Closure Of Roads In Marina Friday for Shonekan’s Burial Another staff of Ebony Vaults, Tunde Babalola, told The ICIR that the cost of vaults in the premium category ranged from N30 million and above. Babalola refused to state the exact cost of the vault Shonekan was buried in, but he pointed out t...

NIN-SIM Linkage: Security Agencies Get Buhari’s Nod To Access Subscriber Details

4Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Communication, Information Technology, News, Nigeria, Security

NIN-SIM Linkage: Security Agencies Get Buhari’s Nod To Access Subscriber Details

Some security agencies have got approval from President Muhammadu Buhari, to access the database of the National Identity Management Commission in the course of carrying out their duties. As a result, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said his office through the Nigerian Communications Commission, has conveyed the approval to the relevant security agencies. He did not give the names of the security agencies. He, however, said the development would enhance security as it would help security operatives to go after kidnappers and other criminals. Pantami disclosed this while speaking to Nigerian journalists on the sidelines of LEAP 22, a technology event, currently holding Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He said, “Some of the security institutio...

OGFZA Rejects Corps Member For ‘Lacking Political Connection’

3Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

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OGFZA Rejects Corps Member For ‘Lacking Political Connection’

Stella Ishiekwene Kpolugbo, an associate professor of English at Anchor University, Lagos State, has expressed dismay over the rejection of her daughter by the Abuja office of the Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA). According to Stella, Ejiro Kpolugbo, a First Class psychology graduate from Covenant University, Ogun State, appeared at the company on December 15, 2021, being her designated Place of Primary Assignment (PPA), with a posting letter from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), but was told Okon Umana, the managing director, was not available. “She was asked to go home and return after Christmas, precisely in January 2022,” Stella said. As instructed, Ejiro returned to the company on January 6, 2022, but she got the same narration of the MD’s absence. The...