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http://ift.tt/2rz6rh7 Ikorodu United FC Players of Lagos-based Ikorodu United FC have complained of the club’s inability to pay their salaries for the past six months. The players, who expressed their disappointment, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the unpaid salaries had affected their morale and those of the staff of the club. They said that the dwindling fortunes of the club in their campaign in the Nigeria National League (NNL) was the result of the high indebtedness of the club to its officials and players. NAN reports that Ikorodu United was relegated to the lower league after their unsuccessful campaign in the 2015/2016 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). Ikorodu United was demoted after coming last on the NPFL log with a measly seven wins, 11 draws and a huge 18 losses with just 32 points. However, things have continued to go from bad to worse as Ikorodu United is now battling relegation from the NNL. The Oga Boys currently sit second from the...

http://ift.tt/2rz6rh7 Ikorodu United FC Players of Lagos-based Ikorodu United FC have complained of the club’s inability to pay their salaries for the past six months. The players, who expressed their disappointment, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the unpaid salaries had affected their morale and those of the staff of the club. They said that the dwindling fortunes of the club in their campaign in the Nigeria National League (NNL) was the result of the high indebtedness of the club to its officials and players. NAN reports that Ikorodu United was relegated to the lower league after their unsuccessful campaign in the 2015/2016 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). Ikorodu United was demoted after coming last on the NPFL log with a measly seven wins, 11 draws and a huge 18 losses with just 32 points. However, things have continued to go from bad to worse as Ikorodu United is now battling relegation from the NNL. The Oga Boys currently sit second from the...

http://ift.tt/2rxsjZw Sani made the remark at the opening of the 10th National Conference organised by School of General Education, Federal College of Education (FCE), Zaria, Kaduna State. Sen. Shehu Sani (APC-Kaduna Central), on Friday advocated for the introduction of ethical reorientation campaign, to psyche Nigerians on the need to shun corruption. Sani made the remark at the opening of the 10th National Conference organised by School of General Education, Federal College of Education (FCE), Zaria, Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the conference had as its theme: “Education, Corruption, Resource Utilisation and Issues of Security Challenges in Contemporary Nigeria.” Sani said: “There is need for ethical revolution in this country. Fighting corruption doesn’t only end in arresting and prosecuting people but changing the mindset of Nigerians. “There is so much expectations from a public servant or a politician from his immediate family, his com...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J On Friday, May 5, 2017, the Department of State Services otherwise known as Nigeria’s secret police because of the nature of their mandate, arrested and detained the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Ltd, Dr Ifeanyi Ubah. It is instructive to note for the benefit of this piece that Dr Ubah has since remained in the DSS custody since then without being charged to court despite the claim of the DSS in its earlier press release declaring that it would prosecute Ubah “forthwith”. In that release, the DSS had lined up a plethora of allegations against the oil magnate as the reasons behind his travails. Such allegations hastily publicized almost immediately after Ubah was arrested is in tandem with the well-documented script of this current government to try all their victims in the public domain and excite a section of vulnerable Nigerians with it by embarking on media trials, drama and razzmatazz only for their cases to eventually fall flat on their faces wher...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J *They make money more than telecommunication companies – lawmaker By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The Imo state House of Assembly, yesterday, moved against pools betting operators in the state, on alleged fraud and exploitation of the people of the state. The allegation was brought before the House by Isreal Nnataraonye, representing Mbaitoli state constituency. However, as a result of this development, the House which was presided over by the Deputy speaker, Mr. Ugonna Ozuruigbo, set up an adhoc committee to interface with the operators of the pools, in which they are expected to exonerate themselves from the allegations levelled against them. The adhoc committee has it chairman, Mr Nnataraonye, who was the lawmaker that brought the motion. The deputy speaker also gave the adhoc committee 1st June, 2017 to summit it report. Earlier in his argument, Nnataraonye said:” Mr Speaker, I want to bring to your attention the diversion of Imo state IGR by these pools bett...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said it had cleared kidnappers’ camps in Toro and Ningi local Government areas of Bauchi State. It disclosed this in a statement signed by Maj. Joseph Afolasade, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 33 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army, Bauchi State, and made available to newsmen. Afolasade said a detachment of soldiers from the 135 Battalion of the Brigade in Bauchi flushed out the kidnappers from their hideouts on May 14. He said the troops were deployed under an operation code-named ‘Operation Harbin Kunama II’ to clear the notorious camps in Lame, Burra, Dangarfa and Dangardo forests in the state. The spokesman said that the soldiers had earlier averted an attempt by the suspected kidnappers to escape, adding that one Ado Ahmed, 20, was arrested. He said that one Dane gun; one locally made single barrel gun; one locally made pistol and 37 empty cases of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition were recovered from the forests. Ot...

http://ift.tt/2oas4ps Nigerian Police The Police in Jigawa have arrested 10 suspected thieves in Dutse Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Jinjiri Abdu, confirmed the arrest of the suspects in an interview with the to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Sunday. Jinjiri said that the male suspects, aged between 18 and 19, were apprehended over alleged house breaking and theft in Dutse and Taura local government areas. He added that a laptop computer, two sets of plasma Television sets and a number of mobile phones were among the items recovered from the suspects. The spokesperson said the suspects have also stolen other items in Kano. Investigations by NAN Correspondent in Takur site quarters revealed that the suspects have been terrorizing residents of the area, including the neighboring Godiya Miyetti and Olayinka Sule quarters by breaking into shops and houses to steal. The suspects allegedly broke into over 10 shops and...

http://ift.tt/2r44hIj Leicester City's Algerian midfielder Riyad Mahrez takes his penalty, which hit his standing foot on the way to the goal, and was subsequently disallowed during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Leicester City at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on May 13, 2017. Anthony DEVLIN / AFP Riyad Mahrez’s disallowed penalty allowed Manchester City to take a significant step towards Champions League qualification with a 2-1 victory over Leicester City on Saturday. All of the goals came in the first half at the Etihad Stadium, with David Silva’s opener for the home side allowed to stand despite a strong suggestion of offside. Gabriel Jesus’s penalty increased their lead, before Shinji Okazaki pulled one back with a spectacular volley. The oddest moment of the match, though, came in a scrappy second half, when Mahrez slipped as he converted a penalty that would have made it 2-2 and touched the ball twice...

http://ift.tt/2ppOsaG National Assembly Complex Abuja. A member of the House of Representatives, Nicholas Ossai (Delta-PDP), has said that the N125 billion appropriated to the National Assembly is not adequate to carry out its functions effectively and efficiently. Ossai made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, insisting that the legislators need more funds to discharge their duties. NAN reports that the National Assembly on Thursday published its 2017 budget of N125 billion, which was higher than the N115 billion approved in 2016. Ossai, however, said that the additional N10 billion inserted in the budget would strengthen oversight functions by members of the National Assembly. “This is necessary so that Nigerians will have the impact and value creation of what has been budgeted. “Nigerians are not looking at that, we are looking at the National Assembly as 360 members of House of Representatives and 109 Senators; calcu...

http://ift.tt/2qcMgF2 Manchester United's Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho reacts at the final whistle in the UEFA Europa League semi-final, second-leg football match between Manchester United and Celta Vigo at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, north-west England, on May 11, 2017. Manchester United won through to the final after the game ended 1-1, United winning 2-1 on aggregate. / AFP PHOTO / Miguel RIOPA Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho accepts the club’s season will be judged a failure if they do not beat Ajax in the Europa League final on May 24. Mourinho says he has worked “harder than ever” during his maiden United campaign, which has already featured a League Cup triumph and victory over Leicester City in the Community Shield. But with United needing to beat Ajax to secure a place in next season’s Champions League, he knows he will not be spared by the media if his side succumb to defeat at Stockholm’s Friends Arena. “I think you, the media, have the ri...