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http://ift.tt/2qVjM23 Super eagles supporters especially the teeming indigenes of Akwa Ibom State have been availed the opportunity of watching the high class Nations Cup qualifier between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and Bafana Bafana of South Africa for only one thousand naira (N1,000). The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of youth and sports Sir Monday Ebong Uko who confirmed this in Uyo on Wednesday said hosting a top notch match like this cost millions and one is expected to recuperate some expenses from the gate yet the Sports loving Governor Udom Emmanuel led government will rather crash the gates to allow fans to fill the stadium and cheer the Eagles to victory at virtually no cost. “ But for the fact that FIFA, CAF and the NFF bans free gate as a security measure Governor Udom would have declared the gate free.” The commissioner said. The reserved side will go for Two thousand naira only. Mr Paul Bassey, The Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Sports confirmed the Gov...

http://ift.tt/2qVOTyv PHOTO: CNNMoney Journalists for Democratic Rights (JODER) has tasked the media on fairness and objectivity, noting that this will promote development agenda in the nation. This was the opinion at a one-day training programme held in Lagos yesterday. Tagged: ‘Reporting Diversity in Nigeria,’ the training was organized by the International Institute for Education (IEE) and facilitated by the Ford Foundation, West Africa. The Executive Director, Mr Adewale Adeoye, explained that with 350 ethnic nationalities in the country, the media has the responsibility to be fair to all interests. While lamenting the challenges that reporters face in giving concise reportage Adeoye said it might be difficult but it’s not an impossible task. As part of the challenges, the executive director identified media ownership control, saying that public owned media institutions in Nigeria are being run as if they are the extension of the private fiefdom of political leaders an...

http://ift.tt/2rFraj8 The Ondo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the sacking of 600 council workers by the state government. The Chairman, Mrs. Bosede Daramola, told The Guardian yesterday in Akure that the union would vehemently resist the action. According to her, the affected civil servants attached to various traditional rulers were tactically relieved of their appointments when their names were removed from the remittal system. She said the union learnt about the issue after the payment of May salaries, which excluded the said category of workers. It was leant that the affected workers were captured in the remittal payment system during the administration of the immediate past governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko. Under the arrangement, eight workers were slated for each first-class monarch, six for second-class, while others had two workers across the 18 local council areas of the state. The chairman said the sacking was contrary to the agreem...

http://ift.tt/2r4pLEa Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has declared that most of those already jostling to succeed him in office in the next election are “mere pretenders who don’t have what it takes to lead the state.” The governor, who also disclosed his preference to continue serving the state as a federal lawmaker after his tenure, said only five of those who have indicated interest in his job possessed the prerequisites and the qualities to rule the state. It would be recalled that the incumbent Minister of Communication, Adabayo Shittu, who is also a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) like the governor, has been having issues with Ajimobi in the recent times over his (Shittu) ambition to contest for the governorship in 2019. Shittu, who is from Oke-Ogun in Oyo North Senatorial District, is harping on the fact that his area remains the only area that is yet to produce the governor since the country returned to democra...

http://ift.tt/2olIp9n Vice President Yemi Osinbajo The three-man Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led Presidential Investigative Committee to inquire into the discovery of foreign and local currencies by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos will submit its reports to President Muhammadu Buhari next week Monday. The Presidency said the panel, which is also probing the allegations of due process violations in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE) is expected to complete its assignment today before the scheduled presentation to the President. A statement by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, made available to newsmen did not explain the reason for the change of date for the submission of the committee’s report. A member of the panel and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami had on Tuesday briefed State House Correspondents where he gave indication th...