Author: Rashaad Harris

Head coach of the Nigeria U-20 men’s team Ladan Bosso has released his final squad which will participate in the tour at Morocco ahead of the African Cup of Nations in Egypt later this month.The list comprises three goalkeepers, six defenders, seven midfielders and eight forwards with three foreign based players also making the cut.According to reports, the team is set to depart for Ghana later today, ahead of their two warm up games against Sudan and Benin Republic in Morocco before the tournament’s opener.The Flying Eagles will open their U20 AFCON campaign on February 19 night against the Junior…

The National Universities Commission (NUC), has ordered the closure of universities across the country, with immediate effect from February 22nd, to enable students to participate in the 2023 general elections. In a letter to all university vice-chancellors and the directors of inter-university centres, the NUC underlined that the direction was based on the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu’s mandate.The letter from the NUC read: “As Vice-Chancellors of all Universities and Director/Chief Executive of Inter-University Centres are quite aware the 2023 General Elections have been scheduled to hold on Saturday, February 25, 2023, for the Presidential and National Assembly, and Saturday,…

Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has bemoaned the demanding procedure that foreigners must go through in order to become citizens of the nation. The minister criticised the 15-year constitutional residency requirement, saying it was excessively onerous on foreigners who wanted to immigrate to Nigeria and support its growth. Aregbesola encouraged the committee to speed action on the processing of applications for Nigerian citizenship, according to a statement released on Wednesday by Afonja Ajibola, Director of Press at the Ministry of Interior. The statement partly read, “Aregbesola said he was looking forward to some changes in the requirements, expedited processing of…

The European Super League makes a stunning comeback as Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus are understood to have contacted more than 50 clubs in the hope of creating a new European tournament that would replace the UEFA Champions League. According to a publication on Telegraph football, the European Super League backers have revealed today that they want to launch a new version of the project that crashed two years ago: a multi-division competition of 60 to 80 teams with no permanent members, and a minimum of 14 games per club, per season. The announcement was made in various European newspapers…

The attention of Abia State Government has been drawn to the proposed installation of Sarki Shehu 11 as the Emir of Aba Emirate Council. According to Chris Ezem, who is the Secretary to the State Government, such a proposal is illegal and lacking any authorization. He said this in a statement released on Wednesday afternoon. “The attention of Government of Abia State has been drawn to a proposed coronation of one Sarki Shehu Bello 11 as the Emir of Aba Emirate Council without recourse to Government,? the statement read. “Government wishes to warn all involved in this unauthorized and illegal…

Doma United head coach, Akinade Onigbinde landed the Nigeria Professional Football League Manager of The Week after guiding his team to a 2-1 win over champions, Rivers United in the match-day 7 tie.The head Coach of the newly promoted side dedicated the award to the players and other officials of the team insisting that it is not a personal but team achievement. “I believe it is about us as a team, it is about the results that we had in last weekend against the champions, Rivers United. It’s not about me, it’s about the team. “If it was about me…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has broken its silence on its official account liking a post that labelled Labour Party’s Peter Obi an opportunist. The independent body’s official account was seen to have liked a post from Seun Kuti (late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s son) which criticised the ambition of Peter Obi to become the nation’s next president. However, a handful of tweeps that noticed INEC liked the post has called the body out, demanding an explanation. INEC in its defence said via Twitter: “The attention of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been drawn to a post on its…

Legendary Manchester United and Netherlands striker and current PSV coach Ruud van Nistelrooy claimed that Liverpool are 10 times smaller than the Red Devils.Van Nistelrooy, current manager at PSV, made the claim following Cody Gakpo’s decision to snub United for Liverpool where he has so far failed to impress. Gakpo made a surprise move to Liverpool in the January transfer window after Jurgen Klopp beat United to his signature. Erik ten Hag had been desperate for the forward to plug the gap left up front by Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure.Since abandoning the idea of joining United and moving to Liverpool, Gakpo…

The son of legendary Barcelona forward, Ronaldinho Gaucho, Joao Mendes (Joao de Assis Moreira), has been on trial with Barcelona’s youth team since the beginning of January and has now signed for the club according to his father. The 17-year-old, who recently terminated his contract with Brazilian club Cruzeiro, plays as a striker, has a Spanish passport and, like his father, is represented by his uncle, Roberto de Assis. In an interview with RAC-1, a happy Ronaldinho said “With the arrival of my son at Barcelona I will be more present than ever at the club.” “I am never outside…

Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku, Phrank Shaibu has called for the removal of Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Olusegun Agbaje over alleged partisanship. According to him, Agbaje insisted on working with the Lagos State Park and Garage Management Committee, which is led by Musiliu Akinsanya, well known as MC Oluomo and thought to be a member of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council.Phrank Shaibu made these allegations in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. He said: “The law is clear that only a court has the power to proscribe an organisation. That was why the Federal Government…