By Abimbola Ogunnaike Former player of Everton FC of England, Li Tie has been sentenced to life in prison for corruption in his home country of China. In a televised confession on Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, Li said he had paid around £330,000 to manage the national football team. Tie, who revealed he had played a role in a match-fixing scandal to secure promotions with club teams he featured for in China, was ‘suspected of accepting and offering bribes’ by the Chinese public prosecutor. This is coming after he left his role as manager of his nation. The 46-year-old managed the…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have begun to unmask members of an organized criminal network behind the recent importation of two containers laden with illicit drugs as well as assorted arms and ammunition from Durban, South Africa to the Tincan seaport in Lagos. Among those already arrested as members of the syndicate are: a clearing and notify party of the two containers, Falowo Samuel Kayode; a dock worker, Anjorin Idowu and Uzairu Ahmed Iguda who is in charge of the Five Star terminal at the port. Another dock worker at the terminal, Mohammed Muktar Sule (alias…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Super Eagles of Nigerian players: Alex Nwobi and Calvin Bassey goals helped Fulham to record their first away win in the league at Old Trafford in 21 years on Saturday, 24 February, 2024. The club historic victory represents the first anywhere since the opening weekend of the season, just as the team inflicted Manchester United their first defeat of 2024 as a run of six wins and a draw from seven games came to a halt, and their 10th loss in the Premier League this season. Rodrigo Muniz came closest to opening the scoring before half-time when he hit the…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) is not currently recruiting, urging Nigerians to ignore social media adverts. The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board disclosed this in a statement by the Secretary to the Board, Ja’afaru Ahmed, on Saturday, 24 February, 2024. The statement read: “The attention of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board has been drawn to the recruitment advert on social media platforms stating that the Board has approved the commencement of the Nigeria Immigration Service 2024 merit replacement exercise. “The Board is urging the general public…
Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has congratulated Amb. Amina Smaila, Nigeria’s Consul-General in Atlanta Georgia for her recognition and commendation by the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, thus making history as the first-ever recognition of an African diplomat in its 247-year history In the congratulatory message, Dabiri-Erewa described Smaila as an exceptional and distinguished Nigerian diplomat with deep concerns for fellow citizens. The NIDCOM boss said she was not surprised about the well-deserved honour done to Smaila going by her pedigree as an outstanding and intelligent public servant with exceptional service in the…
Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the visit of President Bola Tinubu to Qatar would go ahead as scheduled, adding that it was not ready to comment on the leaked letter stating that the Business and Investment Forum planned by the Nigerian government during the visit would not hold. The Ministry in a statement by its spokesperson, Fransisca Omayuli said it was “aware of the circulation of a diplomatic correspondence on the social media and wishes to state that it will not comment on leaks.” The statement further read that “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to inform that His Excellency,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Xavi’s tutored Barcelona side beat Getafe 4-0 on Saturday, 24 February, 2024 to climb to second position in the La Liga table. The quartet of: Joao Felix and Raphinha, Frenkie De Jong and Fermin Lopez registered their names on the score sheets. The defending champions climbed above Girona and now have 57 points from 26 games. Leaders Real Madrid have 62 points and play their game in hand at home to Sevilla on Sunday, 25 February, 2024. Real Madrid hope to take their La Liga unbeaten tally to 20 matches as they await old boy Sergio Ramos,…
We are aware of a leaked diplomatic correspondence between the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Abuja and our Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s state visit to Qatar between 2 and 3 March, 2024. The leaked diplomatic paper by mischief makers about an investment forum is not in any way a snub on President Tinubu by the Qatari government. The Note Verbale is about a private sector-led Business and Investment Forum to be held on the margins of President Bola Tinubu’s State Visit. The event is being put together by the Nigerian Association of Chambers…
The Government of Sudan has said efforts are being made to strengthen diplomatic relations with Nigeria. Mr Ahmed Jaboul, Charge d’ Affaires of Sudan Embassy in Nigeria, who spoke with to journalists in Abuja, said already existing bilateral cooperation between both countries would be consolidated. He said that the existing relations between Sudan and Nigeria was established on mutual ground; saying more would be done to deepen ties between both countries in education and economic sectors. “There is a history of diplomatic relations between Sudan and Nigeria; we have many things to do together; we have many successful stories together,…
President Bola Tinubu has called for the suspension of economic sanctions imposed on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea by ECOWAS. Speaking at the Extra-ordinary Summit of ECOWAS in Abuja on Saturday, 24 February, 2024, President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the organization, stated that: “Everything we did was in hopes of persuading our brothers that there existed a better path, a path that would lead to genuine improvement of their people’s welfare through democratic good governance. And this was a path each of our nations had solemnly agreed with…