The Confederation of African Football, CAF, on Tuesday, 14 January, 2025, announced the postponement of the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN). CAF took the decision to ensure that infrastructure and facilities are at the levels necessary for hosting a successful tournament. The draw for the competition will hold at Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday, 15 January, 2025. CHAN 2024 will be co-hosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Senegal are the defending champions of the competition.
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Congratulations, my sister, Rt. Hon. Princess Mojisola Lasbat Meranda! Your achievement is not just a personal victory but a triumph for the true democratic ethos of Bibire and a testament to the strength, resilience, and excellence of women and womanhood. As a proud Lagosian, I join the people of Lagos State in celebrating your elevation to the highest legislative office in our dear state. This milestone reflects your unwavering loyalty, resilience, perseverance, and humility. As you take on this exalted position, I pray that the Almighty God grants you divine wisdom, clarity, and all that is required to excel in…
Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Coach Augustine Eguavoen, has arrived at the Ikenne-Remo camp of the Super Eagles B alongside new Super Eagles’ Head Coach Éric Sékou Chelle and the latter’s agent, Sidibe Abraham Brehima. The trio flew aboard a ValueJet Airline CRJ 700 aircraft from Abuja to Lagos on Tuesday morning, 14 January, 2025, and then headed for the Remo Stars’ Sports Institute in the fabled Ogun State town. On Monday, 13 January, 2025, at Chelle’s unveiling, President of NFF Ibrahim Musa Gusau had clarified that Chelle will only be with the Eagles B in supervisory role,…
The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday, 13 January, 2025, unveiled the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Éric Sékou Chelle, with the President of NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau reiterating his call for Nigerians to come together and support the gaffer, while promising that the football-ruling body will give Chelle all the support to succeed in his assignment. At a colourful ceremony inside the Media Conference Room of the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Gusau said he is enamoured by the confidence and surefootedness that Chelle has shown in their interactions over the past few days, and is banking on…
The election of Rt Honourable Mojisola Lasbat Meranda as the new Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly is divine and historic, reports thegazellenews.com. It is divine because Meranda’s election revealed the wish of God anchored on the collective desire of the people; it is historic because by so doing, Meranda has written her name in the history book of Lagos politics: first, by her election as the Speaker, she automatically becomes the youngest member of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC); and more importantly, the first ever female Speaker of the state Assembly. Lasbat is very humble, for those…
At least 19 wedding guests died and 11 others were injured in a road accident in the Kwana Maciji area of Pankshin Local Government Area, Plateau State. The Chairman of the Pankshin Local Government Area Emergency Management Committee, John Dasar, confirmed the incident. Dasar said the guests, who came from Kano State to attend a wedding in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, were returning home when the accident occurred. According to him, as the travelers were being helped out of the affected vehicle, it caught fire, burning the 19 people who had not yet been evacuated.
Members of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) on Tuesday, 14 January, 2024 gave their blessings to the new Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Honourable Lasbat Mojisola Meranda Meranda got the blessings of GAC during a meeting at the Lagos House in Marina area of the state. Addressing newsmen after the meeting, the new Speaker said the meeting was to seek their blessings and brief them about the impeachment of her predecessor, Mudashiru Obasa. “We are here to brief them about what happened at the House of Assembly yesterday and to seek their blessing which we have…
The Funeral Planning Committee for the late Professor Bene Madunagu, a distinguished scholar, revolutionary activist, and feminist, has officially announced the details of her burial programme. Professor Madunagu, who passed away on November 26, 2024, will be laid to rest on Friday, January 17, 2025. In a statement signed by Prof. Biodun Jeyifo, the Funeral Planning Committee noted that the service will be preceded by a celebration of her life on January 16, 2025. This event will feature a feminist forum, a funeral conference, cultural performances, and tributes from comrades, friends, and well-wishers, all reflecting her significant contributions to Nigeria’s…
Our attention has been drawn to a false directive purportedly issued by the Lagos State Chairman of APC, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi to incumbent Council Chairmen who intend to seek re-election to resign their offices. We want to make it abundantly clear that there’s no iota truth in the publication as it was twisted to suit the interest of the publisher. On the contrary, the directive issued was to APC Local Government Chairmen who seek elective offices during the forth-coming elections to resign their positions as they cannot be umpires and contestants at the same time. The Local Government party chairmen…
Conference 57, umbrella organisation for all council chairmen in Lagos State, has congratulated the newly elected Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, on her historic emergence as the first female Speaker of the Assembly. “This remarkable milestone reflects not only your personal dedication, competence, and unwavering commitment to service but also the progressive ideals and inclusive governance ethos that our state represents,” a statement by Kolade Alabi, Chairman; and Sesan Daini, Publicity Secretary of the organisation said. Alabi and Daini, Chairmen of Bariga LCDA and Igbogbo-Bayeku LCDA respectively, stated further that, “as you…