Uyo-based NPFL outfit and 2018/2019 NNL champions, Dakkada FC, have petitioned the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to demand that their disputed matchday thirty-one fixture away to Kano Pillars which was played at Sani Abacha stadium, Kano, on Thursday, June 23, be declared a draw and one point added to their tally for the season. Pieces of video evidence emerged late Thursday evening of a goal scored by Dakkada’s Edidiong Ezekiel deep into stoppage time to level the scores at 1-1 after Yusuf Maigoro had given Pillars the lead in the first period but the goal did not reflect on the…
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Nollywood actress, Chacha Eke Faani has come out for the second time in two years to announce that she’s ending her nine year old marriage with Austin Faani. She shared a post on her Instagram page early Tuesday morning stated that she doesn’t want to “die” or go inexplicably “missing” while living in her paradise. The mother of four further apologized for “living a lie these past years” while confirming random speculations that there has been trouble in her “perceived paradise”. Recall that about two years ago, Chacha took to social media to share a video announcing the end of…
The Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN), on Friday June 24, organised a Strategic Cascade Workshop on ‘Implementation of Mass Communication Curriculum Unbundling’ at its National Secretariat, Caleb University Imota, Lagos The event featured participants, mostly Heads of Department of Mass Communication, from ten Institutions within the South Western Zone of Nigeria, who converged on the CASMAS Boardroom of Caleb University, to highlight, investigate, review and proffer solutions to the Unbundling of Mass Communication Curriculum in the country. Prof Nosa Owens-Ibie, Caleb University Vice-Chancellor, who doubles as ACSPN General Secretary paid glowing tributes to the incumbent President…
Caleb University, Imota Lagos, has organised the Season 2 of Grooming The CEO (GROTEC), a leadership and entrepreneurship program designed to equip, educate and offer life-long experience to Students, so they may “STAND OUT. Unlike Season One which had Dr Kayode Arokodare as the sole CEO, Season Two featured two distinguished CEOs who taught, inspired and took the participants round the real business world. The Vice Chancellor, Prof Nosa Owens-Ibie, in his welcome address, declared the event open, urged participants to see themselves in a better lens. He led other Management Staff, including Prof Adedeji Daramola, DVC (Academics); Prof Olalekan…
Oluwaseun Osewa, the founder of foremost Nigeria Online Forum, Nairaland has queried why the Presidential candidate of the ruling party, APC is so determined to be the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The internet guru who supported the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo prior to the APC Special Convention wrote: “Why is Asiwaju Bola Ahmad Tinubu so determined to be president, even though there are better candidates with less baggage in his party? Is it just because of his presidential ambition, or also because he desperately needs the legal immunity that the position provides?” His outburst has attracted…
The Super Falcons’ contingent to the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco has begun camping in Rabat. According to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Director of Communications, Dr. Ademola Olajire, “the team landed in Casablanca on Monday afternoon” Olajire said, “They have already moved to Morocco’s administrative capital, Rabat where the team will camp for seven days before their opening match on July 4th. The Super Falcons is drawn in Group C alongside South Africa, Botswana and Burundi. All four semi-finalists in Morocco will qualify to represent Africa at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup…
Our attention has been drawn to a video making the rounds on social media which indicates that one of the match officials who took charge of the Match Day Four fixture of the Nigeria Professional Football League between Dakkada and Remo Stars in Uyo last Sunday may have been assaulted. We wish to state that we had not noticed the gory incident as indicated by the circulated video before now mainly because it may have occurred at the end of the match but we completely frown at it. Our prestigious club has zero tolerance for any form of thuggery and…
The League Management Company (LMC) is looking into an altercation that occurred in the Matchday 4 fixture between Dakkada FC and Remo Stars last Sunday in Uyo Images surfaced involving a backroom staff of Dakkada assaulting a match official in the course of the fixture. The LMC is taking a closer look at the match officials report and other relevant sources. “We can assure all, that we have zero tolerance for hooliganism and acts that are capable of bringing the game into disrepute “After consultations with the compliance unit, the League body action will serve as a deterrent for those…
Referees on duty in the Nigeria Professional Football League, have been told to imbibe accepted professional conduct on and off the field of play. President of the Nigeria Referees Association, NRA, Otunba Tade Azeez made this known after a review of the matches played so far since the league commenced two weeks ago. Speaking ahead of the matches today and tomorrow at various centres, Otunba Tade Azeez noted that match officials are expected to adapt to best practices expected of them before, during and after the matches. In Kaduna, the Secretary General of the NRA, Dr Suleiman Omezia will lead…
The Super Eagles of Nigeria has been drawn in the Group D of the 2021 edition of the African Cup of Nation alongside the most successful team in the competition, Egypt. The other teams in the Group is the first host of the competition, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau who made their debut in the tournament in Gabon, 2017. The AFCON 2021 will be hosted by Cameroon. There six Groups while the best two teams in each Group will qualify automatically to the second round of the tournament, four best losers will join the qualified twelve to make the round of sixteen.…