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COACH DANLANDI IS DEAD  Niger Tornadoes have announced the death of their former coach who was the Assistant Coach of the Super Falcons at USA 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Danladi Abubakar Nasidi . In a press release by the club to announced the death of the veteran coach  “The death has occurred of Veteran Coach Danladi Abubakar Nasidi (Alala) he died in the early hours of Wednesday 12th August 2020 after a brief illness.” The release read  Coach Danladi Nasidi (CAF A Licence Holder) was Assistant Coach of Super Falcons of Nigeria to Women World Cup USA ’99. He was Coach Stationery Stores of Lagos and rescued the Team from Relegation in 1994. He was the head coach of Gabon National Team in 1986, he managed Niger Tornadoes on several occasions. Until his death, Coach Nasidi was the Head Coach of the National U 15 Team of Nigeria. In his message of condolence, the Chairman Niger Tornadoes FC, Hon. Adamu Aliyu on behalf of the Management, Coaches and Players commiserate with

OLUSEGUN OBASANJO MOCKS LATE BURUJI KASAMU  Former Nigeria president Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late ogun state state lawmaker senator Esho Jinadu ( popular known as Buruji Kashamu) as a law maker  and a politician who lived all his life to manoeuvre the course of justice of his crime both in America and Nigeria .  In his letter of condolence dated August 8th and addressed to Ogun state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, Obasanjo described late Kashamu as a significant citizen of the state and history of his life jounery   should offer lessons to everyone. “Senator Esho Jinadu (Buruji Kashamu) in his lifetime used the manoeuvre of law and politics to escape from facing justice on alleged criminal offence in Nigeria and outside Nigeria. “But no legal, political, cultural, social or even medical manoeuvre could stop the cold hand of death when the Creator of all of us decides that the time is up. “May Allah forgive his sin and accept his soul into Aljanah, and may

 Edo Assembly: Bola Tinubu speaks  August 7, 2020 The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has reacted to recent events at the Edo State House of Assembly, describing Governor Godwin Obaseki’s actions as “the gravest possible assault on constitutional democracy and the rule of law and escalation of violence and tension in the state he purports to govern.” Tinubu said this in a statement he personally signed and made available to press men  on Friday. The former Lagos State Governor berated Obaseki, accusing him of making a mockery of Nigeria’s constitution by blocking the timely inauguration of two-thirds of the elected members of the Edo State House of Assembly, and now resorting to the strong-arm tactics of dictators. According to Tinubu, Obaseki had sponsors hoodlums to deface, indeed destroy, parts of the House of Assembly Building in Benin while feigning the building is undergoing renovation. “Then, he imports sand and gravels to prevent

BREAKING; Buhari Receives Corruption Allegations Against Malami (Full Details)  Their letter was titled “Compilation of Corruption Allegations and Abuse of Office”. It was signed by the Chairman, Civil Society Network Against Corruption, Olanrewaju Suraju; Chairman, Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, Debo Adeniran; and Co-founder, Say No Campaign, Ezenwa Nwagwu. The coalition called for the immediate probe of Malami to ensure a full inquiry devoid of interference. It insisted that there are very strong allegations Malami with clear evidence and urged Buhari to act immediately. “We have listed these corruption cases after painstaking compilation of high profile corruption cases involving the country’s No 1 law officer. The President must act without delay,” the groups said. They told Buhari that his action has the prospect of determining the future of the anti-corruption campaign in the country. The allegations include the alleged auctioning of sea v

The Federal Government has rejected the proposed increment of license fee for courier services by the Nigerian Postal Service, NIPOST. The minister of communication and digital economy, Isa Pantami, in a tweet Saturday morning, insisted that the increase was not part of the regulation he approved for the agency on Friday, July 24. “Our attention has been drawn to an increase of licence fee, which was not part of the regulation I earlier approved for you,” he stated. He added that NIPOST chairman and Post Master General “were yesterday (Friday) contacted to put the implementation on hold and send a report to our ministry by Monday.” NIPOST’s proposed increase as announced, has generated huge outrage in the public. The new charges introduced by NIPOST are expected to cause an increase in the cost of courier services and delivery goods. According to NIPOST, companies which provide international courier services like DHL, UPS and FEDEX, are expected to pay N20m for a new licenc

Ondo 2020:Ondo state  Deputy Governor Ajayi reacts to defeat in PDP primary The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has reacted to the emergence of Eyitayo Jedege as the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the October governorship election. Mr Ajayi said he “fought a good fight but had a lot of forces” that disturbed his emergence as the opposition party’s candidate.  Mr Jegede, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) from Ipele town, near Owo, defeated Mr Ajayi and six others in the election that held at Dome centre, Akure, the state capital. The former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in the state had 888 votes while the deputy governor polled 657 votes. Mr Jegede also won the PDP primary in 2016, and flew the flag of the party in that year’s governorship election, a contest he lost to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress. Reacting to his defeat, Mr Ajayi, in a statement by his media adviser, Allen Sowore, said “th

MAGU OPENS UP ON RECOVERED ASSETS  The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, says some of the vehicles recovered by the EFCC were auctioned to the Presidential Villa, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development as well as the Federal Inland Revenue Services and other agencies. He further stated that some of these agencies had not paid for the vehicles but there was an arrangement that the money would be deducted from their financial allocation. Magu, in a letter addressed to the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel titled, ‘Re: Alleged Case of Conspiracy, Enrichment, Abuse of Public Office and Other Infractions,’ explained how some of the recovered vehicles were auctioned. The letter was in response to an earlier report by the Presidential Committee on Audit of Recovered Assets in which Magu was accused of being unable to account for the interest accrued to N550bn recovered funds as well as reco