The current supremo of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, is no doubt facing one of his worst times in football administration, MERIDIAN SPY can exclusively report. Mr Pinnick, whose grace to grass news has left the media abuzz lately, is currently battling for a haven out of his current travail. The NFF boss was greeted with an expected sack letter as the 1st Vice President of the CAF in the end of AFCON 2019 tournament in Egypt. CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad on Thursday fired Pinnick as his 1st Vice President. Pinnick’s sack was bordered on some weighty allegations,…
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Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has been named the winner of 2019 AFCON golden boot with five goals. The Nigerian striker was the match winner in the Eagles opening goal against Burundi, before he scored a brace against Cameroon in the final and a goal each in the semifinal against Algeria and the third-place match against Tunisia. Ighalo was also top scorer during the AFCON 2019 qualifiers with seven goals. Senegal’s Sadio Mane, Ounas and Riyad Mahrez from Algeria finished on three goals each. On the other hand, Ismael Bennacer of Algeria was named MVP of the AFCON as well…
Algeria has won the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON for the second time on Friday with a second-minute goal which gave them a 1-0 win over Senegal in the final. Baghdad Bounedjah put the Algerian team ahead over Senegal with a shot which took a wicked deflection off a defender and looped over the a demystified goalkeeper, Alfred Gomis and found its way into the net. Senegal were, however, awarded a penalty for handball in the second half but the decision was revoked following a VAR review.Ismaila Sarr missed Senegal’s best chance by volleying wide from inside the area.Algeria last…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has declared that electricity customers will now be allowed to get prepaid meters and pay later. Nathan Shatti, NERC’s commissioner for finance and management services, broke the cheering news at a press conference in Lagos stating that customers will start enjoying the privilege from August. He explained clearly that one-phase prepaid meter will be available for N36, 992 and three-phase for N67,055 and customers can either pay upfront or in instalments within a period of one to 10 years. Speaking further Shatti stated that the commission approved a total of 42 meter service providers…
Fiyin Osinbajo, son of Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has just graduated from a top United Kingdom University. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo, attended the graduation ceremony at Warwick University in the United Kingdom Wednesday. Others who attended the ceremony include; Fiyin’s sisters, Kiki and Damilola as well as his brother in-law, Seun Bakare. Warwick University currently ranks 54th in the world and top 9th best university in the UK.
A 37-year-old guard, Wasiu Orilonise, has confessed to an Oyo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan that he raped his 15-year-old daughter in order to ascertain her virginity and protect her. Orilonise begged the court not to punish him as he had carnal knowledge of the victim for protection and to confirm if she was still a virgin. The accused was arraigned on one count of having unlawful carnal knowledge of his daughter. The prosecutor, Mr Sunday Ogunremi, told the court that the accused had sometime in December 2018 at Omo village, Agbofieti, Ibadan, in the Ibadan Magisterial District, raped…
The Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Wednesday, promised an automatic job, two limbs and other assistance to Nurudeen Tahir, a corps member who recently lost his arms in an auto crash after completing the camp orientation exercise in Jalingo, Taraba State. Ibrahim, who made the promise when he visited Tahir and other corps members at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, said that the welfare of Corps members is very paramount to the Scheme’s management at all times. The NYSC, in Taraba, had earlier posted Tahir to Kano but he insisted he served in Taraba…
Canada, a nation of not quite 37 million people, wants to add more than 1 million immigrants through 2021. “Thanks in great part to the newcomers we have welcomed throughout our history, Canada has developed into the strong and vibrant country we all enjoy,” Ahmed Hussen, minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, wrote in an annual report to Parliament. “Immigrants and their descendants have made immeasurable contributions to Canada, and our future success depends on continuing to ensure they are welcomed and well-integrated.” Hussen, now in his early 40s, fled to Canada from war-torn Somalia when he was 16. “My…
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana says election petitions should be handled by retired Judges as serving judges are overburdened. Falana, in statement on Thursday, said serving judges now leave court cases of various magnitude while trying to comply with national assignments within their jurisdictions. The human rights activists pointed out the adjournment of court cases by over 350 Judges of the State High Courts, Federal High Court, and National Industrial Court, for a ‘national assignment’ which was never within their jurisdiction. Femi Falana calls for a review of preference given to election petitions and appeals, and further stated that such cases…
The past few weeks have been embroiled with calls, warnings and some actions by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) over the killings of innocent Nigerians in South Africa. The NANS National President, Comr. Danielson Bamidele Akpan had warned the South African government on the possible reaction the association would take following the continued killing of Nigerians in South Africa. The organization has since launched a campaign against South African firms and commodities in Nigeria urging its members and the general public to boycott them until the incessant killings of Nigerian in South Africa is brought to an end.…
Supper Eagles star, John Mikel Obi has announced his retirement from international football, MERIDIAN SPY reports. Mikel, 32, retired after Super Eagles clinched the bronze, third place title , on Wednesday after defeating Tunisia 1 goal to nil at the ongoing African Cup of Nations, AFCON 2019 in Egypt. In a post on his verified Instagram handle, the Chelsea star said, “At the age of 32 it’s time for me to retire from the National team and let the youth take over, who’ve done an amazing job securing a bronze medal at AFCON 2019.”
The catholic bishop of sokoto diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, has warned that demonising herdsmen, especially those of Fulani extraction, could lead to a breakout of violence. Speaking at a colloquium on Tuesday on fake news and hate speech organised by the Olusegun Obasanjo centre for African studies, an arm of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Kukah said hate speech often precedes any genocide experienced in history. The catholic clergy, following incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen whom many alleged to be Fulanis, likened the profiling of the Fulani to what happened to the Igbo leading up to the Nigerian…