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Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Gernot Rohr has commenced preparations in earnest ahead of their AFCON 2019 qualifiers against South Africa in June. Rohr outlined his plans for the tie in an interview conducted at the Agege Stadium, where he watched a Nigeria National League game between AS Racine and Warri Wolves. “We are meeting them in just eight weeks, so we don’t have much time. We must prepare very well for that match and we have already set out a training scheme to prepare the team. “Some of the players will finish their league season at the…

The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) has said that the N54 billion released to cleared pension liabilities to the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) was not enough to cleared pension arrears. Dr Abel Afolayan, NUP President said this in a statement that the NUP felt the compelling need to put the facts straight as the Federal Government indebtedness to the CPS was over N280 billion. He said the release of N54 billion could not be said to have cleared the backlog of pension liability, adding the Federal Government had consistently under-appropriated for the CPS over the past few years. “NUP has…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said candidates that registered for the 2017 computer based Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations (UTME) would take mock tests tomorrow. JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede made the announcement at a meeting with ‘internal stakeholders’ in Abuja yesterday. He said the mock exams which would take place nationwide were meant to prepare candidates for the real exams. Only candidates that paid for the mock test were eligible to sit. Oloyede said the challenges being faced by candidates in the beginning of the UTME registration exercise was resolved. He said about one million UTME candidates were…

The Minister of Sports, Mr Solomon Dalung, on Thursday updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the efforts of the Super Eagles to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Dalung, who spoke after a closed door meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said he also briefed him on other developments in sports. The Minister revealed that the president was also informed of the election of a Nigerian into the board of Confederation of African Football (CAF). Amaju Pinnick, President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), defeated the President of the Football Association of Benin Republic, Anjorin Moucharafou, to…

The 24-year-old has put pen to paper on terms worth around £100,000 a week Jesse Lingard has signed a new four-year contract with Manchester United, the club have announced, in a deal thought to be worth £100,000 a week. The winger’s previous contract was set to expire in the summer of 2018, but United have moved to tie him down until 2021 with a financial package which will pocket the 24-year-old a total of nearly £21 million over the course of the next four years. The two parties had first begun negotiating a deal last autumn and Jose Mourinho’s outfit…

The Federal Government has filed an appeal against the decision of Justice Jude Okeke upholding the no case submission in the corruption case against Justice Adeniyi Ademola, Mrs. Olabowale Ademola and Mr Joe Agi. A source in the Presidency confirmed this development to State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday. The source stated that the appeal was informed by the need to save the war against corruption. The source revealed that the government, through the Ministry of Justice, had also filed a fresh case in the Code of Conduct Tribunal against Justice Ademola and wife “for living above their means…

By prohibiting its members from taking blood transfusion, the Jehovah’s Witnesses as a group violates the law on resistance to extremism, the spokeswoman for Russia’s Justice Ministry told the Supreme Court on Thursday. It was on the second day of the hearing, which began on Wednesday. “Checks have found that the organisation is in breach of the law on resistance to extremism. In particular, the organisation’s religious literature forbids blood transfusion for its members in defiance of the doctors’ recommendation,” the spokeswoman said, providing documentary evidence about one such case. Also, the Justice Ministry’s official said Jehovah’s Witnesses insist on…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Thursday in Abuja said it was pleased with the unconditional release of 13 students of University of Lagos(UNILAG) from detention at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison. A statement by NANS said the students were released before the expiration of 24-hour ultimatum given to a Special Offences Mobile Court in Lagos by NANS to free them. The statement signed by NANS President, Mr Chinonso Obasi, said the release of the students averted a major crisis. A Special Offences Mobile Court had on April 1 remanded the 13 UNILAG students in Kirikiri Prisons, pending their…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reiterated that it has no plans to increase the pump price of petrol. NNPC made the denial in a statement by Mr Ndu ughamadu, its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division. The statement explained that the recent increase in bridging allowance to transporters from N6.20 to N7.20 per litre would not lead to an increase in the pump price. ”There is no plan by government or any of its agencies to review the pump price of petrol above N145 per litre. ”The rise in the bridging cost was achieved after an adjustment…

Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday walked out of the party’s stakeholders meeting organised by former President Goodluck Jonathan. Sheriff who got to the venue of the meeting a few minutes after Jonathan had delivered his remarks walked out with members of his National Working Committee at about 4.15 p.m. Some of the executive members with him at the meeting were the Deputy National Chairman, Dr Cairo Ojougboh and the Publicity Secretary, Mr Mikko Bernard. Sheriff, addressing newsmen before leaving the venue of the meeting, expressed displeasure for not being allowed to…