Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Former Spain manager Jorge Vilda has been appointed head coach of the Morocco women’s team. Vilda led Spain to the Women’s World Cup title in the summer, when they defeated England 1-0 in the final. However, the 42-year-old was sacked within a month amid the fallout from the Luis Rubiales scandal. He replaces Reynald Pedros, who helped Morocco qualify for their first Women’s World Cup in 2023 and guided them to the last 16, where they lost to France. “The Royal Moroccan Football Federation contracted the Spanish coach Mr Vilda to coach the women’s national football team in the next stage,” the Moroccan…

The Super Eagles Of Nigeria have been drawn in Group A of the Total Energies Africa Cup Of Nations along with hosts Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea Bissau. The draw ceremony which kickstarted at about 19:00 GMT took place in Abidjan, the Ivorien Capital and had in attendance, former Super Eagles captain, Mikel Obi alongside Ex-Chelsea and Ivory Coast Striker Didier Drogba, Senegal’s Sadio Mane and Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi. Ivory Coast will host the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, which is scheduled to kick-off in January 2023. Nigeria will face Guinea Bissau again, after already meeting each other…

UEFA has postponed Israel’s European Championship qualifying game against host Kosovo that was due to take place on Sunday. The decision by European football’s governing body comes after Hamas, an Islamist militant group that governs Gaza, launched a deadly attack on Israel on Saturday. Israel formally declared war on Hamas a day later. The conflict has claimed more than 2,500 lives on both sides and injured thousands. UEFA said in a statement on Thursday that the game in Pristina cannot be played “because the Israeli authorities currently do not allow their national team to travel abroad.” Israel are now two games behind schedule in a tight qualifying…

The House of Representatives has screened President Tinubu nominees to the Board and Management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), who appeared before the House Ad-hoc Committee mandated to conduct the screening on Thursday. They are Chiedu Ebie NDDC Chairman (Delta), and Samuel Ogbuku, Managing Director/CEO (Bayelsa) respectively, who shared their details of respective career trajectories and vision for the commission. The designates confirmed include Mr. Boma Iyaye, ED, Finance & Admin (Rivers); Mr. Victor Antai, ED, Projects (Akwa Ibom); Hon. Ifedayo Abegunde, ED, Corporate Services (Ondo); Senator Dimaro Denyanbofa (Bayelsa); Mr. Abasi Ndikan Nkono (Akwa Ibom); Rt. Hon. Monday Igbuya…

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has warned members of the academia and the university community over matters of sexual harassment on campuses, adding that the Federal Ministry of Education will deal decisively with perpetrators of such acts. A statement signed by Director Press and Public relations, Ben. Bem Goong on Thursday, stated that the Minister gave the warning when he received the report of the committee on alleged sexual harassment by Professor Cyril O. Ndifo, Dean, faculty of law of the University of Calabar. Mamman, said, sexual harassment is a serious criminal offence and must be dealt with…

The Defence Headquarters says troops have killed 50 terrorists and apprehended 114 others within a week in various operations across North-East, North- Central and North-West. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of the Armed Forces, on Thursday in Abuja. Buba said the troops also rescued 49 kidnapped hostages within the week. He said troops of Operation Hadin Kai in the North East had sustained onslaught against Boko Haram and Islamic States of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists, leading to the surrender of some of their fighters in Borno and…

Napoli have held talks with Italian manager Antonio Conte to see if he would be interested in taking on the manager’s role at the club, as they consider sacking Rudi Garcia. Italy national team manager Luciano Spalletti won the Partenopei their first Scudetto since 1990 before deciding to leave the club at the end of the season. He has since taken on the job of managing the Azzurri. Napoli sought out a number of candidates to replace Spalletti, including PSG boss Luis Enrique, before deciding on former AS Roma manager Rudi Garcia. Garcia has not had the best start to life at the…

Real Madrid have reached an agreement with both Eduardo Camavinga and Federico Valverde over new contracts. The 14-time Champions League winners are also close to announcing a new deal for star winger Vinicius Junior and it’s likely that his extension will be confirmed before Madrid’s home game with Sevilla on 21 October. Led by the evergreen Carlo Ancelotti, Madrid have enjoyed a fine start to the post-Karim Benzema era, winning eight of their nine La Liga games thanks to the genius of summer signing Jude Bellingham. They have also picked up wins in their first two Champions League group games, with the former…

The Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Ifeanyi Ubah, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Young Progressive Party (YPP). Born on the 3rd of September, 1971, Ubah is a Nigerian business mogul, politician and philanthropist. He was also the Vice Chairman of the Petroleum Upstream Senate Committee from June 2019 to June 2023.

The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr ‘Bosun Tijani, has projected that 90 percent of Nigerians should be digitally literate by 2030. Tijani stated this on Thursday when he made a live appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme. “We have a programme called digital literacy. “The plan is that by 2030, 90 percent of Nigerians should be digitally literate. Digital literacy doesn’t mean that you become a technical talent but it gives you the foundation to be able to choose that you also want to participate in the digital economy.” According to the minister, the Federal Government…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede to serve as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a renewable term of four years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation. Presidential spokeman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Thursday, said Mr. Olukoyede’s appointment followed the resignation of the suspended Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa. Ngelale said the appointment was based on the powers vested in President Tinubu as established in section 2 (3) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment) Act, 2004 “Mr. Ola Olukoyede…

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the appeal filed by Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. President Tinubu, in a response filed described the appeal as “abusive in nature” and prayed for its dismissal. The president insisted that the appellants failed to prove all their allegations and submissions at the tribunal. He submitted that the tribunal was correct in arriving at its verdict and affirming his election. “Neither the appellants have demonstrated any reason why this honorable court should disturb any of the findings of the lower court,…