Saturday 31 October 2015

Why Oliseh axed Victor Moses from Eagles

Victor Moses was left out of next month’s 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Swaziland because he skipped Nigeria’s recent friendlies in Belgium, a top soccer official told africanFootball.com.

Birthdays are a new start, a fresh beginning, and a time to pursue new endeavors with new goals.

The new Bond film Spectre held its world premiere in London tonight with Daniel Craig celebrating his fourth outing as the legendary 007 - but will it be his last?

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday convicted seven men to 84 years imprisonment for illegal and unlawful dealing in 1,459 metric tonnes of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol. The court sentenced each of the convicts to a jail term of 12 years each commencing Friday after the Judge found them guilty of the five count charge preferred against them.

Egyptian authorities have confirmed the crash of a Russian plane carrying more than 200 people in the central Sinai Peninsula of the country.

David Beckham has had a new tattoo etched on his right hand designed by his four-year-old daughter Harper.

DAILY POST

*By-election: Army restricts movement in Borno

*Sanusi, Bayeros on war path as family sues Emir over planned demolition of palace

*Orubebe to appear before CCT over false declaration of asset, bribery scandal

*U.S. Ambassador assists NGOs with $25,000 Grants

*CAN vows to resist Cross River attempt to ban prayers in schools

The Nigerian Army on Friday imposed a restriction movement of persons during Saturday’s Borno Central Senatorial bye-election in the state.

Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State says the State Government will pay the West African Examination Council/National Examination Council examination fees for secondary school students, who passed their schools mock examinations.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his government and Nigeria can not afford to pay forty two ministers and that not all the minister nominees that have been screened will have portfolios.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed the communiqué issued by the PDP National Caucus on the so-called political developments in the nation as a rehash of the opposition party’s “infantile whining,” which it said would not save it from going down unless it rebrands most urgently.

House of Reps to intervene in deportation of Nigerians from the UK

THE House of Representatives is to intervene in the planned deportation of 29,000 Nigerians from the United Kingdom.

A judge has dismissed an appeal to stop a transgender woman from being sent to an all-male prison.

Andre Villas-Boas has revealed Zenit St Petersburg considered signing Radamel Falcao before the striker moved to Chelsea, but has ruled out the Colombian moving to Russia shortly.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he will not lose sleep over criticism and that he wants to be remembered as a president who fought corruption to a standstill.

Manchester City playmaker David Silva is not fit to return for the leaders' Premier League clash with Norwich on Saturday.

Jason Puncheon will be fit for Crystal Palace against Manchester United, while Yohan Cabaye needs a late fitness check

Manuel Pellegrini claims he was ready to unleash teenager Kelechi Iheanacho on unsuspecting defences a year ago.

Nigeria's army has published 100 photos of people whom it says are its most-wanted Boko Haram suspects.

China has decided to end its decades-long one-child policy, BBC reports.

Couples will now be allowed to have two children, it said, citing a statement from the Communist Party.

My birthday wish for you is that you continue to love life and never stop dreaming. May beauty and happiness surround you, not only on your special day, but always

Insecurity in Bayelsa State ahead of the December 5 governorship election worsened Friday following the abduction of a medical doctor in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho is a nice guy - providing you are not a journalist or a referee.

Jose Mourinho refused to comment on his latest FA charge and used Liverpool and Man Utd to defend his poor form at Chelsea during a tetchy press-conference on Friday.

Super Eagles head coach Sunday Oliseh on Thursdsay, included Manchester City youngster, Kelechi Iheanacho in the list of players called for the 2018 World Cup second round fixture against Swaziland.

Three days after Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC slammed a N1.4 trillion penalty on MTN Nigeria for failure to disconnect customers with unregistered SIM cards, Parent company MTN group has cried out that the fine was too extreme, even as it continues to engage the regulator on how to resolve the issue.

A 65-year-old pastor, Kunle, is seeking to be divorced from his wife of 32 years over alleged battery.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, challenging his arraignment and trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).

The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has commended Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State for donating N150m to Internally Displaced Persons in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.

BVN deadline is in less than 24 hours, and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the deadline may not be extended this time.

Chelsea just announced midfielder Ramires has signed a new contract which will keep him at the club until summer 2019.

Former Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro's lawyers have served notice on the club that she intends to seek a claim for constructive dismissal, according to Press Association Sport.

Kelechi Iheanacho is determined to seize every chance he gets to impress for Manchester City.

Chelsea midfielder Lucas Piazon, along with another footballer, is wanted by Toronto police regarding a sexual assault in the city in July.

Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum and governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has said the mismanagement of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, government was responsible for the sufferings experienced in the nation, assuring that the All Progressives Congress, APC government would address all the challenges facing Nigeria.

On this special day, i wish you all the very best, all the joy you can ever have and may you be blessed abundantly today,

Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) and its governorship candidate Dakuku Peterside yesterday hailed the senate for clearing former Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi as minister.

Mr Polycarp Okumu, a Mombasa based tycoon has taken his wife to court after she hired hit-men to murder him so that she can inherit his wealth. Ms Rose Adhiambo and her house help, Ms Doris Akinyi, allegedly hired hitmen to kill Mr Okumu at Beach Road estate in Mombas.

Tempers flared at the Senate yesterday during the confirmation of former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi as a minister

DAILY POST

*Prospective NYSC members stranded in Delta camp over thumb print errors

*Borno First Lady distributes preventive cancer kits to women in 27 LGAs

*PDP lawmakers stage walk-out as Senate confirms Amaechi

*Election tribunals have failed Nigerians – Barrister Usman

*I have no plan of sending Suswam to jail – Ortom

*Amaechi: Decision of PDP Senators to walk out was democracy in action – APC

Emir Sanusi strips Ado Bayero's son of title

According to reports, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sunusi II, has stripped the eldest son of late Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, Lamido Bayero, of his traditional title of Ciroman Kano and District Head of Gwale.

There was outrage in Bayelsa State following the abduction of Madam Ebifeghe Dikoro, 100 years old mother of Chief Wilberforce Igiri,

The Senate on Thursday confirmed the nomination of the new chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu and five commissioners nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari.

There is tension at Ette, a border town in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, following the invasion of the area by suspected members of the Police Mobile Force, MOPOL, from Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The invaders reportedly shot six people, five men and a woman as well as burnt shops, vehicles before they were overpowered by their colleagues from Enugu State.

Ile Ife, the historic town in Osun State, was aglow yesterday as it welcomed home its monarch, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi.

Buhari vows to recover stolen funds

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in New Delhi, India, reaffirmed his administration’s resolute commitment to curbing corruption, plugging all loopholes in public sector accounting and deploying available resources for the good of all Nigerians.

Ivory Coast’s President, Alassane Ouattara, won a landslide poll victory and a second five-year term in a weekend vote intended to draw a line under years of turmoil and a 2011 civil war, the elections commission announced on Wednesday.

Count the age, not the wrinkles you have. Count the blessings and wonderful experiences you’ve had, not the mistakes you’ve made,

Nollywood actor and TV personality Joseph Benjamin is joined by ex-beauty queenSylvia Nduka on the cover of the November 2015 issue of House of Maliq magazine.

Words alone are not enough to express how happy I am you are celebrating another year of your life! My wish for you on your birthday is that you are, and will always be, happy and healthy! Don’t ever change.

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