Recently, the League Management Company engaged club owners for solutions to steer the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), post COVID-19 lockdown, but it was greeted with the familiar misinformation by people who wanted a return to the old order of the Nigeria Football League Limited (NFLL). They suggested that the only way to advance the NPFL is a return to the NFLL deals that left the league in squalor until the League Management Company (LMC) came to rescue it. Inimically praying for the failure of the current broadcast and commercialization partnership with NEXT Digital TV and even calling on…
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The unfortunate invasion of our world space by coronavirus aka Covid-19 has brought into sharp focus the agelong threat the Almajirai culture the north which many, especially from the north have been pretending does not exist. In fact, many of our compatriots often think those of us from this other part of the country were crying more than the bereaved, anytime you raise the issue and the threat it poses. However, with Covid-19, the wisdom in the Yoruba adage that, “When your neighbour is swallowing a troublesome insect and you fail to caution him, his discomfort at night would be…
No matter how bad or worse the COVID-19 pandemic may get in the coming days, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said nothing would make it alter the September 19 and October 10, 2020 dates for the gubernatorial polls scheduled for Edo and Ondo States. INEC said it is committed to conducting the forthcoming governorship polls without endangering the health and wellbeing of the stakeholders. When the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed the stance of the commission, little did he know how the revelation had gone to quicken the intra-party contestations,…
The Chinese virology institute in the city where COVID-19 first emerged has three live strains of bat coronavirus on-site, but none match the new contagion wreaking chaos across the world, its director has said. Scientists think COVID-19 — which first emerged in Wuhan and has killed some 340,000 people worldwide — originated in bats and could have been transmitted to people via another mammal. But the director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology told state broadcaster CGTN that claims made by US President Donald Trump and others the virus could have leaked from the facility were “pure fabrication”. In the…
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani vowed Sunday to speed up the release of Taliban prisoners after welcoming a surprise offer by the insurgents of a three-day ceasefire during the Eid holiday. “As a responsible government we take one more step forward — I announce that I will expedite the Taliban prisoner releases,” Ghani said in an address to the nation marking Eid al-Fitr. He also urged the militants to press on with the release of the Afghan security personnel they hold. A US-Taliban deal signed in February stipulated that the Afghan government would release up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners while the…
What was your experience like as a young priest? One thing I normally tell young people, when they come seeking advice, with regard to their call and ministry is that: For me, the ministry is a matter of life and death. It is not just a casual decision. I believe that God calls us so that we will give Him our all, no reservation. You don’t need to have any connection, know the Primate, the Archbishop or the bishop. Just be who God has called you to be and let your loyalty be to Him. The first thing has to…
Good morning covenant friends and Partners. Greetings of blessings and do hope that the week has been of tremendous importance in the history of our collective pain as a result of Coronavirus pandemic. Listen there is SURE HOPE FOR THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST ON THE RESURRECTED LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST. We are glad to bring you update reflections and meditations from last week till today. Once again we want to acknowledge your encouragement and sincere questions, honestly they challenge us to look at other areas of neglect. Your areas of concern of course will be addressed as we embark…
As the country’s COVID-19 cases continue to escalate, experts have found a delay in response to positive cases and decontamination of premises, as the main causes for the development. This conclusion was drawn after several reports showed that many times, there was a delay between the time a patient develops symptoms, gets tested and the time-response is activated and decontamination of premises takes place. A typical instance sited was the recent case of a company in Oyo State, where over 50 staff tested positive to COVID-19. A statement by Oyo State government noted that the said company is a customer…
Palpable fear has gripped Bonny Island, Rivers State following the sudden death of eleven persons in the past two weeks. Seven persons died in Bonny this week and complain of person who lost sense of smell, taste, malaria, weakness, vomiting and stooling had heightened concern about a possible outbreak of COVID-19. A Bonny community leader, who pleaded anonymity said in the past two weeks, several persons had visited medical facilities, complaining of loss of taste and smell and other COVID-19 related symptoms. As death toll mounts, we gathered that doctors in Bonny on a WhatsApp group compared notes, observing that…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is requesting, for its interrogation, the release of three officials of the Rivers State Government, who are implicated in the alleged illegal withdrawal of N118billion public funds. Their action is said to be a contravention of the Money Laundering Act. The cash was allegedly withdrawn by the Director of Finance, Government House, Fubara Siminalayei, Tonye Uranta, and Harisonba Princewill over the counter in suspicious manner. One of the officials allegedly withdrew over N70billion in cash, about 129 times over a period of three years. The Rivers State Government is alleged to be shielding…