Former UEFA President and Champions League founder, Lennart Johansson, has died at the age of 89. According to reports, the sports icon battled a short illness and died in his sleep on Tuesday (June 4). The Swedish FA has also confirmed the report, saying: “Swedish football has sorrow. Lennart Johansson, our biggest international football leader…
Boniface Ihiasota Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, has emerged President of the 74th UN General Assembly. Muhammad-Bande, the sole candidate for the position, was elected through acclamation at the 87th plenary meeting of the Assembly in New York on Tuesday. He is the second Nigerian to hold the office after…
Newly elected Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed the Lagos State 2019 Appropriation Bill into law just days after he was sworn in. The governor signed the budget, pegged at N873, 532,460,725, on Monday, June 3, 2019. Former governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, presented a budget of N852, 316,936,483 before the House of Assembly on February…
It’s not yet Uhuru for the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, as the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission Monday recommended the suspension of the Emir, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The commission said during its investigation, it uncovered that N3.4 billion was misspent by the Emirate under Sanusi. The amount…
US President Donald Trump wrote: “Sadiq Khan, who by all accounts has done a terrible job as Mayor of London, has been foolishly ‘nasty’ to the visiting President of the United States, by far the most important ally of the United Kingdom. He is a stone cold loser who should focus on crime in London,…
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are making a state visit to the UK from 3 to 5 June. Going by tradition, the Queen usually receives one or two heads of state per year and has hosted a total of 112 of such visits since becoming monarch in 1952. The Queen’s vsitors…
Boniface Ihiasota Activities lined up for the inauguration of Imo State Governor-elect, RT. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha continued on Monday with the presentation of the report of the Imo State Transition and Technical Committee set up by the governor Elect. The event held at the Conference Hall of Protea Hotels, Owerri, saw the TTC led by Dr Earnest Ebi, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, presenting the report to the incoming governor. Commending the committee that was inaugurated on the 3rd of April, for accepting the responsibility to serve Ndi Imo at this material time, Ihedioha urged them to remain steadfast and committed to the rebuild Imo agenda, restating his belief that Imo shall rise again. The event was attended by prominent Imolites from all walks of life,including the Deputy Governor-elect, Hon. Gerald Irona, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, amongst several others. The inauguration activities was kicked off on Sunday with an Interdenominational service, while a novelty match between ex-Super Eagles footballers and prominent Nollywood actors rounded up activities for Monday.
Boniface Ihiasota Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha has sent a clear message to functionaries of the administration of former Governor Rochas Okorocha, declaring that every official of the last administration in the state found wanting, would account for their actions. The newly inaugurated governor and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives made the…
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, Monday presented house keys and a Letter of Allocation to former Head Coach and Technical Adviser of the Super Eagles, Clemens Westerhof, in fulfillment of the Federal Government’s pledge 25 years ago for winning the 1994 African Cup of Nations and guiding the Super Eagles to…
The Anambra State Association, ASA Women USA Cancer Coalition has expressed its heartfelt gratitude to partners and donors who participated in its 2019 Annual 5K Walk for Hope to End Cancer. The walk, which is the seventh in the series, held on Saturday, May 18th in Maryland, United States of America. According to a statement…