To many Nigerians, the recent assets declaration by President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo leaves many unanswered questions In the last couple of days, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been in a somewhat happy mood. This has to do with the asset declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo to the Code of…
Why Supporters’ Club Must Close Ranks
A couple of weeks back, Rauf Ladipo, the president-general of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, appeared on Kadaria Ahmed’s Straight Talk programme on Channels TV. Among other things, Ladipo responded to allegations of financial impropriety levelled against the leadership of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club which he heads, by some members of the club. Like…
Why Supporters’ Club Must Close Ranks
A couple of weeks back, Rauf Ladipo, the president-general of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, appeared on Kadaria Ahmed’s Straight Talk programme on Channels TV. Among other things, Ladipo responded to allegations of financial impropriety levelled against the leadership of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club which he heads, by some members of the club. Like…
Buhari, Osinbajo Declare Assets
Three months after assuming the position of President and Vice President of Nigeria, details of the asset declaration which Muhammadu Buhari and Yemi Osinbajo made to the Code of Conduct Bureau have been revealed. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity) in a release Thursday, gave details of the duo’s assets.…
Honing New Reporting Skills
The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism, with the support of the MacArthur Foundation, organised an investigative and data journalism training recently. The event which held at Knightsbridge Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos between July 28-29 as part of effort at promoting good governance in Nigeria, had 20 journalists from Vanguard, National Mirror, TELL, National Standard magazine, Radio…
The Saga of Adu and Lamptey
At inception of their careers, which were decades apart, they both were hailed as the best next thing in football, new kids on the block who would take the world by storm in no distant time. So good were they that each of them, Nii Odartey Lamptey and Freddy Adu, were compared to Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better…
And Gracious Died!
In life, one occasionally learns or hears of the death of someone he knows or has met which, depending on the circumstance, leaves one sad, despondent or indifferent. Although there’s the sense of loss and pain one often feels in the immediate or long term depending on the person involved, there are times the tragedy…
Interview- ‘Nigeria Is the Best Team in Africa’ – Brigitta Weich
‘Nigeria Is the Best Team in Africa’-Brigitta Weich Brigitta Weich is a lawyer-turned-filmmaker who travelled to Canada from her Austrian homeland to work on a documentary involving a former North Korean female footballer. Anthony Akaeze, senior assistant editor, speaks with her recently in Winnipeg, Canada on her career, passion and impression of the Nigerian female…
Canada 2015 and the Gay Question
Four years ago in Germany, while covering the FIFA Women’s World Cup, a story suddenly emerged in the media about Eucharia Uche, the then Super Falcons coach. It was about an interview she allegedly granted the New York Times in Austria prior to the tournament in Germany concerning lesbianism. In the interview, Uche was quoted to have described lesbianism as …
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