Jemimah Tsado

                     FOOTBALL  OFFICIAL  COLLAPSE  AFTER  NIGERIA, GHANA MATCH After playing 0-0 with Ghana on Friday in Kumasi, the Super Eagles hosted the Black Stars in the return match in Abuja in what turned out a lacklustre outing by the Nigerian team. The Black Stars qualified for the 2022 World Cup to be hosted by Qatar on the away goal rule at the expense of the Super Eagles who are individually talented but uninspiring as a team.      The catastrophe that befell Nigerian football Tuesday evening after the Super Eagles forced the Black Stars of Ghana to a 1-1 draw in the 2022 World Cup qualifier playoff did not just end after Tunisian referee Selma Selik blew the final whistle at the MKO Abiola Stadium. After the pitch invasion by irate fans and the subsequent attacks on Nigeria football officials, it was revealed that the doping officer for the game, Joseph Kabungo from Zambia, suddenly c...

                                 MORE  THAN 150 STILL  MISSING AFTER  KADUNA TRAIN ATTACK    One week after gunmen attacked a train with explosives in Kaduna State, the whereabouts of 168 passengers are still unknown, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has said. At least eight people were killed and others missing on March 28 when gunmen detonated a bomb on the track and opened fire on the train linking the capital Abuja with the northwestern city of Kaduna. President Muhammadu Buhari had said some passengers had been kidnapped and survivors. In a statement late Sunday, the NRC said of the 362 passengers on board the train when it was attacked, 186 had been confirmed safe."Of the 362 validated passengers on board the attacked AK9 train service on March 28, 186 persons on the manifest are confirmed to be safe and at their various homes,” it said. The NRC said of the remaining...

   WIKE MEETS WITH IBB, ABDULSALAMI ON PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION       The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike on Monday visited a former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida and former head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar.The presidential aspirant was accompanied by some Peoples Democratic Party Governors; Seyi Makinde, Okezie Ikpeazu, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and former Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State.Recall that Wike declared his intention to contest the presidential election in 2023 during his visit to Benue State.      The Deputy Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Governor Ikpeazu while addressing newsmen after the meeting said the delegation was in Minna to consult with the former Head of State ahead of the 2023 election. He said, “I have come with my colleagues, the Governor of Rivers, Governor of Enugu, Governor of Oyo, some members of the National Assembly and other stakeholders “First, to consult with the former Head of St...