Kaduna, Ekiti top in Transparency, Citizens’ Engagement indices
The 2021 Transparency and Integrity Index (TII) survey has ranked Kaduna and Ekiti states as the top states in transparency and accountability in governance. Kaduna State came first with 76.67% rating while Ekiti State was ranked second with 73.33%. Kwara State with 65% was ranked third in the survey carried out by the Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch (CeFTIW),...
Navy Captain jailed 13 years for N45m fraud
A retired Navy Captain, Jerry Ogbonna, has been convicted and sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for stealing and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N45million. Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos gave the judgement on Wednesday, September 29. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had stated that Ogbonna, alongside his company, Obyke System...
GARBA SHEHU: My takeaways from 76th 2021 Un General Assembly Session
Throughout last week in New York, the United Nations General Assembly – the congress for the world – gathered for its annual re-affirmation of the principles upon which the organisation was founded. These are the principles of territorial integrity of nations, of sovereignty, and the rights of all people to be treated equally; and of the unacceptability of tribalism, ethnic...
Buhari, FFK, and the quality of mercy
Not a small ruckus has been caused by the defection of former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last week. An icing on the cake, or the salt added to injury (depending on which side you are), was his reception at the Presidential Villa by Muhammadu Buhari,...
Can Fani-Kayode bring secessionist agitators to peace table?
The title of this article was the exact question posed by a senior security official at an informal breakfast in August. It was at a time when speculations were rife that Chief Femi Fani-Kayode would defect to the All-Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). I have always referred to Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) as a "Fire-for-Fire" advocate, since February 2004...
Real Madrid held at home by Villarreal
Real Madrid missed the chance to go five points clear at the top of LaLiga as they were held 0-0 by Villarreal at the Bernabeu on Saturday. The result means Carlo Ancelotti’s side move onto 17 points, three above city rivals Atletico Madrid, who lost 1-0 away to Alaves earlier in the day. Villarreal, meanwhile, remain unbeaten but have won just...
Devastated Joshua heads to hospital to check broken eye socket
Anthony Joshua, fresh from being dethroned as world boxing heavyweight champions, is set to go to hospital to check a suspected broken eye socket. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn, who announced this moments after the loss to Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine on Saturday in London, said also that his fighter was “devastated” by the defeat. He, however, acknowledged that the Joshua camp...
Aston Villa stun Manchester United as Fernandes misses late penalty kick
Bruno Fernandes blazed a stoppage-time penalty kick over the crossbar as Aston Villa earned a shock 1-0 victory at a below-par Manchester United in the English Premier League on Saturday. Kortney Hause’s 88th-minute header had put Aston Villa on course for their first league win over Manchester United since 2009. But the defender’s handball gifted United an opportunity to steal a...
Falconets spank CAR 7-0 in U-20 women’s World Cup qualifiers
The Super Falconets on Saturday in Douala spanked their counterparts from the Central African Republic (CAR) 7-0 in a 2022 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup qualifier. The Nigerian under-20 women national football team won the African qualifiers’ first round first leg match in emphatic fashion to make the second leg in Lagos a formality. The two-time runners-up at the FIFA U20 Women’s...
Ghana names Rajevac as new Black Stars coach
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has named 67-year-old Serbian Milovan Rajevac as the new coach for the Black Stars, its senior men’s national team. Rajevac replaced former coach Charles Kwabena Akonnor who was sacked with his two assistants early this month. He has signed a one-year contract with Ghana and will have Maxwell Konadu and former Ghanaian international Otto Addo as...
