PORTUGUESE coach Jose Peseiro has been formally appointed as the new Super Eagles manager by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) with immediate effect subject to him signing an agreement in which he will be paid $70,000 a month.
Under the terms of the deal, Mr Peseiro, 62, will be allowed to bring two assistants with him...
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No matter how you look at it, large under-performing countries like Nigeria, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the only hope for humanity in the post-Covid-19 era. With global economic output down by about a third, they are the ones who can drag the human race out of this morass
When you look at Nigeria with a...
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Nigeria will have an annual budget ratio of $1bn to every 1m citizens. In 2023 for instance, with a population of 200m, our national budget shall not be less than $200bn
Every one of Nigeria’s 36 states shall generate at least twice the amount of its running costs. Any state that fails to do this over two successive...
NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) officials have confirmed that the Super Eagles will play a second pre-World Cup friendly game in the US in June when they take on Ecuador in New Jersey on June 2.
Still reeling from the effects of missing out on the World Cup in Qatar this year, Nigeria is having to console herself with...
NIGERIA'S Super Eagles are to play a friendly match against Mexico's El Tri on May 28 as the North American side lines up a series of friendlies in the run-up to this year's World Cup taking place in Qatar in November.
Taking place at the AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, the match will be the first game the Eagles will...
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I ask whether Nigerians ever set themselves annual national goals. Growing up as kids, we were all told to make new year resolutions. I wonder why this does not extend to national and developmental matters
Are Nigerians aware of the fact that Unesco advised the country to spend 26% of her national budget on education?...
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In 2014, economist Jim O'Neill, coined the phrase Mint nations. Basically, what he meant was that by 2050, Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey (Mint) would be the dominant global economic powers
He predictions were supported by all economists and it was easy to see why. They have sizeable populations, are key...
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From henceforth, all public sector contracts must be published online
All contract bids must be made through an online portal
All government, ministries, departments and agencies must have a contract bidding online portal
All bids will be subject to review by a panel made up of civil servants, members of the...
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We like to blame colonialism for all our woes but after 50 years as an independent nation, that excuse was no longer tenable. On August 31 1957, Malaya gained independence from Britain. Like Nigeria, she was ruthlessly colonised by the British but had to be let go after World War Two.
A gentleman named Tunku...
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On November 7 1916, Jeannette Rankin from Montana was elected to US Congress as its first ever woman representative. Nigeria is yet to elect a female governor. We have to correct this anomally come two years time
If you want to know how far mankind has come with the gender equality matter, do you know that on in...
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