Gustavo Poyet threatened to quit as Bordeaux coach on Thursday after claiming the club sold key striker Gaetan Laborde to French Ligue 1 rivals Montpellier without his permission. The 50-year-old Uruguayan, a former Chelsea and Tottenham player and ex-coach at…
Is a 4-Day School week a good idea? (Huffpost)
A Colorado school district plans to move to a four-day school week, starting in August, because of funding issues. Brighton-based School District 27J announced the planned change in mid-March and currently offers an online guide for parents about the switch.…
Demolition: Popular musician, Ayefele, sues Oyo govt. (NewTelegraph)
Popular musician, Yinka Ayefele, has sued the Oyo State Government over the planned demolition of his Music House, a sprawling structure housing his radio station, Fresh FM. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government had marked…
Release Kwara Gov’s aide or risk imprisonment, court tells Police IG (Punch)
A High Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital presided over by Justice Ibrahim Yusuf, has threatened to imprison the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim, for alleged contempt of court proceedings. The IGP was alleged to have…
16 ships arrive Lagos ports with petrol, other products (Vanguard)
Sixteen ships carrying various products are at Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports waiting to berth, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Thursday in Lagos. It said seven of the 16 vessels contained petrol, four carrying containers, three carrying base…
Return of Douglas House Insider Ohakim – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It was through my late senior colleague, friend and mentor Pini Jason that I learnt what former Governor of Imo State, Dr Ikedi Ohakim, said on Wednesday, August 22, 2007, during the swearing-in of his commissioners, to wit: “It is…
NNPC explains drop in gas supply (Guardian)
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the drop in power generation could have been triggered by the continuous rejection of load by the distribution companies due to frequency management. The corporation disclosed this in a statement signed…
Oshodi, Lagos, Bus Interchange to process 1m passengers daily (Vanguard)
The Oshodi Bus Interchange in Lagos State will process up to one million passengers daily, when completed. “What we are doing in Oshodi is the first of its kind.” It is taking us a bit of time to put together…
FIFA Ranking: Nigeria drops to 41st position (Vanguard)
Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Thursday dropped by one spot to 41st position in the new ranking formula adopted by World football governing body, FIFA. In the ranking table published on FIFA website, Nigeria garnered 613 points in August, placing it sixth…
I know nothing about Abacha loot, says Al-Mustapha (Guardian)
The Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late former Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has denied knowledge of what is being described as “Abacha loot.” Al-Mustapha spoke in Kaduna yesterday at a retreat with the Christian…