Penultimate week, former Nigeria coach, Clemens Westerhof whose reputation in Nigerian football folklore looms large was accused by his former assistant, Johannes Bonfrere of selling the 1994 World Cup group game against Italy for $100,000. Westerhof has since denied the allegation, and threatened to institute a law suit against his accuser. Westerhof, Nigeria’s most successful foreign coach bared his mind on his relationship with Jo Bonfrere, his desire to lead the Super Eagles again and explains why he thinks Gernot Rohr has challenges. Read on. Last week, we heard a very serious allegation by your former assistant, Bonfrere Jo that…
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The world’s Orthodox Christians are celebrating Easter – the most important festival in their calendar, amid a series of restrictions and bans. Officials in Europe, the Middle East and Africa urged people not to attend services, fearing this would lead to a spike in coronavirus infections. However, in Georgia, worshippers are still able to attend churches. The traditional Holy Fire ceremony went ahead in a near-deserted Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The church was closed last month and only a handful of Orthodox clergy, some of them wearing black masks, were allowed in for the ceremony on Saturday.…
International advocacy organization, Global Citizen, yesterday, announced an expanded list of artists that will appear in the One World: Together At Home global broadcast special, being held in support of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The newly announced artists include Alicia Keys, Amy Poehler, Awkwafina, Camila Cabello, Celine Dion, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lopez, LL COOL J, Lupita Nyong’o, Matthew McConaughey, Oprah Winfrey, Pharrell Williams, Sam Smith, Shawn Mendes, Taylor Swift, Usher and Victoria Beckham. Curated in collaboration with Lady Gaga, the artists announced join a lineup of entertainers who were unveiled last week that include Andrea Bocelli, Billie…
By Kunle Olatunji The event of the burial of Mallam Abba Kyari was a national disgrace a disservice and dishonour to a simple man who certainly would not have approved of what he would have described as such “a national tragedy and disgrace” if he were to be alive or if anyone could reach him in the land of the dead for comments. This is beyond politics please. There is no point defending what is wrong and there is dignity and honour to admit and take responsibilities whenever you have erred. On this one, the handlers of the…
 LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PRESS SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR PRESS RELEASE ‘SLEEP WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED, NO ARMED GANG COMING’ – LAGOS CP ASSURES RESIDENTS …Sanwo-Olu Charges Police To Intensify Security Patrol …We’ve Neutralised ‘One Million Boys’ Since – Odumosu Lagos State Government has reassured residents of its commitment to protect lives and property, stressing that the responsibility will not be compromised. The re-assurance came just as the State Police Command, acting on the orders of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, stepped up its surveillance, following the panic generated by threat letters purportedly written to some communities by…
Simon Kolawolelive April 19, 2020 – Now That Abba Kyari is Dead On January 18, 2020, when I first read of the new coronavirus on the BBC website, my heart missed a beat because of what China means to the world. The headline was: “New virus in China ‘will have infected hundreds’.” And these were the opening paragraphs: “The number of people already infected by the mystery virus emerging in China is far greater than official figures suggest, scientists have told the BBC. There have been more than 60 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, but UK experts estimate a…
Forty-nine new cases of COVID-19 have been reported; 23 in Lagos, 12 in FCT, 10 in Kano, 2 in Ogun, 1 in Oyo, 1 in Ekiti. As at 10:40 pm 18th April, there are 542 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. 166 have been discharged with 19 deaths. NCDC @NCDCgov Forty-nine new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 23 in Lagos 12 in FCT 10 in Kano 2 in Ogun 1 in Oyo 1 in Ekiti As at 10:40 pm 18th April there are 542 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 166 Deaths: 19#TakeResponsibility
The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Sina Olukolu has declared the readiness of the Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command to put a halt to the activities of criminal elements terrorising the peace of the state. He revealed this while featuring as a guest on a popular Radio Station programme tagged, COVID-19 SITUATION ROOM in the heart of the city. While answering questions from the Anchor, Mayor Isaac Brown, Mr Oukolu said crime and criminality form parts of the social unrest that had been in existence from time immemorial except in an utopian society which is different from what is…
COVID-19: LG information officers partner Oyo on grassroots sensitization …Makinde working hard to contain disease—Information commissioner …as Alaafin hails state govt, FG over response to disease Members of the Association of Local Government Information Officers (ALGIO) chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State chapter, on Saturday, kick-started a sensitization campaign to the grassroots on how to prevent the novel Coronavirus. The campaign under the aegis of the Coalition for Grassroots Volunteers Against COVID-19 (COGVAC-19), held in partnership with the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, under the leadership of Governor Seyi Makinde, was kicked off in Ijawaya Village,…
The Ekiti State Governor, DR Kayode Fayemi, has been urged to make Ekiti his priority rather than eyeing the 2023 Presidency. This was contained in a statement by Lere Olayinka, the aide to the immediate past Governor of the State, Ayodele Fayose. GOALPOACHER NEWS obtained the statement on Lere’s social media pages on Facebook (Lere Olayinka), and his WhatsApp group. The post reads: Dear Gov. Kayode Fayemi, “Now that we have a REAL case of Coronavirus in Ekiti, kindly stop mourning Abba Kyari and get to work.” “Even though I understand why you must be disturbed with the death of…