NFF pays Keshi part of his outstanding salaries

NFF Media Director, Ademola Olajire, has confirmed that coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, has been paid part of his outstanding salaries.
Keshi has not been paid for the last seven months, a revelation that sparked criticisms from many quarters.

“The coach has been paid part of his outstanding salary, and the Federation is working hard to pay him the rest as soon as it is possible to do so,” Olajire told KickOffNigeria.

Mesut Ozil Set To Anger Arsenal Fans

  Mesut Özil caused some chaos amongst Arsenal fans after their 2-0 Capital One Cup loss to Chelsea. The German started on the bench but came on and after the game, he confronted Jose Mourinho and offered the Portuguese his short.
Mourinho was the man who bought Özil to Real Madrid and the spent the last three years mentoring the young German before Mourinho moved to Chelsea and Özil to their London rivals Arsenal.
After the game, Özil was asked why he gave his shirt to the Chelsea manager to which the 24-year old replied.

Akhigbe’s body arrives Nigeria on Saturday

The body of late former Chief of General Staff, Vice-Admiral Mike Akhigbe, will arrive Nigeria on Saturday. Nigeria’s Consul-General in New York, Amb. Habib Habu had disclosed this to reporters on Thursday. He said that, the corpse would leave New York on Friday night for Nigeria.
“Earlier on Friday, a church service in honour of the former Naval chief will take place at the Holy Family Church located at 315E, 47th Street in New York,’’ habib further revealed.

TUC tells FG to end ASUU strike

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Friday called on the Federal Government to take measures to end the four-month-old strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
This call is contained in a statement signed by Mr Musa Lawal, the Secretary General of the union, in Abuja.
ASUU had embarked on strike to protest against the non-implementation of 2009 agreement
reached between the union and the Federal Government.
The TUC said the union was disturbed that in spite of protests and appeals by parents, students, market women and others, government had not shown concerned about plight of the students.
“TUC is again appealing to government to address this critical issue that bothers on our collective future as a nation.

Police disrupts pro-Oduah protest in Abuja

With the final hearing on the controversial purchase of two BMW bullet-proof cars for the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah concluded Friday, a group of Nigerian women took to the streets of Abuja yesterday, to challenge the various agitations by some Nigerians who have been calling for the sack of the Minister over the ongoing saga. In what could be termed a solidarity march, the women had asked a pertinent question on whether Ms. Oduah was the only Minister who has ever acquired a bullet-proof car in the country.
The women, numbering about 50 stormed the Federal Secretariat, chanting solidarity songs, displaying different placards with inscriptions such as “Leave Stella Oduah alone,” “Stella has transformed the aviation sector.”

ASUU strike: FG has not released a kobo out of N100billion intervention fund – Union insists

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has again debunked claims by the Federal government that the sum of N100billion had been disbursed to public universities to improve infrastructure.
According to ASUU, none of the 59 government-owned varsities had received the said sum as reported in some publications.
Chairman of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi branch of ASUU, Dr. Celestine Aguoru, stated this yesterday after leading members of the branch on a peaceful march.
The members numbering about 200 converged on the Kenville Parks and Gardens, High Level in Makurdi, the Benue State capital as early as 8.am, chanting solidarity songs.

Chieftain warns against replacing Kaduna State APC Coordinator

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State, Alhaji Lawal Maiturare, has cautioned the national secretariat of the party against replacing the state Coordinator of the party Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna that doing so would amount to sowing the seed of discord in the new party.
Maiturare said the current agitation by a group against the selection of Baba-Ahmed was not in the interest of majority of the party members.
The chieftain said that those calling for the replacement of Baba-Ahmed were not members of APC.
Maiturare, who spoke on behalf of the former leaders of CPC, ANPP and ACN in the three senatorial zones of the state, added that the agitators were sponsored to cause disunity in APC.
NAN reports that a group, led by Mr Mataimaki Tom-Maiyashi, a former commissioner in the second republic, had questioned the method used in the selection of the coordinators and other officials of the party.

He claimed that it isolated most stakeholders in the party and insisted that the selection must follow due process.