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  These are heart-breaking times for the Nigerian sports community The Nigeria Football Federation technical director, Amodu Shuaibu has passed on at age 58 Shuaibu was a former coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria The NFF has announced the death of its technical director, Amodu Shuaibu.                 Late Amodu Shaiubu  A former coach of the Super Eagles, Shuaibu was aged 58. His death comes three days after the death of another former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi. The four-time coach of the Super Eagles was said to have complained of chest pains yesterday night, June 10 and died in his sleep. Before then, he drove himself in the afternoon to drop his friend with his car He  was discovered dead about 4am this morning. is at the mortuary at Stella Obasanjo hospital in Benin where his body was deposited. The late Amodu has always contributed his quota to the development of football in Nigeria. Under his stewardship, Nigeria qualified for the 2010 World Cup in Sou

  Stephen Keshi, a former coach of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, is dead The sudden demise of the football legend was confirmed by his relatives and the Nigeria Football Federation According to family sources, Keshi complained of being unwell just before midnight on Tuesday, June 7, and he was found to be gasping for breath He was rushed to Faith Hospital in the Benin Government Reservation Area, where he died around 00.30 this morning Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, a former coach of the Nigerian national football team, the Super Eagles, is reportedly dead. The Cable reports that the football legend died in the early hours of Wednesday, June 8, in Benin City, Edo state.                          The sudden demise of the former international was confirmed by his relatives and close associates. “He was not ill at all, never showed any signs of illness, but we suspect he never got over the death of his wife,” one of his close friends said. The Nigeri

   Manchester City are in advanced talks with Borussia Dortmund over the signing of striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Aubameyang, the Bundesliga Player of the Year, had been linked with a summer move to Real Madrid, but the Spanish giants could be on the verge of losing out to City. The Gabon international's value sky-rocketed last season, with a haul of 25 goals in 29 Bundesliga games bettered only by Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski.

    The National Youth Service Corps in Abuja on Monday said the Batch ‘A’ stream II Orientation Course would commence on June 13 and end on June 29.                    The information was contained in a statement signed by the NYSC Director of Press, Bose Aderibigbe. The statement urged prospective corps members to log on to the NYSC portal to commence printing of call-up letters from June 7 by 2pm as the earlier printed call-up letters were invalid.    It said those who did not subscribe for online printing should start collection of call-up letters from June 9 from their various institutions of graduation.    The statement said the scheme had concluded necessary arrangements to hold the exercise after the Federal Government approved and released funds to it. It thanked all stakeholders for exercising patience and wished all prospective corps members a hitch free orientation.

   Former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday revealed that he is being investigated for corruption by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government.                                           The immediate past president, who disclosed this in an exclusive interview with Bloomberg TV in London, declared; “Obviously, I’m being investigated”. When asked whether anything “bad” will be unearthed by the probe of his stewardship, he said “I wouldn’t want to make certain comments because, when a government is working, it’s not proper for immediate past presidents to make certain statements. “I will allow the government to do the work it’s supposed to do. “I wouldn’t want to make serious comments on that, it’s not proper. “After all these investigations, the whole stories will be properly chronicled. “I’ve just left office, and I should allow the President and his team to do what they believe is good for the country.” Jonathan, who disclosed that there has bee

 who will build our Nation? To me it sounded like a rhetorical question, which it really is Is the Nation to be built by the elders, youth or children? the elders are confused and all they could do is to sit down and eat Yam and oil Youth and children are tired and just got to plug that headset to their ear. We claim corruption is the bedrock of the nation Yes I agree with that, but who are the corrupt people? What should be done to people who are currupt? What is the cause of their corruption? Bear me witness, someone might say "our leaders are the ones corrupt another might say They should be killed or jailed. I concur with that... and I've come to think of it, the same set of people leading us since 1970s are still the ones leading, someone might like to say... Yaradua wasn't part of them neither Goodluck, let me bring it to your notice that Yaradua's brother was part of Obasanjo's team who went to prison and they decided to compensate the dead with his

   The management of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has dismissed the report that the scheme has been scrapped, describing it as a malicious and mischievous rumour. Reacting to the report on the scrapping of the scheme which trended at the weekend, the management insisted that there is no iota of truth in the report, announcing that the 2016 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) Orientation course will commence soon. “Our attention has been drawn to the report trending that NYSC has been scrapped. We want to emphatically say that there is no truth in such report. That rumour must be a mischievous one.                                      The management wishes to inform prospective Corps members that, based on the assurance received from the Federal Government regarding release of funds, the 2016 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) Orientation course will commence soon.    Prospective Corps members are, therefore, requested to watch out for specific date for commencement of the exercise, which will b

Power distribution companies have failed Nigerians and showed no appreciable impact on the power sector since its privatisation three years ago, President-General of Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSEAC), Engineer Chris Okonkwo, has said. He also accused the distribution companies of defaulting in collection and payment to service providers in the sector contrary to the agreement they reached when they took over the assets from government. But Okonkwo, who spoke in Lagos at the weekend during his swearing-in as the president of the association, regretted that the government has not deemed it fit to call the companies to order with a view to ensuring compliance with due process. He said the fact that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) gave the distribution companies over N200billion intervention fund while the former still cry wolves over electricity tariff and price of gas speak volume of the insincerity on the part of the companies. He al

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has indicated a willingness to join Manchester United at the end of this season, but only if Louis van Gaal leaves the club this summer. Ibrahimovic is out of contract at Paris St Germain at the end of this season, and is considering all of his options, with serious interest from clubs in the Premier League and Chinese Super League. He confirmed at a press conference in March there has been interest in him from English clubs, yet Sky sources have confirmed he has reservations about joining United with the Dutchman in charge. In his 2011 autobiography, I am Zlatan, the Sweden international alluded to the strained relationship between the pair when he played under Ronald Koeman at Ajax and van Gaal was at the club as technical director. Manchester United's style of play under Van Gaal this season has been criticised in some quarters - United have only scored 39 Premier League goals, just three more than Sunderland who currently sit 18th in the table. Ib

The remains of 37-year-old Kamoli Isiaka, who was stabbed to death by his friend Azeez, last week, at Ololade Street at Morogbo community, have been committed to mother earth at a Muslim burial ground at Iyana Isashi. It was gathered that the late Isiaka and his friend, Azeez, had issue over N2,000 given to them by one Mr. Ololade in the neighbourhood, which led to the former being stabbed in the neck by the latter. When newsmen visited the scene of the incident at Ololade Street in Morogbo community, the family and friends of the deceased had already gone to Badagry General Hospital to retrieve the remains for burial according to Muslim rites. Before burial, family members took the corpse to the Baale of Ayetejuesefo community in Elija, where the alleged suspect fled to after committing the crime. According to the deceased step-brother, Alfa, “the man, whom they named the street after, gave Isiaka, and two of his friends N2,000 for a reason yet to be known. It was while they we

                                 Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce has slammed Arsene Wenger, saying Arsenal have blown their best chance of ending their Premier League title drought. The Gunners chances of winning a first league title since 2004 were dealt a severe blow with their 3-3 draw against West Ham on Saturday. Wenger’s men are therefore now 10 points adrift of surprise leaders Leicester City, who can extend their lead when they play relegation-threatened Sunderland on Sunday. And Allardyce reminded Wenger of just how big a chance Arsenal have let slip this season. “They won’t get a better time to win the league than this season,” he told reporters. “A normal season would have seen Leicester, having the season they’ve had, maybe finishing in the top four, which would have been miraculous. “But they’ve had an opportunity that, without any doubt, Arsenal have missed. Leicester have taken it and Arsenal have lost it. “We were all saying, ‘What a chance for Ars

The Directorate of State Services, DSS, yesterday revealed how some yet to-be-identified members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, abducted and killed five Hausa-Fulani men in Abia State. The deceased, according to the Service, were suspected to have been killed by their abductors and buried in shallow graves, amidst 50 other shallow graves of unidentified persons. It would be recalled that the five men were recently reported to have been missing by Hausa-Fulani leaders in the state. DSS said in a release made available to journalists by an operative of the Service, Tony Opuiyo, that it uncovered the “heinous” role played by members of the IPOB in the abduction or kidnap of the five men who resided in Isuikwuato Local Government Area of the state. The Service gave the deceased’s names as Mohammed Gainako, Ibrahim Mohammed, Idris Yakubu, and Isa Mohammed Rago. It said the alleged act by IPOB members was already creating ethnic tension in the South-East and other parts of the c

An early goal from teenager Mikel Oyarzabal saw Real Sociedad beat Barcelona 1-0 and blow the Primera Division side wide open. The 18-year-old headed in the only goal of the game in the fifth minute and the hosts held on to claim a fifth consecutive home win over Barcelona, who have still not won at Anoeta since 2007. The surprise defeat comes a week after the 2-1 loss to Real Madrid and Barca have now gone three games without a league win, their longest stretch without victory under Luis Enrique. Barca remain top of the table but are now just three points above Atletico Madrid and four clear of Real Madrid, although they have a superior head-to-head record against both sides, having led the league by nine points eight days ago. Rafinha made his first appearance since tearing cruciate ligaments in his knee last September, starting at the expense of Andres Iniesta, while Sergi Roberto replaced Jordi Alba and Arda Turan came in for Ivan Rakitic. Munir El Haddadi filled

A groundbreaking feat has been reached by the Engineering corps of the Nigerian Army, as they have invented a rechargeable blasting devise technology for enhanced operational capability in counter insurgency operation in the north east. The anti-Improvised Explosive Device (IED) is designed to clear un-exploded bombs and other explosives in the theater of combat against Boko Haram. Breaking Times reports that the Chief of Army Staff, Major-General T Y Burutai and other top army officers were present at the unveiling of the devices. Below are photos from the unveiling            Engineers testing out the anti-IEDs  Major-General Buratai and other top officials at the unveiling of the rechargeable blasting devise technology.

The fuel lingering crisis has claimed lives as a female staff of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) shot dead a boy and another unidentified person at the AP Filling Station 21, Road, FESTAC Town. The boy was alleged to have bought fuel in jerry cans and was going home when he was accosted by a team of civil Defence officials who arrested him. The boy who should be about 18- years- old was said to have laid down on the road pleading with the corps members to allow him to go home as he was not a fuel hawker but had just bought the fuel for personal use. Eyewitnesses said the Commander of the team who felt that the boy was resisting arrest, ordered a female official to shoot the “Bastard” and the woman obeyed his order and shot him. On seeing the boy dying in the pool of his blood, the corps members zoomed off in their patrol van and ran away. As at press time, men of the enhanced military patrol tagged ‘OP Mesa’ and the Nigeria Police led by the FESTAC Police St