•Aliyu accuses presidency of inducing agents to cause trouble in Niger Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu By Chuks Okocha and Aisha Wakaso The breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Wednesday claimed that its membership has swelled with the decamping of five more governors of the ruling party to the group. Although the splinter PDP did not name the five governors that had joined it, if the claim is correct, it would bring the number of governors in its fold to 12. The New PDP said the new governors would join them at their meeting on the next adjourned date slated to hold after the Eid-el-Kabir holiday. Last night, THISDAY was privy to the na...
Written by Jude Ossai and Ayomide Owonibi DEPUTY Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) (Financial System Stability), Dr Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu, has said that the nation’s economic performance had been rather weak. He stated this on Saturday in a lecture delivered at the Golden Jubilee ceremony of the pioneer graduates of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). Moghalu regretted that Nigeria’s economic performance does not reflect its endowments. “With a population of 170 million people, Nigeria is generously endowed with human, physical and natural resources. “The country is ranked the 6th largest producer of crude oil and also has the 6th largest gas reserves in the world. “ It also has very significant reserves of solid minerals which remain undeveloped. The country is richly endowed with about 34 different types of solid minerals in commercial quantities in about 450 locatio...
Ferguson, speaking to Charlie Rose on American network PBS, claimed that he had been contacted by an intermediary acting on behalf of the Chelsea owner. However, Ferguson rejected Abramovich's overtures and Chelsea kept hold of Claudio Ranieri until the era-defining appointment of Jose Mourinho in 2004. “They used an agent to approach me when Abramovich first took over the club,” Ferguson said. “I said, 'No chance,'” he continued. Ferguson was always going to be a tough act to follow having won an incredible 49 trophies in his 26-year tenure at Old Trafford but he was adamant that he would not be tempted out of retirement regardless of how successor David Moyes performs. The former Everton boss has lost three of his first eight games in charge of the club. “I’m not interested in managing again or getting myself worked up about Manchester United ’s results,” Ferguson said. “I made my decision. The timing was pe...
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