MINISTER OF SPORTS NOW AN ANTI-SPORTS MINISTER

Minister of Sports, Mr Solomon Dalung, has once again, proved his critics right in seeing him as an unfit person to head our Sports Ministry at this stage of our development. From poor handling of the supremacy contest in the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) between its President, Amaju Pinnick and his challenger, Chris Giwa, to the utter neglect of our Olympic team in Rio 2016, Dalung has reportedly courted another controversy by advising President Muhammadu Buhari not to approve Nigeria’s participation in the football World Cup competition coming up in Russia in 2018. According reports, Dalung justified his advice on the premise that Nigeria was “too hungry” to participate in the games which it might not win.

SUPER EAGLES CLIMBS UP THE FIFA RANKING

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved 10 places up in the November FIFA World ranking to 50th. In the rankings on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria is now placed joint 50th with Burkina Faso and Slovenia.

OBASANJO THE GRANDFATHER OF CORRUPTION- ABDULRAZAQ NAMDAS

BARELY 24 hours after former President Olusegun Obasanjo lampooned the President Muhammadu Buhari All Progressives Congress, APC led government,Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Abdulrazaq Namdas on Thursday took a swipe at the former president describing him as the grandfather of corruption in Nigeria. He also alleged at a press briefing held at the NASS complex that Obasanjo has the intention of bringing down President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.