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Ahmed Yusuf ‘Fresh’ 50th birthday celebration: A man from Grass to Grace and a “Laissez Faire” advocate

By Admin on May 23, 2020 News, Sports

By Olaoluwa Aro Few years ago, May 23, 1970 was a day off for people residing in the area where a King of Grassroots football development in Nigeria was birthed. This was the moppet that became Comrade Ahmed Yusuf ‘Fresh’, which I nicknamed as “Jesu ti oni igee”, meaning Jesus without big a chest. Upon […]

Gidado FC is 80 per cent Kwara – Afase

By Admin on May 23, 2020 News, Sports

… Appeals to Kwara Government for support By Abdul Momoh The Chairman of Gidado Football Club of Ilorin, Alhaji Babatunde Saliu Afase has disclosed that about 80 per cent of players in the club are of Kwara State origin so as to meet up with the mission to which the club was founded. He stated […]

7th Kwara Festival, the best in history – Bako

By Admin on May 23, 2020 News, Sports

By Abdul Momoh The Deputy Director, Kwara State Ministry of Sports, Bako Ibrahim has described the last Kwara State Sport Festival as one of the best fiesta in the recent time. He stated this recently during a chat with sports writers in Ilorin the Kwara State capital. According him, ‘the last kwafest has been adjudged […]

Kogi Speaker aligns with Governor Bello, believes COVID19 is political

By Admin on May 19, 2020 News, Politics

The Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Matthew Kolawole has called on the Federal government to consider complete easing of the lockdown arising from the Coronavirus pandemic. The Speaker made the call in an interactive session with newsmen in Lokoja, the state capital. Honourable Kolawole who aligned himself with the position of the state Governor, […]

Simple ways to get rid of obesity revealed by Ayodele Herbals

By Wale Mustapha on May 19, 2020 News, Society News

The need for people, especially those who are with obesity to understand that, there is a cure for the disease to normal level has again been emphasized. The head of Ayodele Herbals, DSc, Public Health, Dr Isaac Ayodele stated this in a release this Monday while sighting that Obesity can be reversed too. Dr Ayodele […]

Ex Super Eagles Star Abdul Sule relives moment with former Danish club

By Wale Mustapha on May 18, 2020 News, Sports

It was a moments to savour when former Super Eagles’ utility player, Abdul Sule and his former Danish club, Herning Fremad looked back at how they make history in Danish football. Abdul Sule who played for Herning Fremad between 1997 and 1999 was a cult hero scoring memorable goals that turned the club to a […]

COVID19: NGO Sinks Borehole, distribute palliatives to 500 houses in Ilorin

By Wale Mustapha on May 18, 2020 News, Society News

A Dubai based charity organization, Ayoola Oniyangi Foundation, a non-governmental organization, NGO based in Ilorin the Kwara State capital has donated a motorised borehole for a water strapped community in Emir Road area of Ilorin, Kwara State. The founder of Ayoola Oniyangi Foundation, Abdulfatai Ayoola Oniyangi who was represented by Mr Adewoye Toyin during the […]

Ailing Eboigbe, Late Yekini, Okwaraji, others must thank President Buhari for appointing Dare as Sports Minister

By Admin on May 18, 2020 News, Sports

By Adewale Ajayi Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji, the dancing midfielder slumped and died on August 12, 1989 inside the Main Bowl of the National stadium during a World Cup qualifier against Angola. His death, sent shock waves across the length and breadth of the nation as football fans retired to their beds, devastated, that one of […]

COVID-19: Saraki initiates 10k direct deposit each to 2500 vulnerable Kwarans

By Wale Mustapha on May 17, 2020 News, Society News

•••distributes Ramadan packages across Kwara No fewer than 2,500 vulnerable Kwarans have each received N10,000 cash deposited into their account from the immediate past President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, which is to support them during this difficult times occasioned the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic. The payment which was done in phases had 500 […]

FAKE NEWS ALERT: Ahmed Fresh wants retraction from Score Nigerian over 10bn claim

By Wale Mustapha on May 17, 2020 News, Sports

…. Says he wasn’t credited with N10 million from the NFF. Chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Technical and Development Committee Alhaji Ahmed Yusuf ‘Fresh’ has urged the general public to filter out his image in a report that was unprofessionally published by one irresponsible online media, scorenigeria.com.ng. According to the statement by the […]