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England Manageress Sarina Wiegman could not believe her eyes when her favourite artiste showed up at the celebration of winning Women Euros 2025. A gobsmacked Wiegman blotted out: "No way!" as Rivers State born Damini Ogulu, popularly called Burma Boy mounted the stage in front of Buckingham Palace during the victory parade in London on Monday. England Lionesses had retained the Euros trophy after a hard-fought victory over World Champions Spain in Switzerland on Sunday night. The match had ended 1-1 in regulation and extra time. Hannah Hampton was the heroine as she saved two penalties with England winning 3-1. Wiegman was a Burna Boy fan and the authorities fulfilled her wish by surprisingly bringing on the Grammy winner. In fact, she had a duet with the artiste on the track: fall my hand. The Dutchwoman is on record to have taken a national team both men and women to five consecutive finals. She won the Euros in 2017 with the Netherlands and England in 2021. Then took the ...

It is about time to say the truth about happenings in Rivers State. This mineral resources rich state with abundant fertile soil and rich aquatic life in the heart lies in comatose state since the political crisis in 2013. That is 12 years of retrogression while other states like Lagos, Ogun, Enugu, Abia, Akwa Ibom are leaping and leaving others behind. Yes, Nigeria operates a flawed federal system of government where the component states carry begging bowls monthly to Abuja to share revenue. Of course, the one who shares takes the lion share! The federal government who receives the oil revenue- Nigeria's major source of foreign income- sits atop with over 50% share of the booty, though it almost does nothing apart from paying salaries of its workers. Federal roads are in deplorable states. Federal government owned tertiary institutions and health care system in decrepit and many others. Even the foreign embassies that require regular funding have been neglected.  The states receiv...

In an unprecedented gesture, the Nigerian Government has announced cash rewards, houses and national awards to the victorious Super Falcons players and officials. President Bola Tinubu, at the Aso Rock Villa on Monday evening announced a package of 100 thousand dollars for each player, a three bedroom apartment at the Renewed Hope Housing Estate and national honours of OON to the players and coaches. Asisat Oshoola's was upgraded to MON having received OON previously. The coaches also got 50 thousand dollars each plus the other awards, The Nigerian Governors Forum also gave the players 10 million naira each. The President during the event received the trophy won by the Super Falcons and individual awards of the MVP and best goalkeeper won by Rasheedat Ajibade and Chiamaka Nnadozie respectively. He thanked the players for their doggedness. Nigeria had rallied from 2-0 down in the final match at the Olympic Stadium in Rabat on Saturday night to make a remarkable comeback and won 3-2 ...

  The Nigeria Football Federation dubbed it MISSION X. That is, the Super Falcons were expected to win their 10th AWCON title in Morocco. It was a daunting task looking at the team and their rivals. Though Nigeria had dominated women soccer in Africa by winning nine titles from the 1998 edition held in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The Super Falcons had won in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and lost for the first time in 2008 to the host nation, Equatorial Guinea. Nigeria reclaimed the title in 2010 by beating Equatorial Guinea in the final. It was a controversial match as the opponents were accused of using two males in the match. It was not proved though. Equatorial Guinea bounced back in 2012 to reclaim the trophy. Nigeria won in 2014, 2016 and lost in 2022, and for the first time without a medal. Nigeria lost to Morocco in the semifinal after being reduced to nine women. The match still ended in a 0-0 draw with Morocco winning the ensuing penalty shoot out. The Nigerian ladies also lost ...

PILEX CENTRE is aware of the plan by the illegitimate Sole Administrator in Rivers State to conduct the Local Government Elections. It is the view of PILEX CENTRE that the unconstitutional Sole Administrator doesn’t have the constitutional powers to set up RSIEC as stipulated in S. 198 of the Nigerian Constitution 1999 (As amended). Only an elected Governor can set up such body.  The job of the unlawful Sole-Administrator is to ensure peace in a state that was not at war. However, he has moved beyond his mandate to do the job of delivering the political and economic structure of Rivers State to some very greedy politician whom he acts in proxy for.  The powers of the President of Nigeria under S. 305 to declare State of Emergency, is in no way expanded to include the power to suspend or remove a sitting Governor duly elected by the people.In the case of A.G Federation V A.G Lagos State and A.G Plateau State V A.G Federation, the Court stated that the President has no powers to...

The Super Falcons of Nigeria are on course for their 10th Africa Women Cup of Nations' title after stunning defending champions Bayana Bayana of South Africa in the semifinal match on Tuesday. Rasheedat Ajibade had put the Falcons in front in the 44th minute through a penalty after a South African defender handled the ball in the 18-yard box at the  Larbi Zaouli Stadium in  Casablanca, Morocco South Africa also got on level via the spot after veteran defender Osinachi Ohale uppended a player inside the box. That was the first goal Nigeria had conceded in the tournament so far. The Super Falcons will now play hosts Morocco in the final on Saturday. When both sides met in the last edition semi final, 9-woman Super Falcons succumbed to Morocco in penalty shoot out after the match ended in a draw, despite the Nigerian ladies playing with two players down. In the second semi  final decided last night, Morocco defeated the Black Queens of Ghana 4-2 on penalties after the match ...

  Nigeria’s  Mission X  juggernaut rumbles inexorably to the finish line, as the Super Falcons say they are determined to abort the title-retaining dreams of Cup holders South Africa when both sides clash in the second semi final of the 13 th  Women AFCON finals in Casablanca on Tuesday.   In the competition’s 27-year history, the Super Falcons have never failed to make the semi finals, and boastful Zambia turned out to be too weak to shred that record when both teams met in the quarter finals on Friday, an encounter from which the Super Falcons ran out 5-0 winners.   South Africa’s Banyana Banyana have been traditionally a miserable opposition to the Nigerian girls for decades. It took the girls from the  Rainbow Nation  17 years, after a first meeting in March 1995, to secure a win over the Falcons – a 1-0 win in a Women AFCON match in Equatorial Guinea 13 years ago. Before then, they serially suffered, their take-homes including 7-1 and 5-0 dru...