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  • TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Plateau Utd unveil Ahmed Ibrahim

    TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Plateau Utd unveil Ahmed Ibrahim

    Plateau United have unveiled Ahmed Ibrahim as their Technical Director ahead of the 2016/2017 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season.

    The General Manager of the club, Pius Henwan who unveiled the owner of Golden Boots Football Academy of Bukuru in a short ceremony on Tuesday, said some of the terms of reference given to Ibrahim is to scout and recommend talents to be recruited by the club with the support of club head coach, Kennedy Boboye.

    Henwan told Goal: “We have decided to fill the void in the team with the appointment of a technical director. Ahmed Ibrahim is a known person in the football circle and we have chosen him to help us fish out hidden talents and possible transfer targets in the premier league. He will work in tandem with our head coach, Kennedy Boboye.

    “We are expecting him to get us good players that he has discovered in the league and other spheres. We don’t want to give any chances and it is the sole reason we have employed someone we feel is good in that clime to help us get the best talents in the league.”

    Ibrahim was responsible for the discovery and marketing of several talented footballers including Leicester City’s Ahmed Musa, Gent of Belgium, Simon Moses and Wikki Tourists’ Godwin Obaje among others.

  • Court dissolves four years marriage over abandonment

    An Ilorin Area Court on Wednesday dissolved a four-year marriage between Aminat Abubakar and Ahmed Ibrahim for abandonment.

    Aminat, a resident of Ita Alamu, prayed the court to dissolve her marriage to Ahmed because he no longer cater for her.

    She said the marriage, which was contracted in 2012, which produced no child was no longer appealing to her.

    “He doesn’t provide food or any other thing for my sustenance maybe because I have not given birth yet.

    “I want an end to this marriage because he has even abandoned me at home. So, I am no longer interested in the marriage,” she said.

    The defendant was not present in court, but the presiding judge, Abdulquadr Ibrahim, dissolved their marriage and issue a certificate of divorce to the petitioner.

  • Wikki to blame for title miss – Ibrahim

    Wikki to blame for title miss – Ibrahim

    Wikki Tourists captain and right back, Mustapha Ibrahim has said his side will have themselves to blame if the Bauchi outfit missed the league title in the on-going top flight.

    The Bauchi-based side failed to create a clear lead at the summit with a 1-1 draw against Lobi Stars in Wednesday’s top-flight rescheduled matchday 30 clash at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium (ATBS) in Bauchi.

    Ibrahim said he was quite disappointed that his side failed to win the clash to establish a clear lead at the summit.

    “The league title is right there in our hands but we are the one misusing the rare opportunity to seal the deal.

    “A convincing win against Lobi Stars would have established us firmly at the summit as we will not be in action at the weekend.

    “The draw against Lobi Stars is a huge setback in our quest to be champions at the on-going top-flight.

    “We will have ourselves fully to blame if we miss or allow the golden opportunity to slip off our hands.

    “It’s not easy to be at the summit and that’s why the management must come out to commend our efforts not to constantly deride us.

    “Now we will not be on duty at the weekend while other challengers will be fighting for points to assume leadership of the league.

    “Enugu Rangers are home to other title contestants, Rivers United while FC IfeanyiUbah are away at Abia Warriors in Umuahia.

    “We just hope that the duo, Rivers United and FC IfeanyiUbah will falter at Rangers and Abia Warriors respectively to help our course to stay within the summit until we return to face Nasarawa United,” said the Wikki Tourists strongman to supersport.com.

  • Only 5 per cent of farmers have improved seeds

    Only 5 per cent of farmers have improved seeds

    The West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme in Nigeria (WAAPP-Nigeria) has said only five per cent of Nigerian farmers have access to improved seeds.

    The National Coordinator of the programme, Prof. Damian Chekwendu,spoke yesterday at the 2014 Seed Production Planning meeting in Minna.

    He said Nigeria had the lowest agriculture growth indices among leading developing nations like Brazil, Malaysia and Thailand.

    “The percentage of farmers with access to improved seeds in the country is about five per cent compared to 25 per cent in East Africa and 60 per cent in Asia.

    “Agricultural mechanisation intensity is about 10 tractors per 1000 hectares compared to 241 per 1000 hectares in Indonesia.

    “Nigeria cannot continue to tolerate this state of things,’’ he said.

    Chikwendu said that WAAPP intended to support community seed multiplication this year.

    He said that WAAPP would collaborate with ADPs, AFAN, community-based association under the supervision of the Nigerian Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) to achieve the significant results.

    The coordinator said that WAAPP in 2013 had inaugurated seven private seed companies to produce maize, rice and sorghum seeds.

    He said that the companies had produced 432 tonnes of various varieties of maize and 150 tonnes of improved sorghum seeds.

    According to him, 172 tonnes of rice and 15.603 tonnes of sorghum had been distributed to farmers in WAAPP adopted villages.

    The Governor of Niger, Dr Babangida Aliyu thanked WAAPP for bringing the meeting that would intervene in the seed sector to the state.

    Aliyu was represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Ahmed Ibrahim.

    He said that the state has 10 per cent of the arable land in the country, adding that the state had water bodies that would add aqua culture.

    The governor stressed the need for mechanisation, saying that less than one per cent of fish farmers had access to facilities to dry their fish.

    He solicited the support of the private sector in the programme, saying that the state had voted 50,000 hectares to Dangote Group of Companies to cultivate rice in the state.

    He assured WAAPP of government support to make the programme a success.

    The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the meeting was attended by Chief Executives of Agricultural Development Programmes (ADPs) across the nation.

    Others at the meeting included the Agricultural Research Institutes and the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN).