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  • Patrick Ngwaogu thankful for Abia Warriors chance

    Patrick Ngwaogu thankful for Abia Warriors chance

    Patrick Ngwaogu has said he is happy with the new challenge handed to him by the management of Abia Warriors.

    He was appointed as the assistant coach of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) outfit last week.

    He has been charged with advising the team once the 2017 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season gets underway.

    “The job at Abia Warriors is a call to service. Having made moderate achievements outside my state of origin for almost three decades now, I feel that this is a serious recognition for me, which shows that whatever you are doing, someone is watching. I want to thank the management of Abia Warriors and the state government for the recognition. I promise not to disappoint them,” Nwgaogu told Goal.

    “I will be responsible for analyzing matches for Abia Warriors and the opposition as well as coming up with strategies for games.

    The highly respected personality said he is looking forward to working with technical adviser, Felix Okey Emordi going by their long standing relationship. Coach Emordi is a long time friend of mine. He’s one of the best coaches in the land. I look forward to working with him,” he said.

  • Troops repel Boko Haram, kill two senior commanders

    Troops repel Boko Haram, kill two senior commanders

    Troops on Operation LAFIYA DOLE stationed at Darul Jamel, on the fringes of Sambisa forest, northern parts of Borno State, on Tuesday repelled an attempted attack on their location by Boko Haram terrorists.

    The terrorists   made the attempt at the troops location at about 10.00pm, but were unfortunate as the troops killed several of them including two senior commanders that led the attack.

    According to Army Acting Director of Public Relations, Sani Usman, the troops recovered  1 Light Machine Gun (LMG) with Registration number 56M-1101229, 1 AK-47 Rifle Magazine,  Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Bomb and 1 top cover of  an AK-47 Rifle. “Other items recovered include 395 Rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition and 15 rounds of 5.5mm  by .45 ammunition”.

    He said prior to the attack, the troops  of the same unit on routine patrol earlier, had cleared an ambush staged by elements of the suspected remnants of the terrorists desperate for food  near Banki Junction.

    “It is equally believed that the attack and ambush might not be unconnected to the fact that the terrorists were desperately targeting over 890 rescued herdsmen with their 5000 livestock being held captives by terrorists along Nigerian borders with Cameroon” he concluded.

  • Army defends non-payment of Soldiers allowances

    Army defends non-payment of Soldiers allowances

    The Nigerian Army has explained the reasons behind the delay of allowance to soldiers, which is said to be affecting the fight against insurgence in the North East.

    According to the Army Acting Director of Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, “For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to inform the public that the issue of non-payment of peacekeeping operations allowance is a minor internal military administrative matter which was treated and resolved accordingly and has no bearing on the fight against terrorism and insurgency as they mischievously alleged”.

    “It should be reiterated that the alleged non-payment of operations allowance among the returnee peacekeepers was due to administrative hitches which was solved to the point that all outstanding peacekeeping operations have been paid and the last batch payment was done last Tuesday”.

    Continuing the Spokesman said “as regards  to payment of operations allowances, it is borne out of deliberate mischief and failure to comply with the new measures aimed at ensuring probity and accountability in the Service. All officers and soldiers are now paid their operations allowance directly into their account. All  those that did not receive theirs was due to non-compliance with the directive of giving correct account details or duplication of names due to recent postings. This has been explained to all those affected and efforts were on to rectify same shortly” he said.

    Usman said that majority of the troops have been receiving their allowances regularly. “The very few indiscipline ones cannot be used to distract us, neither should they be used as yardstick to measure troops general well being and performance. Already issues relating to troops welfare have been of utmost priority to Mr President and the Army leadership is doing everything possible to ensure troops’ high morale” he concluded.

  • NFF paid Keshi N15m not N10m •Amokachi gets N9m •Shorunmu N3m

    NFF paid Keshi N15m not N10m •Amokachi gets N9m •Shorunmu N3m

    Amokachi gets N9m •Shorunmu N3m

    From Patrick Ngwaogu, Abuja Sportinglife can confirm authoritatively that the leadership of the NFF actually paid the technical crew of the Super Eagles a salary arrears of three months amounting to N15 million.

    The Head Coach of the team, Stephen Keshi was paid N15 million out of the N45 million that the federation is owing him as salary arrears. His first assistant, Daniel Amokachie received N9 million out of the N21 million that he is expecting. Ike Shorunmu, who is the goalkeepers trainer, received N3 million out of N7million he is expecting.

    A decent source in the Federation confirmed that the coaches received three months salary arrears while efforts are being made to offset the balance within the shortest possible time. “It is painful that the coaches salaries lingered for such a long time, but we are making efforts to pay up their balance as soon possible as we are hopeful of getting some money soon. We appreciate the coaches for their efforts and would want to urge them to remain focused towards winning the World Cup ticket for the country.”

    When contacted, Keshi confirmed payment of the money, but refused to be dragged into the amount that was paid. He appreciated all Nigerians for their concern, and promised that the Super Eagles would surely pick the World Cup ticket as a way of appreciating all Nigerians for their support.