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President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday met behind closed doors  inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting, which was held inside the new Banquet Hall built by the Jonathan administration, lasted less than 10 minutes. Jonathan, decked in a black pair of trousers and black shirt with his trademark black hat, was driven into the premises in a black Range Rover. No aide joined the two leaders for the closed-door parley. At the end of the meeting, Buhari saw Jonathan off to his waiting car parked in front of the venue. After shaking hands, the President waited patiently for the former President’s car to take off and waved to him before he returned to his office with his retinue of aides. None of them spoke with journalists at the end of the meeting. Photojournalists were also not allowed to take pictures of the two leaders except for those who managed to capture them from a safe distance. saharareporters

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the Presidential Task team on Pension Matters, wanted. Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Premium Times reports that Maina was declared wanted over fraud allegations regarding the use of funds meant for Nigerian pensioners. Confirming the move, Wilson Uwujaren, the spokesperson of the EFCC, revealed that the anti-graft agency had have already secured an arrest warrant against the former pension boss. He added that the warrant would enable the commission to arrest Maina “wherever he is in the world”. Details later..

A member of Chelsea's first-team squad would 'rather lose than win' for Jose Mourinho, according to BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Garry Richardson, who added they are 'fed-up' with the way he is dealing with them A member of  Chelsea 's first-team squad would "rather lose than win" for Jose Mourinho, according to BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Garry Richardson.  Sportsweek 's Richardson reported that Mourinho's relationship with his player had hit "rock bottom".  He said: "Let me tell you what I know on the Chelsea story. My information comes from a Chelsea first team player. "The information was actually passed to me by a football contact. I was told that Jose Mourinho's relationship with many of his players is at rock bottom. "I was told they're fed up with the way he's been dealing with some of them. They're fed up with his outbursts. I was told that his relationship particularly with  Eden ...

 The match between home clubs,Sunshine Stars and Lobi Stars played last week Saturday in Akure, Ondo State was declared inconclusive after football fans said to be loyal to Sunshine Stars, stormed the football field and attacked the referee and other football officials for failing to award their preferred team two penalty kicks.The fans stormed the pitch because they believed the referee has been partial in his officiating.Other reports alleged that the angry fans were Lobi stars supporters. The official camera man of Lobi stars was also beaten to a pulp during the process while his camera was destroyed.He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. Disclosing the news via their twitter handle,Lobi stars Sunshine star fans of attacking them. when will Nigerian football grow?

MTN Nigeria said it raked in about N5 billion from its caller tune subscription alone through its social media impact platform. The Managing Director of the company, Mr. Michael Ikpoki, who was the key note speaker at the Advertising Association of Nigeria, ADVAN, awards for Marketing Excellence 2015 with theme  Social Impact Marketing , revealed this in Lagos. The Managing Director, who emphasised the social impact of his company’s activities, said the social impact of marketing cannot be over looked in the present day marketing space. He said in 2013 the company generated N5 billion from the industry through caller ring tune alone. Mr. Ikpoki, who also stated that MTN had a very high responsibility to build its brand equity, noted that “the only way to grow our economy is to grow our brands.” For MTN, he said: “I adopted the principle of sharing value,” which he described as generating economic value in a way that also produces value for society by addressing its chall...

MTN has finally bowed to pressure as it has accepted to pay the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on it last week by the telecoms regulatory authority, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Accordingly, the telecoms operator was fine for violating its directive on SIM deactivation. This follows series of meeting held between MTN management team from South Africa and Nigeria with the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The telecoms operator which has largest subscriber base in Nigeria, it was gathered, may have agreed to pay the fine to sustain the interest of its telecoms business. Industry sources who confirmed the new arrangement, disclosed that the federal government is already yielding to the plea, which according to him, was part of the agreement reached at the series of meeting held at the weekend in Nigeria. “There have been series of meeting at the Presidency between the Vice President Osinbajo and MTN team both from South Africa and the Nigerian arm. MTN wanted a...

IMF Africa Director, Mrs. Atoinette Sayeh recently noted at a press conference at a World Bank event in Lima, Peru, that “…those measures introduced by CBN to restrict demand and limit access to official foreign exchange for certain imports are quite detrimental to economic activities and invariably led to a lot of unhappiness in the private sector”. File: Indeed, Naira devaluation is probably the most potent weapon against the prosperity of Nigerians. Nigeria’s migration from a potential industrial power house with bustling social affluence, to a subdued and stumbling economy clearly began with the adoption of IMF’s Structural Adjustment Programme during Babangida’s regime: the chorus from International Agencies, at that time, was also that falling oil prices with an unserviced debt burden and the consequent restriction of trade credit to Nigeria, were the products of an allegedly overvalued Naira exchange rate. Consequently, Sayeh, apparently concluded that “these measures wer...