Stella Oduah, the senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, has lost a son. The young man died yesterday at a hospital in Abuja after an undisclosed illness
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Senate Cttee Threatens To Probe Dalung, NOC Over Failure In Olympics
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Sports, Senator Obinna Ogba, said the committee might probe the roles of the Minister of Sport, Solomon Dalung and the Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) in the abysmal performance of Nigeria’s team at the just concluded Olympics 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ogba who made who made this disclosure in Abuja, said a lot of factors ranging from funding to logistics contributed to Nigeria’s woeful failure at the games.
“My committee intends to invite the NOC to come and brief us on the Olympics. Apart from the late arrival of our athletes’ kits, you can see even our national anthem at the opening ceremony was the wrong one. So, all these, we are going to find out what happened when we resume,” Ogba said.
Ogba also criticised the football team for collecting $390,000 donation by a Japanese plastic surgeon, Dr. katsuya Takasu, saying the team did not know the source of the money.
“I don’t think it was nice for our country to accept such money given the happenings around world now. Money is good but it’s not every money that comes your way that you collect. So, I associate myself fully with the President of the Nigeria Football Federation,” he noted.
Ben Murray-Bruce at it Again? #Trending
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce tweeted yesterday that Nigeria doesn't need 36 states, Ministers, state Assemblies, others. In response, his followers told him that Nigeria also doesn't need 109 senators and 360 House of Representatives members. See more tweets after the cut...
Brazil Senate Votes For Rousseff Impeachment Trial
Brazil's Senate voted early Wednesday to hold an impeachment trial for the nation's suspended president Dilma Rousseff, a process that could see her permanently removed from office.
The vote in favor of trying Rousseff, who was suspended from the presidency in May, was 59 in favor, 21 against.
The Senate suspended Rousseff, the South American nation's first female president, on May 12 over accusations of illegal accounting practices and fiddling the budget to mask a slumping economy.
