Author: A. Joshua Adedeji

In a recent press conference, former referee and now chairman of FIFA’s referees committee, Pierluigi Collina said that VAR at the Russia 2018 World Cup was “very close to perfection”. He was referring to the 99.3% accuracy rate the video assistant referee system has had so far in the tournament. If this is indeed the case – and who are we to doubt FIFA’s statisticians? – then why has there been so much controversy around the technology that, on paper, has improved the game? For this answer, you have to go right back to one of the first uses of VAR in…

1 billion. That’s how many people are likely to tune in to watch the Russia World Cup 2018 final. To make sure that every single one of those football fans get to see the match in the best possible way, a lot of preparation has been done. Filming a football match is a complicated process, that takes hundreds of man hours before a ball is kicked. It also takes a huge amount of infrastructure investment – in total 300 broadcasters are showcasing live matches to 210 countries. In the months leading up to the World Cup, Fifa announced that this…

The Portuguese international has not only amazed everyone with his skills on the field but has been an inspiration to many people all around the globe. Ronaldo with his five Ballon d’Or awards is one of the greatest players to have ever played the beautiful sport of football, which is cherished by billions. The 33-year-old has not only achieved everything at the club level but also has inspired his country to the European Championship in 2016 and will look to do the same in the ongoing World Cup. Born and raised on the Portuguese island of Madeira, Ronaldo has come a long…

In the word of Dr John C. Maxwell, “Everything Rises and Falls on Leadership”; the implication of that assertion is that the leaders have the responsibility and the opportunity to shape the destiny of a people. From the time of Adam till date, the best leaders have not been the richest or the strongest – but they have been men and women of clarity of vision, correct character and dogged faith in the future. Where problem arises is when the political leaders are short of the most important requirement of leadership, but makes frantic effort to compensate all that  with…

One of the things that we know about ministry is that it is the pursuit of God’s purpose on the earth. God has called you, you have responded to His call and you are now pursuing it, following and chasing after it, working every bit of it out with God. What God has spoken a foretime is being performed now through you. That is Ministry! Now we want to examine the implication of money in that ministry, what is the relevance of it in the pursuit of God’s purpose on your life. Do you need it? If you ever receive…

What many Nigerians grow up knowing is the high propensity of the elites to steal or embezzle the commonwealth of most Nigerians. From the local wards to the federal parliament, the norm is to crave for money to siphone from the national treasury. The resources that the FG, State Governments and even the LGs claim aren’t enough to ease the pains of the populace are steadily, but slowly stolen from the treasury. What worries many Nigerians is, “What do these politicians steal for – aren’t they rich already?” In the instance when politicians that have the tendency to get money…

A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has commended the Nigerian government’s decision to confer a posthumous honour on M.K.O Abiola and declare June 12 as Democracy Day. Mr Falana in a statement on Thursday urged the government to further adopt Mr Abiola’s programme of Welfare to Poverty and respect the human rights of all Nigerians. President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday announced the shifting of Nigeria’s Democracy Day celebration from May 29 to June 12. The president also said a posthumous national award of the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) would be conferred on Mr Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the…

Barely eight hours after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reviewed the exchange rate of the Naira against the Dollar at the parallel market, it lost N50 kobo. The Nigerian currency was sold at N360.5 to the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. While the Naira was exchanged at N360.5, the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N490 and N425, respectively. At the Bureau De Change Window (BDC), the Naira was sold at N360 to the dollar while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N490 and N425,…

Without energy, it’s difficult for Nigeria to achieve higher productivity in many sectors of the economy, Mr. Abebe Aemro Selassie, the Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF’s ) African Department has said. Briefing newsmen over the weekend at the IMF/ World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington DC, Selassie said even the growth recorded in the agric sector could have been much better with stable energy. “Given how big the size of the Nigerian economy is and given the potential that it has including an agriculture, it is a sector that should be doing much better I think. On the…

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has said that the three new Petroleum Industry Bills (PIB) being considered by the Senate will boost economic growth. He said that it will also lead to a more efficient oil sector that would be globally competitive. Mr Saraki stated this on Monday in Abuja while declaring open a 3-day public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), organised by the Senate Joint Committee on the PIB. He said that the three bills under consideration would have tremendous impact on the economy and investment opportunities when passed into law. The bills are Petroleum…