Nigeria coach Samson Siasia expects the Nigeria Under-20 team to do well at the World Cup despite their poor build-up to the tournament.

Ughelli ‘A’ Police Division, Delta State, yesterday, foiled an assassination attempt on the life of a medical doctor (name withheld) attached to the Mariere Memorial Central Hospital, Ughelli.

Edo State Governor, Mr Adams Oshiomhole has charged employers of labour in public and private sectors not to reject corps members posted to them for the one year mandatory national service.

THE Edo State Government, yesterday, ordered striking members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, in the state to go back to work by Friday or be sacked.

By Kolade Larewaju

ABEOKUTA – A student of the Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED , Jagun, Ijebu-Ode, identified as Olawale Musiliu Lasisi, was allegedly shot dead by policemen said to be hunting for some suspected cult members.

 Two other students were also said to have been shot in the process.

The incident was said [...]

ONDO State Government and the State Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, yesterday exchanged words over alleged incitement of the state workers during the recent strike over the implementation of the N18.000 new minimum wage.

Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Ms. Arumna Oteh, has rated Rivers State Governor, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, high on human and infrastructural development.

Former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav has described the purported investigation of Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, on the allegations by Centre for Rule of Law as a ploy by corrupt politicians to intimidate the EFCC.

The Lagos State Government has established a micro credit fund for artisans with the aim of alleviating poverty in the state.

Speaking at a one-day sensitisation workshop on Ways of Accessing Lagos State Micro-Credit by Cooperatives organised by the Lagos State Microfinance Institution, LASMI, the state’s Deputy Governor, Mrs Adejoke Orelope- Adefulire, said the fund, which would be accessible to members of cooperative societies, was in fulfillment of the governor’s promise to support cooperative societies in the state.