Just like in the female basketball league where First Bank Basketball Club continued to dominate in the Zenith Bank Female League, Kano Pillars Basketball Club have retained the male title of the 2009 DStv Premier League concluded in Lagos Tuesday. They beat Lagos Islanders 83-72.

Colombia have sent Argentina crashing out of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009, scoring two goals in the last two minutes to come back from a 2-0 deficit and win the a classic all-South American derby 3-2 in Ijebu-Ode. The Cafeteros will now meet the winner of the Turkey-UAE contest in the quarter-finals.

Dr. Sam Omale a London based financial consultant is the founder and CEO of Rock Global Training & Consultancy which focuses on exotics and structured financial products. Omale holds a doctorate from the Commonwealth University College Belize City

Nigeria is struggling to access about 10 per cent of Chinese market.
According to the Chairman, National Organising Committee, 1st Nigeria-China trade and investment forum, Ambassador Idris Waziri, local investors are warming up to use the opportunity of the forthcoming event as a platform to access the Chinese market. The event is slated to hold in Abuja in November, 2009.

National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM) has called on Federal Ministries of Education and its Science & Technology counterpart to review all policies on technical and vocational education training , saying it is crucial for the attainment of vision 2020