Looking very fit, trim and slim, the Super Eagles looked good on the ball at an evening training session on Thursday as they look forward to a special dinner with President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday and then, a nine–day training camp in England.

FAO Director_General Jacques Diouf has called for urgent attention to be directed at Africa’s present food security situation.

Activities at the Magistrate Courts in Lagos State were brought to a halt Thursday as the Magistrates resumed their suspended two-week-old strike due to alleged failure of the authority to address their demands.

The World Bank has committed a lump sum of N37.5bn ($250million) into the FADAMA III agriculture development project just as it commended the Lagos State Government for its effort in ensuring the project gets to the grassroots.

Bala Abdullahi, the Coordinator, N2 Africa Project(West Africa) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture(IITA), has cautioned northern farmers against planting their crops now.

The Kajuru Local Government Area in Kaduna State is building a N120 million agro_market at Kasuwan_Magani, according to its Chairman, Mr Patrick Maigari.

Bala Abdullahi, the Coordinator, N2 Africa Project(West Africa) of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture(IITA), has cautioned northern farmers against planting their crops now.

A COLLABORATION which will ensure that the Nigerian entertainment industry is taken to the international market kicked of in Lagos, Kano and Enugu recently, with the World Bank pledging a whopping $20 million to the project.

THE Senate will, next Wednesday, begin an investigation into the alleged marriage of Senator Sani Yerima, ANPP, Zamfara, to a 13-year-old Egyptian girl.

THE International Chamber of Commere (ICC) has expressed concern that proposals to introduce a new framework to limit excessive leverage in the world’s banking system may have unintended, negative consequences on trade finance, and it urged the creation of a special trade finance working group to examine the problem.