Perpetua Nkwocha followed up her opening day hat_trick with a brace on Thursday as Nigeria got one foot in the semifinals of the African Women’s Championships.

In a seeming reaction to the protest on the rejection of the accreditation of Vanguard man, Patrick Omorodion for the 2018/2022 World Cup host announcement, FIFA yesterday confirmed his accreditation for the event.

UMBRELLA body of Christians in Nigeria, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has condemned the recent seizure of deadly weapons, including rocket launchers, at the Apapa ports, saying the share magnitude of the deadly consignment has again exposed the porosity of the nation’s land and sea borders.

OVERWHELMED Chief Coach of Falcons, Uche Eucharia ran of words yesterday in praising her sharp-shooter, Perpetual Nkwocha after the Sunana of Sweden player hit a brace that sank Banyana Banyana of South Africa in their second match of the African Women Championship in Sinama, South Africa.

FIFA and CAF instructor, Adegboye Onigbinde came out from the interview session yesterday refusing to comment on why Samson Siasia got the job ahead of Stephen Keshi.

THE Federal High Court, Ikoyi, presided over by Justice Abang, Tuesday, took arguments from lawyers to Little Heroes Ltd and Ernest Orji, one of the recently suspended directors of FinBank Plc, by the Central Bank of Nigeria, over the ownership of Ikoyi Hotel which is currently known as Southern Sun.

FOR the nation to boost its export potentials, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has been urged to create a new additional criterion weight of 40 per cent Export Expansion Grant (EEG) for goods manufactured with over 65 per cent local content in order to encourage additional investment.

INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is calling on governments to ensure that implementation of a newly adopted, international agreement on access and benefit sharing, supports the investment and innovation necessary for the creation of benefits from genetic resources.

THE United Nations agency tasked with promoting industrial development has launched a new guide-book on private standards for exporters in developing countries working in the garments, footwear and furniture sectors to help them access global production and supply chains.

MARITIME Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has said the nation sea ports especially private Jetties and off-shore operations are the major sources of illegal arms and ammunition in the country now in the hands of bandits, warning the level of illegal arm imports and prevailing state of insecurity is threat to both lives and business activities in the country.