Flying Eagles coach, John Obuh has told Nigerians who were wowed by the team’s dazzling display in their first match against Guatemala at the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup that they should expect a bumper show against Croatia on August 4. The match holds 2am

The Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr Olusegun Aganga, said on Monday that cement importation would soon be a thing of the past in Nigeria.

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged Nigerians to call on President Goodluck Jonathan to implement the judgment requiring the government to provide as of right, free, quality, and compulsory basic education to every Nigerian child

Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, has said it will carry out a post mortem on victims of last Friday’s helicopter crash at Oke Oba hill in Ikonifin, Osun State. This is to enable the Bureau release the bodies of the victims to their families.

The boy wizard is going out with a bang as “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2,” the eighth and final movie in the series, has surpassed $1 billion in worldwide sales.

Google, which is offering an online bargain service in three US cities, has acquired The Dealmap, a company that aggregates local deals.

The Catholic Church in northern Cross River State, has alerted residents of the area of an alleged infiltration of 30 members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, ostensibly to cause havoc or recruit members into the sect.

Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, Monday, said he was satisfied that a police officer, Sergeant Adamu Gado, has a case to answer over the murder of leader of the Boko Haram sect, Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, in 2009.

The naira depreciated by 18 kobo, Monday, at the official market in spite of 19 per cent decline in demand for foreign exchange.

THE Niger Delta Youth Movement, NDYM, has urged the Federal Government to commence the remediation and reclamation of the Niger Delta agricultural lands polluted by crude oil since the beginning of oil exploration in the region.

THE Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District of Edo State, Deacon Domingo Obende, weekend, described as laughable allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the last elections, Alhaji Yisa Braimoh, that he forged his school certificate to enable him run for the election.

Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Uyi Igbe, and other members of the House, were locked out, yesterday, by staff of the Assembly, who were protesting the non-payment of July salary and alleged exclusion from the new minimum wage.

THE Egbema National Development Forum, ENDF, has assured Chevron Nigeria Limited of a peaceful working environment for the company’s operations in their area.

The densely populated Mushin area of Lagos, was again thrown into pandemonium, on Monday following a fierce clash between Akala and Ikoro boys, which left not less than five persons dead.

Seven games without losing, home and away. That is an Enyimba record in the CAF Champions League,a feat that former Abia state governor Orji Uzor Kalu wants to be celebrated to keep the trumpets blowing.