Egypt has pulled out of hosting the African men’s Olympic qualifying tournament.

JUSTICE Helen Akpoto-who of the Delta State High Court sitting at Akwukwu-Igbo, has ordered the arrest of the member representing Oshimili-North in the state House of Assembly, Mr. Patrick Mozea and Mr. George Nkencho, both of Ibusa, for failure to appear before the court to face a murder charge against them.

SPECIAL Adviser to the President on Niger-Delta Affairs and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, has criticised European Union, EU, countries, particularly Britain, for issuing travel advice to their citizens not to travel to the Niger Delta region on grounds of insecurity.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday formally launched Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria initiative, also known as YouWin, one of his administration’s key programmes targeted at youth empowerment, employment generation and wealth creation, with a pledge to make job creation a top priority of the government.

Former Nigeria coach, Adegboye Onigbinde has attributed the elimination of the Super Eagles from the 2012 Afcon to a faulty football structure in the country.

The Super Eagles are playing Ghana in an international friendly match at the Vicarage Stadium Watford, London.

Can the team save face with a victory in today’s match after their failure to qualify for the finals of the African Nation’s cup.

SENTENCED to death by pregnancy” has been a common cliché in Nigeria for decades. Nigeria has had a very poor record regarding maternal and child health outcomes. An estimated 53,000 women and 250,000 newborn die annually mostly as a result of preventable causes.

THE immediate past Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, Senator Hosea Agboola representing Oyo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly and a contractor, Mr. Femi Babalola were arraigned Tuesday in Ibadan on an 11-count charge bordering on conspiracy, illegal acquisition of property and illegal award of contracts by the economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

US agents have foiled what has been called a “significant terrorist act” linked to Iran which would have included the assassination of the Saudi US ambassador and other attacks, US media reported Tuesday.

Three additional suspects, including a banker, have been arrested over two car bombings on last year’s Independence Day in Abuja, which killed at least 12 people, Nigeria’s secret police said Tuesday.

Dr Augustine Umezulike, a Gynaecologist at the National Hospital Abuja, has urged women with fibroids to volunteer themselves for research in order to find the causes.

A WOMAN dying in childbirth is no picnic. No one knows this as a fact more than Dr. Ugochukwu Chukwunenye, an experienced Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist who strongly believes government needs to look beyond the widely acclaimed Midwife Service Scheme (MSS), as a means to curtaining the menace of maternal and infant deaths in the country.

Three Russian cities would host the semi finals of the soccer World Cup 2018, Secretary General of the FIFA Jerome Valcke said in Moscow on Tuesday.

Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, a former Minister of Sports, says he will evolve an ICT-driven administrative structure for the ruling PDP, if elected as its National Secretary

West Bromwich Albion boss Roy Hodgson has denied reports that Nigeria striker Osaze Odemwingie is set to undergo ankle surgery.