Former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit was among those who expressed their sadness at the European champions’ decision to sack Roberto di Matteo as their boss on Wednesday.

The United States condemned a bus bombing that injured 17 people in Tel Aviv on Wednesday and undermined attempts to mediate a ceasefire in Gaza, branding it a “terrorist attack.”

United Way Nigeria, member of a global movement focused on giving the less-privileged empowerment opportunities in education,income and health, recently advocated for a mindset change on vocational training to engage the growing number of unemployed youths in the country.

At least 10 people were injured on Wednesday in an explosion on a bus in central Tel Aviv, Israel’s emergency services said, with police saying the source of the blast was not immediately clear.

Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, is next on the list of Nigerian celebrities flaunting their own reality TV shows with ‘The Real Me’ a reality show on the actress and singer due to hit viewers of Africa Magic entertainment channel, December 6.

Nigeria, west Africa regional powerhouse, said Tuesday that it would send about 600 troops to Mali as part of a west African military force to wrest control of northern Mali from Islamist extremists.

Following yesterday’s 3-0 defeat to Juventus, Chelsea FC Wednesday parted ways with its manager Roberto Di Matteo. The club in a statement on its website said “the team’s recent performances and results have not been good enough and the owner and the Board felt that a change was necessary to keep the club moving in the right direction.”

Late advertising practitioner, Dr. May Nzeribe, did not die as a direct consequence of the prostate cancer which he had been battling for years; rather, he died from multiple organ failure caused by “thrombosis of the veins” – a medical complication that was triggered by prolonged sitting during the long flight to India, where he went to seek treatment.

WORRIED that the country might implode given the rising wave of insecurity and corruption, elder statesmen and eminent persons drawn from all parts of the country brainstormed in Abuja, yesterday, to hammer out solutions to the twin menace.

IN the last few weeks, the country has had to mourn giants in our national life who took the eternal bow.

The University of Nigeria Nsukka has has introduced online portal for transcripts that enables her alumni to access their transcripts from anywhere in the world.

No fewer than 14 persons were, yesterday, injured while 15 houses including Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, secretariat and the house of a former Commissioner for Sports, Mr. Benjamin Vember, were razed at Annune in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue State, following a clash between PDP and Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, supporters.

IF you are a Nigerian living abroad, there would be something to celebrate in the charge by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Professor Olugbenga Ashiru, to Nigerian’s missions to ensure quick services, though the report was about issuance of visas “to attract foreign investors”.

Hearing begins today at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos in the suit instituted by the Newspaper proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, NPAN, against the Advertising Practitioners’ Council of Nigeria, APCON, in which the association is challenging some provisions of the Nigerian Code of Advertising Practice and Sales Promotion.

In London in 1984, a team of Nigerians and Israelis attempted to kidnap and repatriate the exiled former Nigerian minister Umaru Dikko. Mr Dikko, who had fled Nigeria after a military coup, was accused of stealing $1bn (£625m) of government money.