Nigeria international will play for Anfield giants Liverpool this season as a loan deal has been agreed for the winger.

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA has appointed Stanbic IBTC as its local custodian. According to a statement by the authority at the weekend, Stanbic IBTC would work alongside JP Morgan, NSIA’s global custodian.

The Federal Department of Fisheries (FDF) on Friday, said the fisheries sub-sector contributes about five per cent to the National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through the export of shrimps. Ms Foluke Areola, the Acting Director of FDF, told newsmen in Lagos that the sub-sector was a major contributor to food security.

LAGOS — No fewer than 46 families were, weekend, rendered homeless and property worth millions of Naira destroyed, after fire gutted over seven houses in different locations in Lagos.

Nigerian juniors yesterday in Bambous, Mauritius topped the medals table of the African Junior Championships.

Team Nigeria’ captain, Ike Diogu was voted among Africa’s top basketball players by a voting panel of journalists and technical officials of all the teams which participated in the Afrobasket concluded last night in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire but the organisers denied him the honour.

Medical experts have decried dearth of anaesthetists in the country and called on Federal Government and the 36 states governors to invest in maternal and childcare through the establishment of Mother and Child Centres, MCCs, hospitals dedicated to the health and well being of mothers and children.

Gareth Bale’s prolonged transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid was finally completed for an unconfirmed world record fee on Sunday after the Spanish club officially announced the move.

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday spearheaded a drive to convince Congress to approve a military strike on Syria, saying Washington has proof the regime used sarin gas.

The Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr Olusegun Aganga, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to reduce cost and time of doing business in the country.

Brent crude oil fell on Friday in choppy trading as fears of Middle East supply disruption receded after Britain said it would not join any military action against Syria.

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) said on Sunday that Nigeria was losing some $800 million (about N125 billion) annually to medical tourism.

Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on Sunday urged Arab countries to back calls by the Syrian opposition for strikes on the Damascus regime, ahead of an Arab League meeting on Syria.

David Moyes’s first visit to Anfield with Manchester United ended in defeat on Sunday as Daniel Sturridge gave Liverpool a 1-0 victory for the third Premier League game running.

DAMASCUS  (AFP) – Obama is ‘hesitant and confused’: Syrian deputy FM Meanwhile the decision by President Barack Obama to take a step back from an imminent strike on Syria puts all eyes on Vladimir Putin’s G20 summit where the Russian and US leaders will push for global support of their divergent policies. The Kremlin has said […]