Three-time champions, the Golden Eaglets will today in Abu Dbahi know their group opponents at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, scheduled to kick-off October 17 in the United Arab Emirates.

Jos—Former Plateau State governor, Ambassador Fidelis Tapgun, has blamed the habit of running the affairs of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, as a personal empire for the crisis within the party.

Leaders in the field of finance must embrace diversity in order to remain competitive in the global economy. Global Chief Executive Officer, Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants (ACCA), Helen Brown said this in Lagos while speaking at ‘Women in Finance’ conference organised by ACCA Nigeria.

FOrmer President of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Chief O.C.J Okocha, SAN, has denied the reports that Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, in Rivers State, supported the appointment of Justice Peter Agumagu as acting Chief Judge of Rivers State.

Mr Amed Demirhan is the Director of Library Services at the American University of Nigeria (AUN) in Yola. In 2006, he started the first digital library in the University of Kurdistan, Iraq. In November 2011, he moved to AUN as Director of Library Services where he has transformed the library from a traditional library to a digital library and now, AUN is about to unveil its new smart library, all in a bid to go green and make education cheaper.

The battle for the N6-5m at stake in the first Lagos International Table Tennis Classics begins today at Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has so far disbursed N39 billion out of about N90 billion that has been approved, representing just over 43 percent; while out of the N110 billion approves as estate development loan (EDL), only N62 billion representing about 53 percent have been disbursed.

The Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, has said that the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mr. George Uriesi, deserved the National Productivity Order of Merit, NPOM, award bestowed on him and 19 other distinguished Nigerians by President Goodluck Jonathan recently in Abuja.

Nigeria’s revenues plunged by 42 per cent in July due to oil theft and production outages, the accountant general said on Friday, underscoring how oil theft is damaging public finances this year. State revenues fell to N498 billion, the lowest monthly earnings this year and down from 863 billion naira in June. Oil theft has cut government earnings in several months this year, and by more than last year, and July was particularly badly hit.

The Berger Paints’ 72.5 million ordinary issues of 50k per share at N7.50 to its existing shareholders has opened across the country following the completion board meeting held in Lagos recently.