The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has advised Nigerian athletes to stay away from drugs and embrace hard work and honesty in order to attain their goals in life.

IT may not be proper to call on Mr. President for most things the ministries and other government bodies can handle especially when they are yearly budgeted for and monetary allocations paid to the relevant bodies.

Argentina Coach Alejandro Sabella has said that his charges will play the Super Eagles with humility when both continental giants clash in a World Cup Group F fixture on June 25.

Optima Sports Management International (OSMI), the exclusive 2014 FIFA World Cup terrestrial broadcast rights owners for the Nigerian territory, has appointed Nigeria’s former Super Eagles player, Seyi Olofinjana as a guest analyst, and ace broadcasters, Jide Alabi and Shina Okeleji, as presnters for its 2014 FIFA World Cup broadcast.

No fewer than 60 persons suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents have been confirmed dead, during a fierce battle between them and members of the Joint Military Task Force, JTF, Wednesday night in Jigawa State.
The incident reportedly took place at the Lamba Forest in Gwaram Local Government Area of the state.

A Sudanese judge on Thursday sentenced a Christian woman to hang for apostasy, in a ruling which Britain denounced as “barbaric”.

Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State has appointed five new commissioners and and a new Head of Service and dropped four commissioners from his cabinet.

Mixed reactions, yesterday, greeted President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for the extension of state of emergency for another six months in Adamawa State.

Security operatives have been urged to step up their operations on the waterways in the Niger Delta, so as to achieve results in the crusade against oil theft.

The Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) on Thursday expressed its readiness to broadcast the 2014 FIFA World Cup scheduled for June 12 to July 13 in Brazil.

Chief Julius Ogboru, who few months ago dumped the Democratic People’s Party, DPP, led by his younger brother, Chief Great Ogboru, and defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that he is a political field marshal in Nigeria, particularly in Delta State.

Professor Peter Eruotor of the Faculty of Agriculture, Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, has called on the federal and state governments, corporate bodies and other stakeholders to boost investments in rice production in order for Nigeria to at-tain self sufficiency in rice production and become the world’s second biggest exporter of rice.

-FINALLY, Members of the House of Representatives,yesterday gave a nod to President Goodluck Jonathan to extend the Emergency Rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe after a 3 hour closed door session with service chiefs.

Super Eagles defender Kenneth Omeruo has said that it will take a good team effort for Lionel Messi to be stopped by the African champions at the World Cup in Brazil. He is also dreaming of playing in the final on July 12.

Uti Nwachukwu is not married to Beyonce but he puts himself in Jayz’s shoes after the brawl Beyonce’s sister had with Jay Z last week.