One of the players in Stephen Keshi’s 30-man list for Brazil, goalkeeper Austin Ejide, suffered an injury in Hapoel Beer Sheva’s match in Israeli league yesterday.

ABEOKUTA — The Ogun State Police Command said, yesterday, that it had arrested two suspected kidnappers and three suspected robbers along Lagos‑Ibadan expressway and in Agbado in Ifo Local Government Area respectively.

ABUJA — President Goodluck Jonathan said yesterday that the Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan (NIRP) will build strong manufacturing base and lift more than 100 million Nigerians out of poverty.

By OMOH GABRIEL, Business Editor The just-concluded World Economic Forum on Africa held in Abuja has identified key drivers that will usher in prosperity in Africa. Participants at the three-day event which practically shut down Abuja said that Africa’s prosperity can only be driven by inclusive growth strategies that create jobs and include all Africans. […]

The federal government yesterday debunked claims by the All Progressive Congress, APC chairman, Chief Bisi Akande that the country is on auto pilot. It however flayed the former governor of Osun State for engaging in ‘partisan blackmail ‘ over the abduction of girls of Goverment Secondary School, Chibok.