By Esther Onyegbula TWO suspected robbers, said to be members of a notorious gang that has been terrorizing Lagos and it’s environ for long, have been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos. Police sources said the suspects were apprehended around 11 pm in Mushin area on their way to carry […]

The Country Representative of the United Nation’s Industrial Development Organisation, UNIDO, Mr. Patrick Kormawa, yesterday, disclosed that the World Bank had contributed about $200 million to the development of power sector in Nigeria.

AVAILABLE documents indicate that Mr. Sawyer’s employers, ArcelorMittal, an iron mining company, suspended him from work and isolated him after it became aware that he had contact with his sister who died of the virus on July 8. The company also issued an internal memo to staff of the company informing them that Mr. Sawyer had been referred to the Liberian Health ministry for testing and close observation

AWKA—A 29-year-old man, Ekene Ucheagwu, who killed his 65-year-old mother, Agnes in her home at Ogbunka in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State was yesterday paraded by men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Awkuzu.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says it has finalized arrangements for the signing of a new contract with Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi in the next few days ahead of the 2015 African Cup of Nations Cup (AFCON) qualifier between Nigeria and Rwanda on September 6.

Two children have reportedly died in a fire incident that razed a story building at 43, Salami Street, Mafoluku Oshodi in Lagos on Monday night.

Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal was, yesterday, locked in a meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta in a 30 minute encounter that flagged off his nationwide consultations on prospecting his candidacy in the 2015 presidential election.

August 12 rolled by yesterday like any other day without Nigerian sports administrators marking the 25th anniversary of the death of Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji who slumped and died at the mainbowl of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos in a World Cup qualifier against Angola.

Cesc Fabregas is the future of Chelsea and ideally suited to stepping into Frank Lampard’s central midfield boots, manager Jose Mourinho said Monday.

THE computer village market Ikeja Lagos, is to Nigeria, what the Silicon Valey represents to the United States of America. Both, house the largest array of computer accessories and allied technology products for their economies.

Falconets Coach Peter Dedevbo says they have to take today’s last group game against England very ‘seriously’, despite needing just a point to qualify to the next round of the FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup in Canada.

Three security men, were on yesterday, brought before an Igbosere Magistrate’s court, for stealing properties, from their employer, worth N10million.

THE Presidency yesterday tongue-lashed the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) for asking President Goodluck Jonathan to forget about contesting in 2015 if by October, he fails to produce the Chibok secondary school students kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect in April. The presidency said Jonathan does not require any threat or ultimatum from the north or any group of persons for him to perform his job.

The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, WBFA, has noted that the current Ebola outbreak in the intersection of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, does not come at much surprise, when one considers that Liberia and Sierra Leone have the worst doctor-patient ratios in West Africa.

In a bid to reduce the infant mortality rate in the country and give hope to babies whose mothers were not opportuned to breastfeed, Project Coordinator of ColostrumInternational, Dr. Bunmi Ogundimu has advocated for establishment of breast milk banks across the country. The initiative which she described as a way of identifying with nursing mothers who are passing through some challenges that have denied them opportunity to breastfeed their baby.