Umeh charges Falconets to ground England
Acting President of Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Mike Okeke Umeh yesterday challenged the U-20 Women National Team, Falconets, to go all out in Edmonton, Canada today and earn a first –ever win over England in the history of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup..
Egypt’s Sisi visits Putin for arms purchase talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday hosted his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for talks about Cairo’s purchase of advanced surface-to-air missiles and membership in a Moscow-led free trade zone.
Stakeholders plan to increase media coverage of girls and women
Leaders of civil society organisations and media editors were united on the need to increase and improve the reportage of girls and women rights as human rights in Nigeria as they gathered on Thursday in Lagos for the Report Women! stakeholders’ inception meeting organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism and the Royal Netherlands Embassy
Review cargo charges says executive secretary NSC
Mr Hassan Bello, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), on Monday appealed to terminal operators to review their charges to hasten cargo clearance.
Oil price hits nine-month low in London
Oil prices dropped on Tuesday, with European benchmark Brent falling to a fresh nine-month low point on easing concerns about supply disruptions arising out of conflicts in Ukraine and Iraq.
Saudi executes Syrian drug trafficker
Saudi authorities beheaded a Syrian national today after he was convicted of trafficking drugs into the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, the interior ministry announced.
