Kurd troops attack Iraq jihadists on three fronts -officers
Kurdish troops launched offensives against the Islamic State jihadist group on three fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, senior officers told AFP.
Onitsha tanker fire kills pregnant woman, 3 others, injures 20
No fewer than four persons, including a pregnant woman, were feared dead yesterday, while 20 others sustained various degrees of injuries as a gasoline-laden tanker somersaulted and exploded on the New Auto Spare Parts Market Flyover, Nkpor, near Onitsha, Anambra State.
Tension as NFF elections hold in Warri
The troubled Nigerian Football Federation appears to be swimming in more troubled waters with elections into its executive board scheduled to hold today at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Warri, with a purported court injunction served the 37 FA Associations and the principal officers including Sports Minister, Dr Tammy Danagogo to stop the elections.
UCL Preview: Mourinho returns to Lisbon, Ogbuke targets win
The UEFA Champions League resumes this week. Vanguard Sports looks at all the fixtures in G on Tuesday
DPR to sanction marketers for adulteration, under-dispensing
The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, the regulator of the nation’s petroleum industry, said it will sanction petroleum marketers who engage in the manipulation of their pumps and adulteration of products.
First Bank to fund Kaztec’s $1.3bn Addax contract
First Bank Plc has expressed willingness to support the funding of a $1.3billion fabrication contract by Kaztec Engineering, a subsidiary of the Chrome Group, awarded by Addax Petroleum.
