10-man F/Eagles hit Congo 4-1, book World Cup ticket
The Flying Eagles will hoist Nigeria’s flag at the 2015 FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand next summer, as they defeated Congo 4-1 in an African Youth Championship Group A match in Dakar, Senegal yesterday.Having recorded a 3-1 victory over hosts Senegal on Sunday, Nigeria easily dismissed the Congolese despite going one man down in the 30th minute of the first half.
One feared dead, as fire guts Lagos paint firm
One person was, yesterday, feared dead and three others injured when Fine Coat Limited, a paint manufacturing company located in Alagbado area of Lagos, went up in flames.
Who wins Etisalat Prize for Literature 2014?
The Etisalat Prize For Literature which was initiated in 2013, is about to canonise yet another laureate as the 2nd winner of the Pan African Prize which honours début fiction writers across Africa.
Confusion in UTME gets messier
The confusion experienced by candidates of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations UTME, last week over dates for the examination heightened on Monday as students who were earlier informed by JAMB that the examination would start on March 9 got to their examination centres to realise it had been shifted till the next day. JAMB’s Public Relations Office, Mr Benjamin Fabian had last week informed candidates through the media that the examination would commences on 9 March, 2014.
Lagos holds employment Boot Camp
Workplace and Enterprise Readiness programme (WeReady), a Graduate finishing school initiative is set to hold at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building, Alausa, Lagos with over forty (40) Human Resources and Business Leaders for five Consecutive Saturdays from 8AM beginning from April 4, 2015.
Herdsmen kill six in fresh Barkin Ladi attack
Jos— Gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, have killed six people at Takowok and Rahol Gasa villages of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.
