New Tennis sensation, Melissa Ifidzhen Thursday, cruised into the semi-finals of the 37th Central Bank of Nigeria Men and Woman Senior TennisOpen, when she defeated Patience Onebamho 6-0, 6-0 in one of the quarter-final matches played.

Season 7 of the annual National Channels Kids Cup begins Friday in Lagos with 16 teams from fifteen states competing for honours at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Owing to the ban, there is an imminent collision between the state government and several residents who patronise the consumption of the product. Eventhough, the government announced the ban in order save lives, many consumers are against the move, as accortding to them, they see no correlation between consuming the substance the recent tragic disease which claimed the the lives of about 23 persons in two communities of Irele. They reportedly die as a result of ethanol poosionoing.

D’banj’s profile is steadily on the rise at the international scene.President of World Bank, Mr Jim Kim earlier in the week commended the music star for dedicating his latest song, “Extraordinary” to Women empowerment and raising awareness about poverty and other related issues. The song was dropped a week ago.

Countries have agreed to rid the world of malaria almost completely over the next 15 years, the World Health Organization said Thursday.