Adrenalines will run wild this weekend as Nigerians wait with on the edges to know if their soccer teams will have any chance of playing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Two dare-devil armed robbers were shocked in the wee hours of yesterday as they were overpowered and arrested by brave residents of Iluteju, Ilorin, Kwara State, shortly after dispossessing a resident of N500,000 and a car.

“To win the World Travel Awards in five categories is unprecedented in Nigeria and we are delighted that our efforts at delivering world class experiences consistently to our Guests are recognised and appreciated. It is a fitting reward for the hard work and dedication of our Team Members especially in the past year. The awards are, therefore, dedicated to all our Team Members”, Etienne concluded.

One of such companies is Archos. A pioneer in the portable audio and video player market since 1988, Archos now specializes in Android Tablets and Smartphones. Between, 1988 and now, it has been a testament of adapting to succeed. In 2000, Archos launched the Jukebox 6000, the first MP3 player combined with a hard disk. In 2008, Archos launched the first generation Internet Tablets, and then the first ever Android powered tablets in 2009. In 2013, Archos launched its first generation of Smartphones with the Archos Platinum series.

ABUJA — Immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, yesterday, lamented the activities of fifth columnists in the military which led to the death of many officers and men of the army.

ASABA—STUDENTS of Delta State origin under the auspices of National Association of Delta State Students, NADESSTU, have threatened to shut down the capital city of Asaba, if their 2013/2014 bursary was not paid in the next two weeks

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has begun moves to get at the immediate past governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime, who is alleged to have misappropriated huge sums belonging to the state during his tenure.

Members of a vigilante group in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State have rescued a 14-month-old baby boy, Chimnwemeri Uche, allegedly kidnapped by a gang which specialises in the abduction of children within Abia and its environs.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Nigeria, AMJN, has flagged of activities for the celebration of its 100th anniversary with the groundbreaking/ foundation laying of a two flat guest house for the world leader of the Islamic organisation, Hazrat Masroor Ahmad Khalifatul Masih, 5th, at the headquarters in Ojokoro Lagos.

ABUJA — The Senate, yesterday, disclosed that Nigeria lost a total of N1.3 trillion to waivers granted on importation of rice and other agricultural commodities between 2011 and 2014.

Despite the outcry of persistent downturn trend in the nation’s stock market, the Securities and Exchange Commission, SE C said that the deadline for recapitalisation of capital market operators remains September 30, 2015. Director General of the commission, Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, who confided in Vanguard after the second quarter Capital Market Committee, CMC meeting in Laos said “September 30, 2015 is sacrosanct and every operator is expected to meet the minimum capital requirement.

AN international environmentalist and agriculturist, Dr Vandana Shiva, has raised alarm over the proposed introduction of Genetically Modified Organisms, GMOs, in Nigeria and other African countries, describing it as suicidal. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja organised by Health of Mother Earth Foundation, HOMEF, Shiva said that Monsanto and other food corporations from the West were out in Africa to make huge profits and enslave African farmers at the expense of their well-being.

Cashew nut yields can be boosted by as much as 78% with weaver ants only, and 151% with ants and GF-120 bait sprays, when treatments incorporating the African weaver ant (Oecophylla longinoda) are employed against Béninois insect cashew pests. The researchers carried out their two-year study on a cashew orchard in the Parakou area of Bénin. First they divided the cashew trees into three blocks. Each block was then divided into four treatments, each with 72 trees.

The Managing Director of Noah’s Ark, Lanre Adisa made this suggestion at the 42nd Annual General Meeting of AAAN in Oshogbo, Osun state capital, on the topic, Nigeria Advertising: What next?, where said the ad industry reform embarked upon by APCON in 2013 was a good step taken, but argued that the 25 percent foreign stake for foreign agencies was minimal, thus advocated for 49 percent.

ABIA State Commissioner of Police, Habila Joshak, said, yesterday, that armed robbers and child traffickers have relocated from the state as the police have made their businesses, unprofitable.