Nigeria U-17 trainer, Emmanuel Amuneke is upbeat about his team’s readiness to defend their crown at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 scheduled for 17 October to 8 November.

“It is not in our hand to renovate this school, else we would have done it to reduce the plight of these pupils. People have taken over the school’s land and are building on it.” “We want the government to intervene because people are taking over the land that belongs to the school. They attacked the head teacher, so we are afraid of confronting them. We use this opportunity to call on government to come and reclaim their land from people who have encroached on it. We called on the community for help some time ago, but till today no assistance.”

The appointments which were approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, includes Dr. Maikanti Baru, Group Executive Director, Exploration & Production; Mr. Isiaka Abdulrazaq, Group Executive Director, Finance & Services; Engr. Dennis Nnamdi Ajulu, Group Executive Director, Refining & Technology; and Dr. Babatunde Victor Adeniran, Group Executive Director, Commercial & Investment.

The Bank of Industry (BoI), on Tuesday in Lagos launched N1billion for the fast-growing fashion industry in the country.
Mr Rasheed Olaoluwa, Managing Director of the bank, said the fund was to support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
Olaoluwa added that Nigerian fashion designers were one of the most creative in the world, having trained in most of the best fashion schools across the globe.

The dates for both El Clasico clashes between Barcelona and Real Madrid in La Liga have been changed just days before the new season is due to get underway.

The National Peace Committee on Tuesday dismissed reports that it was lobbied by former President Goodluck Jonathan to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from probing his administration.

Patients and visitors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, Lagos, fear that they are being exposed to potential outbreak of diseases as a result of the failure of the hospital management to repair a broken sewer system around the hospital’s labour ward complex.

Fresh off the success of his certified rap anthem “King Kong”, Olanrewaju David Ogunmefun, popularly known as Vector tha viper has been issued a challenge to prove he belongs in Nigerian rap’s upper echelon by setting a new Guinness World Records for the longest freestyle rap on live radio.

ABUJA-Members of the House of Representatives, Tuesday described President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to Ministries, Departments, Agencies, MDAs to lodge all monies into a single treasury account as a step in the right direction to check financial leakages. The lawmakers were unanimous in their reactions saying the president’s directive to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government to lodge all incomes into one account will go a long way in checkmating corruption.

Chelsea have sidelined team doctor Eva Carneiro from match-day duties after she fell foul of manager Jose Mourinho, according to British media reports on Tuesday.

Thousands of Nigerians have been blocked from travelling abroad in a bid to stop them becoming involved in foreign terrorism, prostitution or other criminal activity, immigration officials said on Tuesday.

Reality star, @KimKardashian who is almost six months along in her second pregnancy, thrilled her fans on Tuesday after sharing a nude photo of her baby bump to buttress her sexy style.

HE House of Representatives Tuesday resolved that the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the National Population Commission, NPC should appear before the House to brief members on the real state of the nation’s economy.

Power of Tomorrow, a film produced by entertainer Jolly Abani will be premiered on Saturday August 15th in Abuja.

At least 47 died in a market bomb blast in Sabon-Gari town in Borno state, north-east of Nigeria some medical source, witnesses
said on Tuesday