Nigeria will today face hosts Senegal in the first semi-final of the U-23 AFCON with a ticket to the Rio 2016 Olympic football event at stake.

A GROUP, Deltans United Against Cultism, has faulted what it described as the “perplexing and inexplicable ban” recently placed on a book against campus cults, entitled, Anchor, authored by anti-cult campaigner and author, Austine Onodarho, by the authorities of the Delta State University, Delsu, Abraka.

Councillors in Igbo-etiti Local Government Area, Enugu State, have called on Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, to probe the outgoing chairman of the council, Chief Festus Ozoemena over alleged embezzelment of N400m road project fund.

Head coach of Nigeria’s Under-23 team, Samson Siasia believes his side have improved with each game at the ongoing Africa Under-23 Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Senegal.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, tendered evidence against the former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, who is answering to a nine-count money laundering charge.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose yesterday presented 2016 appropriation bill, christened budget of reality to the state House of Assembly, with a promise that 10,000 indigent citizens across the state would be paid N5,000 monthly from January next year.

IF you had any doubts as to whether or not you are a social media addict, last week’s article, ‘Six signs that you’re a social media addict’ must have set you on the right track. The next step however is overcoming your addiction. Here’s how:

Whoever said professional tennis is easy needs a quick rethink as no fewer than six Nigerian players will face the firing line today in the second round matches of the Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Futures 1 at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club I Onikan.

Governor Muhammad Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa State has proposed a budget of N137.23 billion for 2016 as he presented an appropriation bill tagged “Budget of Change and Sustainable Development” before the state’s House of Assembly.

What is accountability?It means that leaders acknowledge responsibility for actions or events taking place under their watch, and most importantly, they understand that they are morally, legally and ethically obliged to explain to stakeholders (the Nigerian people) how and why certain things occur.

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to wade into the crisis rocking the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Imo state, MOUAU, to save it from total collapse.

THE destructive capabilities of nuclear weapons make their good uses to pale into insignificance. Our world and its environment is now facing total annihilation because of wanton and uncontrolled flaring of gas, development of chemicals, industrial emissions and manufacturing of weapons of mass destruction.

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN and the Minister for Power, Housing and Works, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN are amongst dignitaries expected at the 2015 annual dinner of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Lagos branch.

STAKEHOLDERS in the nation’s ICT sector last week gathered in Abuja to discuss recent developments and challenges bedeviling the country’s cyberspace.
The three day workshop organized by Common Wealth Telecommunications Organization(CTO) in collaboration with Ministry of Communications drew participants from within and outside the country, who made valid assessment of danger and damages so far caused by the cybercrime menace.
According to the Minister of Communications, Barr. Adebayo Shittu, Nigeria lost about N159 billion in cybercrime in 13 years, a development he described as unacceptable.
He asserted that the Ministry would leverage the active support of the CTO to building all requisite ICT cyberspace capacities in Nigeria.
The Minister, who described ICT as the bedrock of Nigeria’s Change agenda, said that the new post-modern realities of ICT and cyberspace have extended the frontiers of living space from physical space into cyberspace.
According to him, the workshop was designed to explore ideas and to draw experience from global community, who have experienced it and utilized modern solutions and to identify various modes of committing crime in cyber space and evolve answers to them.

Campaigns against cyber crime

Also speaking at the occasion, the Secretary General of Common Wealth Telecommunication Organization (CTO), Engr. Shola Taylor said Nigeria remains a major force to be reckoned with in terms of cybersecurity plans with unique opportunities to drive the campaign against cybercrime.
He promised to collaborate with Nigerian government and all relevant agencies to tackle the menace of cybercrime in the country.
In his remarks, the British High Commissioner, Paul

RIVERS State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed a supplementary budget of N104, 287, 285, 108 sent to it by the state governor.