Bauchi—Workers of Bauchi State Furniture Company Ltd, yesterday, staged a protest to press home their demand for better pay, improved working conditions and casualization.

Flying Eagles’ Head Coach Manu Garba (OON) has released a list of 21 players who will represent the country at the 19th African Youth Championship in Senegal.

IBADAN—Over 500 retired primary school teachers in Oyo State, yesterday, marched through the streets of Ibadan, protesting unpaid outstanding gratuities and pensions estimated at N17 billion.

BENIN—CHIEF Priest of Benin Kingdom, Chief Nosakhare Isekhure, yesterday, in Benin, Edo State, said that the Binis would vote for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan because the Benin Monarch, Oba Erediauwa, has endorsed him.

St. Agnes House has emerged the overall winner of the 16th biennial Inter house sports festival of the Maryland Convent Private School in Lagos.

The Nigeria Football Federation has raised the bar for the Super Falcons, who have been mandated to qualify for the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup in Canada.

A small molecule derived from an Asian herb may help stop Ebola infection by preventing the virus from entering the cells of the body, researchers said Thursday.

THE Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, may soon pull out of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council, NIREC, established to mediate on the incessant ethno-religious crises in the c

South Africa’s crack squad for the 2015 CAF African Youth Championships next month will cause problems for Ghana as the Amijita are blessed with hugely talented players.

Registered voters in Ogun State have been called upon to collect their Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, even as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said only 59.1 percent of PVCs had so far been distributed in the state.