Patrick Ekeji, the former Director-General of National Sports Commission (NSC), has advised against conferment of National honours on members of the victorious Eaglets. Ekeji, himself ex-player and former coach has rather called for mentorship, to help to secure the future of the world’s soccer cadet champions.

Commercial activities have gradually commenced at FESTAC Town, Lagos on Tuesday after an early morning sporadic shootings by suspected oil thieves that were escaping from security personnel. A resident of the area, who gave his name as Mr Ayodele George, said the bunkers had besieged the area at about 6 a.m., shooting sporadically into the air for over an hour.

The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Gu Xiaojie, on Tuesday said that the Chinese government would henceforth sanction any Chinese company that would disobey Nigeria’s local content and labour laws. Gu made the assertion in an interview with newsmen in Lagos following complaints by some Nigerians that the companies were not obeying Nigerian labour laws.

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is not recruiting and any information to that effect is false and misleading, a statement said. The statement, issued by Mr Yakubu Dati, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, FAAN, in Abuja on Tuesday, urged the public to disregard such information.

The President of the Senate, Sen. Bukola Saraki, has said that no amount of intimidation will stop the assembly from investigating the alleged N25 billion Treasury Single Account (TSA) fraud. Saraki was reacting to a motion moved by Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) on Tuesday over a newspaper article allegedly blackmailing the Senate for pointing out the alleged fraud.