Football’s world governing body, FIFA has appointed Wilson Lamouroux as the centre referee for the match between Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets and Croatia tonight. The 36-year-old Colombian has been an international referee since 2013 and he would be assisted by compatriots, Alexander Guzman and Wilmar Navarro. The fourth of official is Reyna Oscar from Guatemala.

At Ndokwa East Local Government Area, ensnared residents, who rebuffed attempts by the council’s flood rescue team to evacuate them in rented houseboats, said some government officials maltreated and used them to enrich themselves in the 2012 flood and they do not want to be used again.

This weekend, the twin Globacom entertainment shows, Slide ‘n’Bounce musical concert and Laffta Fest comedy show, will arrive the rock city of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital and Egbeda in Lagos State respectively.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has affirmed his readiness to engage the Federal Mortgage Bank in a strategic partnership to actualize his administration’s drive to provide houses to the state’s workers.

Professor Samuel Oye Bandele has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of the state owned University by Ekiti state Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose.