The national U-23 coach, Samson Siasia early this week, invited some members of the Flying Eagles squad that just returned from the FIFA U-20 World Cup, including Manchester City starlet, Kelechi Iheanacho for the impending Africa U-23 Championship qualifier against Congo next month.

Former Military Administrator of Kogi, Col. Bzigu Akakirya is dead, aged 69, a member of his family, Prof. Peter Lassa, confirmed.

A new study recommends that people with cardiac devices such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators should be wary of smartphones, stating that close proximity to the phones can potentially disrupt functioning or cause painful shocks.

Global leader in telecommunications managed services, Ericsson has signed a five-year multi-country managed services agreement with Smile Communications.
Under the new agreement, Ericsson will manage Smile Communications’ 4G/LTE networks across all operations in countries including Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo.

An Onitsha Chief Magistrates’ Court, presided over by Mrs Nkemdilim Ike, has remanded two persons suspected of homosexual activities in prison custody pending the determination of their bail applications.

The governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola has urged public workers in the state that are yet to be paid for more than seven months to persevere as tough times don’t last but tough people do’.

Stephen Keshi, the Super Eagles’ Head Coach, on Monday said his appearance before the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Disciplinary Committee would not deter him from doing his job.

The League Management Company (LMC) on Monday said it has asked Dolphins Football Club of Port Harcourt to settle its indebtedness to its player or face sanctions.

The supportive impact of these factors could wane in the rest of 2015. “Recent months have seen a steady acceleration in global oil demand growth, but due to the temporary nature of many of the factors that contributed to the upside, annual growth may subside in the second half of 2015.”

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday said that he inherited a “‎virtually empty treasury” with debts running into hundreds of millions of Dollars and appealed to the media to explain the true position to Nigerians so that “they won’t match on us”.

Retired Maj.-Gen. Ishola Williams, said on Monday in Abuja that the Nigerian army had no business with elections in the country.

An accountant, Sarah Suowari, 39, was arraigned before a High Court in Yenagoa, charged with stealing N25 million from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

At least 20 people were killed Monday when a young female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a bus station in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, in an attack likely to be blamed on Boko Haram.

Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Monday said sustainable economic development could only be built on a foundation of sound education.

Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Engr. Segun Oni and the National Publicity secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed are currently jostling for a place in the cabinet of the president Muhammadu Buhari as ministers, Vanguard has learnt.