THE Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure, Ondo State yesterday reserved ruling on an application for the recounting of used and unused ballot paper during the election into Okitipupa/Irele federal constituency.

National U-23 Eagles opponents in Sunday’s Olympic Games qualifier, Congo are expected to arrive Nigeria today.

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Melvin Pinnick says the appointment of Sunday Oliseh as the Super Eagles coach is just the beginning as his team continue to revamp the country’s football fortunes.

First City Monument Bank, FCMB Ltd and Acugas Ltd have entered into a financing agreement that will see the bank and four others lend $445 million, (about N87.7billion) to Acugas to develop gas infrastructure in Nigeria.

The Chairman of the Local Organi-zing Committee for the 2016 Olympic qualifying match between Nigeria’s U-23 team and their Congolese counterparts, Hon. Boma Iyaye has assured both teams and fans coming to the stadium of maximum security during the encounter on Sunday.

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State yesterday announced the names of 13 special advisers as approved by the House of Assembly. He had earlier sworn in two special advisers at separate ceremonies bringing the number of his advisers to 15

Preliminary results from experimental plots carried out by researchers working under the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) led Cassava Weed Management Project show that by switching to improved weed management practices, Nigerian cassava farmers can double current national average yield of 12-13 tons per hectare.

Capital Bancorp Plc has predicted that the current stock market downturn is likely to rebound by the fourth quarter of 2015, just as the company plans to host investor forum to enlighten both existing and prospective investors about investible opportunity in the Nigerian capital market.

The institute of Empowerment and Strategy, IES, has announced plans to empower over three million entrepreneurs with the resources to grow their businesses and positioning them to contribute meaningfully to job creation and economic development.

Hostilities for the third and final phase of the 2015 Zenith Bank women Basketball league will dunk-off on Sunday July 19, 2015 at the indoor Sports hall of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos as only eight teams out of the eighteen that started the race qualified for finals.