CALABAR—A confrontation between policemen and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil and Defence Corps, NSCDC, at a check point in Calabar, Wednesday night, led to the death of an NSCDC personnel after he was allegedly shot by one of the policeman.

The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to direct the necessary agencies to stop under-age children from hawking across the state.

THE Second Edition of the PwC Chess4 Change Grand Slam Tournament will hold from Tuesday, 19th to Thursday 21st of April 2016 at the Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere. Lagos.

Warri Wolves have appointed Neville Bikederemo as their new chairman, with immediate effect. He takes over from Moses Etu, who was relieved of his job, following Champions League ouster.

Dejan Lovren scored a heart-stopping stoppage-time header as Liverpool completed an astonishing comeback to beat Borussia Dortmund 4-3 on Thursday and reach the Europa League semi-finals.

THE battle for Final Eight places continued yesterday in Asaba as the second phase of the Zenith Bank Women Basketball League entered day four yesterday.

When you think women empowerment, you naturally think economic and political emancipation with little or emphasis on ‘formal education’. Mrs Furo Giami, a real estate practitioner and an unapologetic advocate for women empowerment, however firmly believes holistic empowerment, even for the least woman, will be impossible without formal education. The Founder of Centre for Economic & Leadership Development, an organization inspiring women across different continents, including America, Asia and Africa, speaks on the vision behind her forthcoming Nigeria Power Women Conference billed to hold in Abuja later this month; and more in this interview with Woman’s Own.

WOMEN, it is assumed, talk about everything and anything. In fact, two women strangers sitting next to each other on a 2-hour journey will arrive at their destination knowing how many children each has, birth control method used, work life, the burden of juggling work with family, and just name it.

Ghana’s taxi services are too male dominated, so one woman decided to drive for change. Stacey Knott speaks to Esenam Nyador, one of the few female taxi drivers in Accra.

In a bid to make Nigerian graduates employers of labour and globally competitive, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Nigeria, UNN, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba has urged higher institutions across the country to give priority to entrepreneurship studies and research development programmes.