Flying Eagles coach, Emmanuel Amuneke is upbeat of his side’s chances of qualifying for the 2017 African Cup of Nations U-20 championship billed for Zambia.

OUTSIDE the circle of immediate family members one ‘guardian angel’ whose intervention was crucial to the birth of this column is the one generally called ‘Baba’ within the fraternity of Nigerian writers, especially the ‘younger’ ones.

IF Nigeria is prepared to plug the cyber loopholes that cost it about N40 billion in 2015 alone, it must take a few lessons from the United States of America. This was part of the revelations that emerged at the cybersecurity summit which began in Abuja yesterday. The country is being advised to be a bit more proactive in strengthening its fight against cybercrime and other internet related crimes.

ENUGU — The Nigerian Breweries Plc, NB Plc, last week, commissioned three community relations project in two communities and the customs barracks in Enugu State, as part of its social responsibilities to its host communities. The projects included a water borehole and a toilet for the Community Primary School at Oma-Eke in Udi Local Government Area; a six classroom block with a library and toilets at Ogwofia Imezi Owa Community Secondary School as well as an Officers’ Mess at the Nigerian Customs Service, Enugu barracks.

A Government of-ficial once told me : ” You people (doctors) should do as we say; after all we pay your salaries”. And a colleague once said to me: “They (Government) should just give us what we want.” Both are wrong; and herein lies the locus of persistent conflict. Government’s actions impinges on ALL doctors, including those whose salary they don’t pay.

THIS dreaded kidnap gang in Port Harcourt led by Mitchel did not know their end was near as they abducted a 14- year -old girl called Charity, penultimate week. A 23- year- old member of the notorious gang, Mr Godwin Phina, who lived on the same street with the victim and the parents arranged the abduction. He told Crime Alert that he asked his group to strike on the day the little girl was coming back from school.

Olalekan was killed by three unidentified Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) who, in the course of chasing the driver of a car they wanted to arrest, it hit the boy. He died two days after in a hospital established by the state located in Ondo town.

UMUAHIA-THE wife of Abia State governor, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu recently came to the rescue of the state wing of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, when she donated food items to enable them receive the corps members currently undergoing orientation in the camp.

The Federal Government, yesterday, said it will collaborate with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to create N750 billion agriculture fund as part of its commitment to making agriculture the mainstay of the Nigerian economy, just as it is committed to tackling the smuggling of poultry products into the country.

THE Management of Jos University Teaching Hospital, JUTH, has appealed to striking workers of the hospital to call off their over two months action in the interest of the general public.