Due to the failed coup attempt in Turkey which has led to the closure of many private universities, Nigeria Students studying across Turkish private varsities closed down have been moved by the Turkish Government to public Schools in that country where they will pay very little or no tuition fees at all.

Oil giant, Capital Oil and Gas and Anambra based NPFL club side, FC Ifeanyi Ubah have inked a long term partnership deal with West Ham United FC, one of the leading clubs in the English Premier League.

The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said on Friday it had commenced the training of about 1, 000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on self defence against rape and other acts of violence.

London was on Friday, set to start the first all-night underground rail services for 150 years. Analysts forecast that the move could add tens of millions of pounds annually to the city’s economy.

The President of the Family Federation for World Peace Unification (FFWPU), George Ogurie, has called on the world leaders, who had ratified into law, same sex marriage in their countries, to rescind their decision for the sake of humanity.

“Kaduna was home to people from different religious and ethnic background, but since the beginning of the 1980s, it has witnessed 12 rounds of bloody violence that killed over 20,000 people and destroyed properties worth millions. “Kaduna is now divided along religious lines, with the Muslims living on the northern part of the River Kaduna, while the Christians live in the southern part of the river.

The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday said it shortlisted 110,469 applicants out of the 338, 250 applicants invited for the just concluded screening at the states and FCT Police Commands.

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The Kaduna State Committee on Prisons Decongestion on Friday said it had set free 15 inmates from the Kaduna Central Prison. The committee’s chairperson, Amina Dyeris-Sijuwade, who is also the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, said in a statement that the gesture was part of the ongoing prison decongestion exercise.

The Akwa Ibom Police Command has arrested three suspected pipeline vandals in Eket Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, Nelson Semiyefa from Bayelsa; Victor William and Nseobong Dickson, both from Akwa Ibom, however, denied being vandals and criminals while speaking with newsmen.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday said it had concluded arrangements to hold its next technical meeting on admissions at the Bayero University in Kano. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, told newsmen in Lagos that it would hold from Aug. 22 to Aug. 26.

Honour Sirawoo, National President, Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), on Friday said that Nigeria had no blueprint for the development of sports to make it a money spinning venture. Sirawoo told newsmen in Port Harcourt that the performance of Nigerian athletes in the ongoing Rio Olympics was a clear case.

The Nigerian Navy on Friday impounded and destroyed six large wooden barges laden with estimated 70,000 litres of diesel suspected to have been stolen from pipelines in Rivers. Commodore Kennedy Egbuchulam, the Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, Port Harcourt paraded one suspect before newsmen at the destruction site in Isaka, Okirika Local Government Area of Rivers.

Two children were feared dead in a building collapse, sequel to torrential rain in Kirikasamma Local Government Area of Jigawa. The incident occurred on Thursday at Karigidi village in the local council of the state.