The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) says Nigeria is a step close to qualifying for the U-19 Cricket World Cup, if the team beats Botswana in the U-19 Africa/International Cricket Council tournament.

Equity transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed after the Eid-el-Kabir celebration on Wednesday in an upward trend with market indicators growing by 0.23 per cent.

World oil prices sank Wednesday as traders eyed rising gasoline and distillates stockpiles, amid ongoing jitters over the stubborn global crude supply glut, analysts said.

FORMER Minister of Aviation and Ex- Spokesperson to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode has revealed that the five plane crashes that occurred between 2005 and 2006 were man-made, planned and the 453 victims were sacrifices.

The Kaduna State Cycling Association on Wednesday said that it would introduce monthly competition among cyclists to promote the game in the state.

Mr Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development, said that licences for mining of coal for power generation had not been awarded since the emergence of the current administration. Fayomi said this at a stakeholders and press meeting on pre-Sustainability in the Extractive Industries (SITEI) at the ministry on Wednesday in Abuja.

Video: Thousands of Boko Haram members praying during Sallah

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has promised to add 450 megawatts of electricity to the national grid by 2017.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday expressed confidence in the ongoing efforts to permanently resolve traffic congestion in the Apapa axis due to activities at the Port, just as he restated his administration’s commitment to restore the glory of the area.

The leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari for surreptitiously reminding innocent youth corps members of Igbo extraction, serving in Katsina State, of the sordid experience of their forebears, during the 30-month old war for freedom.

The Enugu State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uche Eze, has stressed the need for constant and periodic training of teachers toward the development of basic education system in the state.

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has urged its members to desist from reducing quantity and quality of their goods owing to the scarcity of foreign exchange (Forex).

Suspected gunmen on Wednesday attacked the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) office in Onitsha, Anambra, torching some equipment and Star Times section in the premises.

The police in Jigawa on Wednesday said it had arrested a 30-year- old man, Haruna Barde, for allegedly killing
a 70-year -old woman and her son in Jahun Local Government Area of the state.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has commenced enforcement action on Globacom for not adhering to the 10 per cent threshold for interconnect traffic by telecom companies.