A faith-based organisation, Bestway International Christian Centre, BICC, has announced plans to train and empower Nigerians at a two-day event scheduled for this weekend at BICC conference centre, Alagbole, Lagos.

ON the move to ban importation of rice into the country in 2017, a rice production giant, OLAM Nigeria, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to embark on gradual process to close the supply gap of 2.5 million tonnes in five years.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has lashed out at the United States again and even called the Americans “monkeys” and “fools.”

The German government has declared interest in partnering Nigeria to salvage the recession rocking the country through vocational trainings to provide jobs for the teaming youths, ensure good qualification and through boosting of enterprise in Nigeria.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), an organization set up by the Nigerian government since 1973 to ensure Nigerian students give a mandatory one-year service upon graduation, recently issued out call-up letters to certain individuals who have qualified to join the last batch for the year.