ASSOCIATION of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions, ASSBIFI, has asked the Federal Government to attract local and foreign investments to create jobs, if the nation must must get out of economic recession.

Fans of Chapecoense, the Brazilian football club enjoying a fairy tale season until almost wiped out in a plane crash, gathered outside the stadium in shock and disbelief Tuesday.

The football world was plunged into mourning Tuesday after a plane carrying a Brazilian team crashed in the mountains in Colombia, killing 75 people with six survivors, officials said.

A new vaccine against HIV,being tested in a trial to be launched in South Africa, has been described as the potential “the final nail in the coffin” for HIV/AIDS if it is successful.

Defending champions Nigeria beat South Africa 1-0 to qualify for finals at the ongoing Women’s African Cup of Nations (AWCON) in Cameroon.