China set to shatter football transfer records
"Biggest", "hugest", "most ever". Analysts are piling up the superlatives as China prepares to splash out astronomical sums for footballing talent during the winter transfer window in deals that analysts say involve more money than sense.
40 families homeless as fire destroys makeshift estate in Rivers
At least 40 families were rendered homeless as fire destroyed a popular batcher estate in Jubilee Avenue in Rumuolumeni Community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Wednesday.
N25bn ETF: Lagos approves fund for 281 micro enterprises
The Lagos State Government through the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) yesterday distributed offer letters to some of the beneficiaries of the pilot scheme of the N25 billion Employment Trust Fund (ETF), with a pledge to create at least 300, 000 direct and 600, 000 indirect jobs by 2019 through the initiative.
Our Mosque was not burnt – Enugu Cattle dealers
Cattle dealers in Garriki Cattle market, Awkunanu-Enugu, yesterday faulted media reports that their mosque was burnt down owing to a dispute between two people in the market that led to their deaths.
Southern Kaduna killings: CAN declares National Day of Mourning
DISTURBED by the unceasing spate of sectarian killings of Christians in Southern Kaduna, the umbrella body of Christians in Nigeria, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has declared the second Sunday of 2017 as a national day of mourning.
Harmattan Haze: NAMA says navigational aids are been upgraded
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA yesterday reacted to the call by Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, that the navigational aids at all the country’s airports needed to be functional and upgraded as they are obsolete.
