If anyone is looking forward to a day when sports will stop being big business, they have a long wait ahead of them.

The popular saying “Water, e no get enemy!” culled from one of late Fela Anikulapo’s hit tracks connotes the extremely essential role water plays in human life. From washing to cleaning and cooking, not a single home functions without water each day.

Three suspected cultists reportedly lost their lives in a fierce gun battle on Tuesday with soldiers at Obuburu community in Rivers state, just as the Joint Force in the Niger Delta, code named Operation Pulo Shield also shot dead one of the suspected militants that killed two soldiers in Bayelsa state recently.

More than two weeks after the Managing Director of Kakatar Civil Engineering Company, Robert Azibaola, and his Executive Director, Projects, were arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over a $40 million pipeline job, their lawyer, Gordy Uche (SAN), has accused the commission of embarking on a vendetta mission against former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Federal Government in the spirit of change will soon limit the use of first class and business class ticket to ministers, permanent secretaries and head of parastatals.

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has promised to step down in 2020 at the expiration of his tenure.

The Presidency on Thursday, in Abuja commenced a vocational and entrepreneurial programme to prepare its staff for retirement.

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday said his administration would continue to add value to the quality of education in tertiary institutions owned by the state to make graduates wealth creators.

Embattled star actress Ibinabo Fiberesima, who was sentenced to a five – year jail term for the death of Suraj Giwa, a Lagos State of Doctor, has been granted N2million bail with two sureties who are residents.

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