Minister sets up c’ttee on Abuja Airport repairs
Following Federal Government’s provision of about N1 billion to urgently rehabilitate the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport runway in Abuja, the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has set up a committee to oversee the work.
Mikel warns Eagles, says don’t get carried away
SUPER Eagles skipper, John Obi Mikel has warned his teammates that there was still a long way to go in qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia despite defeating Algeria 3-1 in Uyo on Saturday.
18.2m Africans will be diabetic by 2030 – WHO
Following predictions that over 18.2 million Africans, including an estimated 4.8 million Nigerians, may become diabetic by 2030, as World Health Organisation, WHO, called for prioritisation of actions to prevent people becoming overweight and obese, beginning before birth and in early childhood.
Mikel disagrees with Rohr, clarifies Chelsea position
MIKEL Obi has again disagreed with Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr for the second time this week when he insisted he is not being shut out at his club Chelsea because he featured at the recent Rio Olympics.
BOKO HARAM: 200 Islamic clerics on counter-radicalization training in N-East
No fewer than 200 Islamic clerics, comprising local Almajiri teachers from Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, have commenced training on how to counter radicalization message of the followers of the dreaded sect.
EFCC withdraws criminal charges against Chidi Duru
Justice Atinuke Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, has struck out the criminal charges by Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, against Eze Chidi Duru, Founder and Promoter of First Guarantee Pension Limited, FGPL.
