Somewhere out there is a new Nwankwo Kanu or a Jay-Jay Okocha, but it is not easy for the thousands of pretenders to become Nigeria’s newest football hero to get a foot on the ladder.

LESS than two years into his first term, the people and leaders of Uyo senatorial zone of Akwa Ibom State will back Governor Udom Emmanuel for re-election in 2019, Senator Effiong Bob, pro-chancellor and chairman, Governing Council of the University of Benin, has said.

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed joy over the successful partnership between Lagos and Kebbi States that gave rise to the local production of LAKE Rice (Lagos-Kebbi Rice).

A factfile on the deadly Ebola virus, against which the World Health Organization said Friday a prototype vaccine could be “up to 100 percent effective”.

An official of the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (DISCO), Mr Francis Idoko, was on Friday beaten by residents of a building on Fish Pond St. Muwo Ojo, Lagos, for disconnecting their line.