Students under the aegis of the National Union of Lagos State Students, NULASS, have called on the Lagos State government to release their bursary awards as failure to do so will lead to peaceful protest by the students.

Super Eagles of Nigeria will be difficult to beat when Zambia host them in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier, according to Zambian coach Patrick Kangwa. Zambia will host the Super Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday, October 9 in the race to qualify for Russia 2018.

A LITTLE over three weeks ago, very few people knew Blessing Ebowe. Although a smart software developer, her fame was limited to friends, loved ones and her colleagues at Andela. Andela itself is another story altogether. Andela is a startup coding school, which recruits intelligent, local talent through a rigorous testing and interview process and then pays each student each month, with benefits.

THE best period to know an individual’s true character is in times of crisis. Anybody can lay claim to being anything when all is well but when the tide turns only then is true character reflected. It is for this reason I wonder what it would be like to conduct a patriotism test on Nigerians in this time of economic crisis, the worst in about three decades.

Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, said floods killed 18 persons and destroyed 6,637 houses in about 19 local government areas in the state during the current raining season.

No fewer than 10,107 unemployed residents of Bauchi State have registered for the Social Intervention Scheme, a Federal Government project to alleviate poverty and create employment, by training beneficiaries in agriculture, technology, education and vocational courses.

THE Dania of Auchi Kingdom, Alhaji Usman Abudah, yesterday, said that the people of Edo North senatorial district will vote massively for the APC Candidate Mr. Godwin Obaseki, to compensate their son, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who has done the people of the area proud.

Coach Florence Omagbemi of the female national football team , the Super Falcons has warned her players that they cannot afford to underrate any team at this year’s women AFCON in Cameroon

Falconets head coach, Peter Dedevbo has invited prolific striker, Chinwendu Ihezuo and 29 others to kick-start preparations for the 8th FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Papua New Guinea later in the year.

LAGOS—FAMILY members, friends and political associates, yesterday, gathered in Lagos to mark the one-year anniversary of the demise of the Awolowo matriarch, Chief Mrs. Hannah Idowu Dideolu and to remember her life, struggles and role in the unity of Yoruba nation.