As the days keep ticking away before the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier between Chipolopolo and Eagles in Ndola on October 9, acting Zambian coach has admitted that the the opening match with the 2013 champions will be a daunting one.

FORMER Minister of Health and Social Services, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi yesterday recalled how the wife of the founder of Punch Nigeria Limited, Mrs Florence Jadesola Aboderin facilitated the success of the housing scheme of the first civilian governor in Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande in the 80’s.

A former governor of Abia, Chief Orji Kalu, has advised President Muhammdu Buhari to initiate policies and legislations that will bail Nigeria out of the current economic recession. Orji told newsmen in Umuahia on Friday on the sideline of a reconciliatory meeting organised in his honour by an Umuahia sociocultural organisation, called Igurube-Egwuasa.

Kogi State Police Command has banned public jubilation and/or demonstration after the Supreme Court delivers its judgment on the state governorship election petition appeals. The Commissioner of Police, Malam Abdullahi Chafe, announced the ban at a news conference in Lokoja on Friday.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State said yesterday that the state government has continued to take care of the families of Boko Haram insurgents in order to break the Boko Haram cycle of violence and secure the future of Borno State.