Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says he is “totally against” international friendlies following injuries to key central defenders Chris Smalling and Phil Jones on England duty.

ABUJA — A banker, Mrs. Zainab Ibrahim-Kokobili, yesterday, narrated before the Federal High Court in Abuja, how Chairman emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, got N2.1 billion from Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, three months to the 2015 presidential election.

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr Nsima Ekere, has advocated a more strategic partnership between the commission and stakeholders in the oil producing communities with a view to effectively fight poverty and other challenges facing the region.

DELTA State Police Command, yesterday, said that preliminary investigations showed that the 50-year-old staff of Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, Sunday Idama, murdered at his cassava farm, last Friday, in Ovre-Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state, was not killed by Fulani herdsmen.

A lot of women in Nigeria go through Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) without seeking medical intervention in good time.

The federal government has announced a 7.5 per cent yield for its $500 million Eurobond approved by the National Assembly, last week.

THE General Manager of Enugu Rangers, Christian Chukwu has hinted that the ultimatum given to the Flying Antelopes’ technical crew is not a witch-hunt of coach Imama Amapakabo but to ensure that the team turns a new leaf in terms of results in the league.

Former Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, Alhaji Ibrahim Galadima has said that he is more worried by the division the recent CAF election has brought into the country’s football than the outcome of the process.

THE Extended Hands Foundation, EHF,have repaired 35 women with Vesico Vaginal Fistula, VVF, in Kebbi State.

INDIGENES of Tiv in Benue State, speaking on the platform of Mdzough TIV, Lagos chapter, have pleaded with the Federal Government and security agencies to stop the killings and destruction of lives and properties in the state.

Researchers from the University of Alberta say the Body Mass Index, BMI, that measures a person’s body size from their weight and height, is not only a bad indicator of how healthy you are, it can lead to doctors prescribing wrong treatment.

All Progressives Congress, APC, has dismissed allegation in some quarters that its councillors during the tenure of former Governor Chibuike Amaechi, and some members of the party have dumped the party.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN and Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, have urged labour unions and civil society groups to commence a sustained fight for the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.

Lumen Christi International High School, Uromi, Edo State, has emerged the overall best performing school in the country by winning the Augustus Bandele Oyediran trophy for producing the best overall results in the 2016 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination, WASSCE.

MATHEMATICIANS under the umbrella of Mathematical Analysis and Optimization Research Group, MANORG, has called for a collaboration with players in the industry to provide solutions to modern technological and industrial challenges.