The Anambra state publicity Secretary of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Mr. Uche Amaku has advised South easterners to stop flooding Aso Rock in a bid to win the favour of President Muhammadu Buhari, all in the hope that the President may appoint one of them, an Igbo man, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF.

NIGERIA is currently wading through a sea of challenges. The challenges facing the country range from recession, menace of herdsmen and recurring murderous clashes with farmers, agitation for the Republic of Biafra, restiveness in the oil-rich Niger-Delta, and alleged maltreatment of some sections of the country by the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration through appointments.

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara are the latest eminent figures to congratulate NFF President Amaju Pinnick on his recent elevation in global football administration.

Nigerian pharmaceutical manufacturers say 70 per cent of Nigerians living in the hinterlands have no access to quality medicines, blaming the development on the limited number of manufacturers and other stakeholders in the rural areas.

WITHIN a month four of my friends turned 80 or 81. Nearly all of them are healthy except one who suffered an intolerable episode. I have also watched a lot of younger men look at us. Their look is suggestive of a combination of emotions, some of them contradictory. They wonder that we have reached this ripe old age. There is confusion about what these old men are still doing here, “why una never die”? There is blame that we are the cause of all the problems of Nigeria. We could not fix the problem yet we incessantly talk about them. The young feel that we are leaving them with the intolerable burden of fixing a broken Nigeria. There is impatience; get out of the way so that the young can fully accept the mantle of leadership.

Interswitch, integrated digital payments and commerce company, has unveiled a new agreement with Toronto-based Fio Corporation to ramp up distribution of the company’s mobile healthcare technology services in Nigeria.

The maiden Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) versus Veteran Ex-Internationals Novelty Football Match and Awards will take place at the National Stadium Pitch and the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Centre respectively on Saturday, June 3, 2017. The Match is slated for 10am while the awards will start by 4pm.

Former Minister of Health, Professor Eyitayo Lambo has appealed to healthcare professionals to put an end to unnecessary inter-professional rivalry and bickering that have claimed so many lives and led to waste of resources.

LAFARGE Africa Plc has disclosed plans to raise additional N140 billion from the capital market through a Rights Issue.

Football stakeholders in the country have heaped praises on the leadership of the Nigeria Women’s Football League over the successful conclusion of the first round of the league in the country last week. The league started March 26 with a curtain raiser in Akure, Ondo State and it has since been in the front burner.