NATIONAL Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Lagos State has partnered with the Ministry of Health to ensure the 2017 orientation camp slated for today is free from the spread of Cerebra-spinal Meningitis (CSM) disease.

FACEBOOK has selected 60 entrepreneurs from across the Middle East and Africa for the ‘Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge’.

Rivers United defeated Morocco FUS Rabat 1-0 in a CAF Confederation Cup match at the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt yesterday.

Nigeria’s men’s national team, D’Tigers’ forward, Stan Okoye is optimistic about the team’s chances at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers. While Nigeria won’t open their race to secure one of the five tickets for African teams for the FIBA Basketball 2019 until February 2018, the 26-year-old measured up his national team’s chances against Group B opponents, Mali, Rwanda and Uganda.

For financial support to IAAF Bronze Label event, Pamodzi Sports Marketing, organisers of the Okpekpe international 10km road race has thanked sponsors and donors who provided the over N150m financial and other logistic support towards the success of the fifth edition of the race held penultimate Saturday in Okpekpe, Edo state.

KATSINA—ABOUT 50 patients, including a three-month-old baby, Anamu Fatima, have benefited from free facial deformity (correction) surgeries carried out by a team of medical experts from Cleft and Facial Deformity Foundation in Katsina State.

CHAIRMAN of Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon. Chuks Oseme has bemoaned the problem that the deteriorating condition of roads in the local government has brought to the people of the area with a call for full appreciation of the problem so that the it can be fully understood.

SHAREHOLDERS have applauded the board and management of Dangote Flour Mills for returning the company to profitability after years of losses. They urged the management to create more awareness for the company’s products saying as they are of high quality and in line to global standards.

STANDARDS Organisation of Nigeria, SON, has rated manufacturing companies in the country low on Environmental Management System management (EMS) certifications.

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved the constitution of a National Minimum Wage Committee to kick start the process of deliberations for a new wage for Nigerian workers.

Our nation has just witnessed the humane action of the Federal Government distributing tonnes of seized products, these are all items that, in the past, would have long been reduced to ashes

Oko community in Anambra State, the country home of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme has petitioned the Commissioner and Ministry of Works, Anambra State over what it described as indiscriminate excavation of sand by a section of people in the town, as well as selling it for economic benefits.

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said, yesterday that without commitment to hardwork, no amount of praying and fasting would take Nigeria’s economy to the desired growth.

With over 400,000 Nigerian women living with obstetric fistula, wife of Ebonyi State Governor, Mrs. Rachel Umahi, has urged them to take up the challenge of disseminating information on the debilitating condition.

FOLLOWING the interception of a 20-foot container laden with arms at the Tin Can Island Command of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, the Comptroller General of Customs, Col Hammed Ali (retd), has ordered that the import be moved to the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the service in Ikeja, pending investigation.