Saunders hopes Fury can make undercard for title defence
WBO middleweight champion, Billy Joe Saunders, has backed former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to resolve his doping issues, and fight on the undercard for Briton’s title defence against Georgian Avtandil Khurtsidze in July.
We are raising kids to replace old hands in tennis, FCT chair says
Ifedayo Akindoju, chairman FCT Tennis Association, on Tuesday said that the association was raising kids at the grassroots level to replace old players.
‘Ndigbo, Biafrans themselves have not helped themselves’
Reactions are now trailing the declaration of Biafra republic by the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu in May, 1967, barely 50 years ago.
NLC, TUC, others picket company over unpaid 19 month’s salaries
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress, TUC, United Action for Democracy and staffs of Automobile, Boatyards, Transport Equipment and Allied Senior Staff Association, AUTOBATE, have picketed Galba Nigerian Plc. over 19 months unpaid salaries of the workers.
Danish court convicts teenage girl for terrorism over school attack plot
A Danish court on Tuesday found a teenage girl guilty of terrorism over planning to attack two schools, one of them a Jewish school in the capital, Copenhagen.
Boko Haram: Security agencies return personnel to liberated communities in Borno
Some security agencies have deployed their personnel back to communities in the 24 local government areas in Borno liberated from the Boko Haram insurgents by the military.
Berlusconi calls Macron, French president’s older wife “a beautiful mum”
Gaffe-prone former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has joked about the nearly 25-year age gap between French President Emmanuel Macron and his older wife, calling her the leader’s “beautiful mum.”
Senate frowns at non-submission of budgets by govt agencies
The Senate has expressed concern over the failure of Government agencies to submit their 2017 budget proposal to the National Assembly in line with extant law.
Again, FG refuses to produce Dasuki in court for trial
The trial of the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (Rtd) on alleged corruption charges was aborted by the refusal of the Federal Government to produce him in Court for trial.
FG commends UN efforts in tackling Boko Haram challenges
The Federal Government has commended the efforts and partnership of the UN with Nigeria in addressing the huge humanitarian challenges caused by the Boko Haram insurgency.
Court grants N200,000 bail to mechanic charged with theft
A Grade 1 Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted bail in the sum of N200,000 to 47-year-old mechanic, Tony Ibrahim, of Orozo, FCT, for alleged theft.
Nigerians are honourable, hard working – FG
Nigerians are honourable and hard working people who are making remarkable contributions all over the world, the Federal Government said on Monday in New York.
Nigeria inflation declines – NBS report
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measure inflation declined by 0.02 per cent in April, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said on Tuesday.
Candidates who bought fake UTME questions for N200K have already failed – JAMB
The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has warned candidates sitting for the exam not to fall victim to fraudsters who claim to have prepared answers to the examination questions being conducted by JAMB, adding that those who bought and used such papers have already failed. Prof. Oloyede warned the candidates to desist from buying fake question papers being sold by organised syndicates with the hope that such questions are the authentic JAMB questions which would make them get high marks in the exam.
The First Class degrees galore By Reuben Abati
The Daily Trust newspaper has published an interesting feature story (May 15), on the sudden surge in the number of First Class degrees being churned out by Nigerian universities. Daily Trust reports that its investigation reveals that in the last five years, 16 Nigerian universities have produced a total of 3, 499 first class graduates. […]
Researchers say global cyber attack similar to N. Korean hacks
Cybersecurity researchers have found evidence they say could link North Korea with the “WannaCry” cyber attack that has infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide.
