Barcelona target Verratti training with PSG
Italian midfielder Marco Verratti resumed training with Paris Saint-Germain Friday after the French club blocked a move to Spanish giants Barcelona.
Lagos bags award for best state in 2016 Hajj operations
Lagos State Government on Friday beat 35 other States to bag the prestigious award for the best performing State in the 2016 Hajj Operations in Nigeria.
Tension in Sapele over killing of 2 soldiers by militants
TENSION is currently brewing in Sapele, Delta State over the killing of two soldiers attached to the 19 Battalion, Koko, Warri North local government area of Delta State by suspected militants.
Photos: Ezeawulu laments poor road network, appeals Obiano for assistant
A community behind Anambra state governor’s lodge has appealed to the state governor, Dr. Willie Obiano to assist in the construction and rehabilitation of their roads in order to reduce the risk and untold hardship experienced daily on the roads.
Impeachment Threat: Don’t be cowed, enforce constitutional orders, CHRICED tells Osinbajo
The Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED), Friday, called on the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to refuse to be cowed, saying Nigerians are fully behind him in his efforts to uphold national security.
Nigerians must unite against quit notice agenda – Prof. Abdulhameed
Prof. Abdulhameed Ujo of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Abuja has called for unity among Nigerians to resist the “quite notice” agenda of enemies of Nigeria.
Umahi advocates recruitment of retired customs officers to check rice smuggling
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has called on the Federal Government to engage the services of retired customs officers with integrity in order to check the rising cases of rice smuggling in the counrty. Umahi, a member of the Presidential Taskforce on Rice and Wheat, who addressed newsmen on Friday in Abakaliki, expressed regret over […]
Pope to G20: Give ‘absolute priority’ to poor, marginalised
Pope Francis on Fridau urged world leaders taking part in the G20 summit in Hamburg to give “absolute priority” to the problems of the poor and marginalised and to efforts to end wars.
Gonorrhoea is becoming untreatable, WHO warns
Gonorrhoea infections are increasing, but doctors are running out of antibiotics that can fight the increasingly resistant bacteria causing the sexual disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Friday.
No job losses, Etisalat new mgt reassures workers
LAGOS—The new management of Etisalat, yesterday, resumed duty and reassured all the telco’s workers that there will be no job losses as a result of the change in management.
Umahi prays for Buhari’s quick recovery; lauds his agric policy
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi says he has embarked on fervent prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari’s quick recovery to enable him to pilot the affairs of the country in good health.
