In order to compete favourably in the global scene, stakeholders and professional cyclists have called on Federal and State Governments to provide support and adequate funding for the development of competitive cycling sport in Nigeria.

Nigeria’s premier sports institution, the National Institute of Sports has unveiled plans for its silver jubilee celebration billed for January, 2019. Twelve sets of students totaling One thousand five hundred graduates will take part in the convocation, the first since 2006.

The Federal Government has been tasked to invest massively  in technology as  it’s the panacea for socio-economic challenges.Delivering a paper during the 14th ASUP National Conference held at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, the Chairman COHEADS and Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Alhaji Masa’ud Elelu said any nation devoid of technology-driven innovations wouldn’t develop. ”Education opens the eyes to what has always been there but not seen. If learning is encouraged, growth is constant. In order to turn around a country, the powerful weapon at the disposal of leaders is education”, he said.

MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has faulted the position of the human rights activist, Chief Femi Falana, SAN, on the”no work no pay” policy of the federal government, saying that Chief Falana was misinforming the public.

Despite the woes that have befallen  Nigerian education sector in recent time, all hope is not lost yet as two sudents  of  Corona Secondary School Agbara, Ogun State were among the best globally.All stood still at the school premises when  school authorities announced Ikenna Uruakpa and Anna Adobamen as second best in the    Standardized Aptitude Test (SAT) Examinations world-wide.

President of the Federation of Public Service Games, FEPSGA, Aloku Amaebi, yesterday, said about 10,000 contingents from across the country were expected at the game 37th edition.

DELTA State Joint Accounts and Allocation Committee, JAAC, has approved increased remittance for Local government pensioners in the State.

ABUJA—Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has adopted the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as its sole candidate for February 2019 presidential poll.

The need to replace the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government as a means of ending the nation’s multifarious problems was the highlight of the North Central zonal rally of Peoples Democratic Part, PDP, presidential campaign in Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday.

A suit filed by former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, against the author of Too Good to Die, Chidi Odinkalu, came up for hearing, yesterday.