A cross-section of football fans on Sunday urged football authorities in the country to apply more stringent sanctions on clubs whose supporters get involved in violence at match venues.

UYO—NEWLY-installed 36th President of Rotary Club of Uyo, District 9142 in Akwa Ibom State, Mrs Idongesit Domingo-Inyang, has decried the situation where pupils still sit on the floor of their classroom to learn in the state.

Expectedly, Nigeria’s Super Eagles and ther top African soccer nations have drawn bye for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, cleared ExxonMobil from any sharp practices and indebtedness to the country.

PORT HARCOURT— Civil Society Organisations in Niger Delta have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to relinquish his position as Petroleum Minister and handover the office to one of his screened nominees.

The Edo State Skills Development Agency (EdoJobs) in collaboration with the Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH or GIZ (a German development agency) has commenced a four-week training for 200 Edo youths on solar technology.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has closed its defence with a no-case submission in the suit between Chief Stephen Lawani and Senator Abba Moro in the tussle for the Benue south senatorial seat at the National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi.

A LITTLE over three years ago when Dr Dakuku Adol Peterside was appointed Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, there was a sharp division of what his coming portends. While some believed that he would make a difference, significant and far-reaching, there were also those who expressed some level of reservation and indeed pessimism, based on the consideration that not being an industry person would clearly limit his ability to achieve the desired growth index.

ENUGU—SOME notable chieftains of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State have attacked the party’s chairman in the state, Chief Ben Nwoye, for faulting the inclusion of the immediate past Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, in President Buhari’s list of minister-nominees.

One of the aspirants for Kogi State governorship election, on platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Muhammed Audu, weekend in Lokoja, Kogi State, called on the national leaders of the party to adopt direct primary in choosing the party’s flag bearer for the November 16 gubernatorial poll in the state.

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government has recorded impressive gains in the fight against human trafficking, which includes opening up economic opportunities for youths, building local capacity to drive economic growth and strengthening institutional capacity to check the trend.

Angry intending Pilgrims to the 2019 Holy Pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia from Ondo, Ekiti and part of Oyo states, yesterday,  shut operations at the Ilorin airport over delayed flight to the Holy land. 

Former Super Eagles striker Victor Moses has been warned to up his game in the coming 2020 season  by Fenerbahce coach,  Ersun Yanal.

LAGOS—Four children, including three siblings, were injured when a three-storey building located on 30 Osasa Street, in Bariga area of Lagos, partially collapsed on Sunday.

Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr has said the team’s leading scorer, Odion Ighalo who quit the team after the Africa Cup of Nations still has a role to play in the team.