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Sport: Integrity: NFF goes tough on defaulters, warns officials’ appointment committees

“All affiliates of the Nigeria Football Federation and indeed all Football Stakeholders are advised to submit the list of officials that have failed to comply with the directive of the NFF to relinquish one position out of the two or more positions occupied that portends a clear conflict of interest in the discharge of their duties,” read the circular, signed by NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi. The Nigeria Football Federation on Tuesday called on the Football Associations in the 36 States and the FCT to forward to it names of persons in their jurisdiction who are still defiantly wearing multiple hats in Nigerian Football.

Health: Zamfara decries prevalent of six child killer diseases

Alhaji Yusuf Mafara, the Executive Secretary of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, expressed this concern at a one-day stakeholders’ sensitisation meeting on breastfeeding in Gusau on Tuesday. The Zamfara State Government has decried the recent increase in the six child killer diseases among children in the state. Alhaji Yusuf Mafara, the Executive Secretary of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency, expressed this concern at a one-day stakeholders’ sensitisation meeting on breastfeeding in Gusau on Tuesday.

Politic: Internal party democracy as recipe for sustainable democracy, by Atiku Abubakar

That in order for the APC to succeed as a party in government and for our democracy to endure, the Party, the Legislature and the Executive must work in concert. They should not see one another as a competitor or rival. At a pre-inauguration retreat for All Progressives Congress’ Senators-Elect at Abuja on 23rd May, 2015 I made the following arguments: That in order for the APC to succeed as a party in government and for our democracy to endure, the Party, the Legislature and the Executive must work in concert. They should not see one another as a competitor or rival.

Entertainment News: Fela Still Relevant 20 Years After His Death, Says Segun Arinze

Popular Nollywood actor and TV personality, Segun Arinze, known as “Black Arrow’’, says Afro-beat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, is still relevant 20 years after his death.

Business News: Business Mogul Wants Free Visa For Tourism Investors To Boost Sector

Mr Yomi Fadugba , Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MOYDAK Construction Ltd., Lekki, Lagos, has urged the Federal Government to make entry visa free for investors in the tourism industry. Fadugba, a hospitality consultant and investor, who made the appeal when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos, said that would attract tourism investors.

News: 5 Men Docked Over Alleged Armed Robbery, Get N 500,000 Bail

Five men were on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly breaking into some houses in the night and robbing people of their belongings. The accused — Taiwo Yusuf, 25; Sodiq Ahmed, 25; Rilwan Adeyemi, 26; Akeem Ogundimu, 21; and Lekan Shokunbi, 20 — are facing a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery.

News: Can Ghana Learn Something From Nigeria

By Josephine Nettey  The government of Nigeria, through the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, who visited the Dangote oil refinery site at Lekki Free Trade Zone, in Lagos, has assured Aliko Dangote that, government was ready to help him finish the construction of the refinery, before the stipulated date of December 2019. The refinery when completed, will be the biggest in the world with the capacity to refine 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day.

News: Boko Haram decapitates Nigerian loggers: local militia

Residents arrange under a white sheet victims of a bombing in Koffa, Nigeria, on June 19, 2017. (Photo by AFP) Boko Haram extremists have killed three loggers near a remote village in Nigeria's restive northeast Borno state, local militia assisting the military to fight the extremist group told AFP Wednesday.

Time will be the ultimate judge on if L.A. made a good deal to take 2028 Olympics

By David Wharton The mood was nearly giddy among Olympic athletes and city officials who gathered at StubHub Center on Monday. Local bid leaders had called a news conference to formally announce a deal with the International Olympic Committee that would pave the way for bringing the 2028 Summer Games to Southern California.

Books: Raped in the desert!

The suspense filled thriller is based on the contemporary social challenge of terrorism confronting the North eastern part of Nigeria. It resonates the voice and oppression of the vulnerable female gender. It begins with the story of a young school girl Hauwa, the main character of the novel. Hauwa is the voice of one of the abducted school girls, their pain, and their loss and ultimately the triumph of overcoming life's many challenges, even in extremist conditions.