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Uyo camp of the Super Eagles is expected to record a full house today as more Europe based invited players would arrive early morning to join the team in its first full training today, ahead of the Saturday’s Russia 2018 world cup qualifying match against Zambia. Checks at the teams’ camp reveal that about six players arrived Abuja Wednesday and were part of the team that departed for Uyo. Hapoel Beer Sheva duo, Anthony Nwakaeme and John Ogu, goalkeepers Ikechukwu Ezenwa and Dele Ajiboye, Monaco loanee, Elderson Echiejile, and Portugal-based Oghenekaro Etebo were among the players that arrived at the…

Bundesliga giant, Bayern Munich has named Jupp Heynckes as head coach until the end of the 2017/18 season following the sack of Carlo Ancelotti last week. The German champion made the announcement on their website on Thursday. The 72-year-old retired from football following the 2012/13 season, in which he led the Bavarians to an unprecedented treble of Bundesliga, DFB Cup and UEFA Champions League titles. Heynckes also bagged the FIFA World Coach of the Year award in 2013. Ancelotti was relieved of his duties in the wake of Bayern’s disappointing start to the current campaign, with a 3-0 defeat away…

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Emmanuel Udom, has redeemed his pledge of 10,000 dollars per goal for the matches against Cameroon to the Super Eagles, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed Thursday in Abuja. NAN reports that Gov. Udom had promised the players 10,000 dollars for every goal, two days before their clash with the reigning African champions, whom the Super Eagles walloped 4-0 in Uyo on Sept.1. They went on to earn a 1-1 draw with the Lions in Yaounde on Sept. 4. “Gov. Udom has redeemed the pledge on Wednesday, while calling on the Super Eagles to go…

No fewer than 200 Chinese mining companies have declared interest to invest in Nigeria’s mining sector, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. It is gathered that the Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Bawa Abubakar in September, led Nigeria’s delegation to the China Mining Conference in China. During the conference, Nigeria and China organised the second Cino-Nigeria Summit to showcase Nigeria’s mineral potentials. A competent source at the ministry told NAN that “we got this huge number of investors through a website set up as Cino-Nigeria Finance Alliance Group during the summit”. “The first…

The Senate Tuesday gave its Committee on Agriculture two weeks to investigate and report to the plenary the large-scale importation of maize into the Nigerian market. Disturbed that maize from Ukraine, Brazil and South Africa has flooded Nigerian market, the Senate began a holistic investigation to ascertaining how and why such importation was allowed after more than 41 items were banned from getting foreign exchange. The resolution of the Senate was sequel to a motion by Senator Adamu Aliero, APC, Kebbi Central and Senators Abdullahi Adamu, APC, Nasarawa West and Andy Uba, APC, Anambra South entitled, Urgent need to investigate…

Activities of University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo have been temporarily paralysed following prolonged strike by members of the hospital’s Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals, JOHESU. The Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals, JOHESU, had suspended its nine-day-old strike Saturday last week, saying the decision was made after a nine-hour meeting with representatives of the federal government in Abuja. The Union had embarked on a nationwide strike on September 20 to press home their demands regarding a myriad of issues including salary adjustments, promotion arrears and improved working conditions for its members. Addressing…

As part of moves to scrap the post-Unified Matriculation Examination, the Senate Monday mandated its Committee on Tertiary Education to meet with relevant stakeholders, especially the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to come up with recommendations on how to achieve its set goal. The move, according to the Senate, has become imperative because of the introduction of the post – UME examination, which to a large extent, has failed to remedy the problems associated with the JAMB. The Senate also called for the development of a strategy that would ensure the efficiency and integrity in the conduct of JAMB examination.…

No fewer than 700 medical doctors leave the country every year for greener pastures, Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has said. A statement made available to Daily Post in Calabar said “Nigeria is presently far behind the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended doctor to population ratio, with 35, 000 doctors practising in a country with a population of more than 170 million people. This is a far cry from the recommended ratio of one doctor to 600 people. It is estimated that about 500-700 medical doctors leave the country annually in search of greener pastures. There is,…

Suspected hoodlums in Calabar, Cross River State capital chopped off a lady’s hand, while trying to snatch her handbag on the pedestrian bridge along Marian Road. The lady (name withheld) is recuperating in a private hospital, and was said to be coming from the Marian Market, where she went to buy some household items. The hoodlums accosted her on the pedestrian bridge that links the market with Ediba Road. They attempted to grab her handbag, but she resisted, forcing the hoodlums to chop off her hand with a machete and made away with the bag. Mfon, a taxi driver told…

After two years of down-turn in business activities, the Nigerian real estate sector has shown a positive growth outlook for the country following the easing of inflationary pressure, improvement of foreign exchange liquidity and improvement of investment inflow. Speaking at the opening of a two-day West Africa Property Investment Summit in Lagos on ways to overcome current obstacles and uncover the countless opportunities across Nigeria and the broader West African region, Mr. Kfir Rusin, Managing Director of API Events, organisers of the summit, declared, “With a population of over 185 million people, strong real estate development fundamentals and a +6…