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Commandant-General of NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ebonyi on Thursday announced the arrest of a 20-year-old woman and two men for vandalising oil pipelines. Briefing newsmen in Abakaliki, the Commandant, Mrs Chinwe Kannu, said that the suspects were arrested on Tuesday at Ivo Local Government Area in a border community between Ebonyi and Abia. Kannu said that the suspects were arrested by 5 p.m. by officers of the command on patrol as they scooped diesel from a punctured pipeline. “They will be prosecuted as we are legally mandated by law to do. “Items recovered from them include one 50-litre container of diesel, four 25-litre containers of diesel, buckets, funnels and sieving instruments used to scoop petroleum products,” she said. The commandant also said that the command contained the spillage of diesel from a tanker which was involved in an accident at Abaomege area of Ebonyi. “My officers rushed to the scene on receiving a d...

Members of Nigeria’s U-23 team have finally arrived Manaus, Brazil after the delay in Atlanta caused by payment for flight problems. The players are expected to play Japan in the opening match at Rio. Nigeria’s U-23 team arrives Brazil Nigeria’s U-23 team arrives Brazil Nigeria’s U-23 team arrives Brazil Nigeria’s Dream Team arrives Brazil Nigeria’s U-23 team arrives Brazil

Olutise Adenipekun, Head of National Office of WAEC The West African Examination Council will tomorrow (Friday) release results of the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) taken by over 1,555,000 candidates. The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has revealed that it would release the May/June 2015-2016 results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) on Friday, August 5, 2016. The Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr. Olutise I. Adenipekun, made the announcement during a media briefing at the council head office Yaba on Thursday. He said the examination which was taken by over 1.5 million candidates across the nation would brighten the chances of candidates in using the results for the on-going university admission exercise. The release of the results for school candidates’ exam would be the first by the HNO.

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has called for more intensive trade and economic engagement between Nigeria and Italy. peaking Thursday during a courtesy call by Mr. Paolo Gentiloni, the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at the State House, Abuja, President Buhari described the connection between Nigeria and Italy as very strong. He urged, however, that efforts should be made to make it stronger and more secure. President Buhari commended the resilience of Italian businesses in Nigeria and expressed happiness that new businesses were in line to be set up in the country. He also commended Italian support for government in tackling the humanitarian situation in the Northeast and the training they are giving to Nigerian policemen. Mr. Gentiloni, who was accompanied by the Italian Minister of State for Interior, Mr. Domenico Manzione, announced his government’s $10m humanitarian assistance to the Lake Chad region countries in addi...

Russian flag Russia’s team for the Rio Games will comprise up to 270 athletes, their Olympic Committee has revealed. A three-member IOC panel has ratified 18 shooters, 11 boxers, 11 judokas, eight tennis players, six sailors, five equestrian riders, three archers and one golfer, among others. The Tass news agency reported Russia Olympic Committee head Alexander Zhukov as saying: “We have documents on the admission of about 270 sportspeople. “We need to do the updated counting.” Russian news agency R-Sport said 29 swimmers and canoeing world champion Andrey Kraitor were also free to compete at the Games. The IOC asked individual federations to decide whether Russians could compete following the country’s doping scandal. The International Weightlifting Federation excluded all eight Russians entered for Rio last week and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled the ban had been “properly applied”. Appeals by 17 Russian rowers were also rejected at the hearing in Brazil. CA...

Russian flag Russia will be able to have a boxing team at Rio 2016, which starts in Brazil on 5 August. Russia’s team for the Rio Games will comprise up to 270 athletes, their Olympic Committee has revealed. A three-member IOC panel has ratified 18 shooters, 11 boxers, 11 judokas, eight tennis players, six sailors, five equestrian riders, three archers and one golfer, among others, BBC News reports. The Tass news agency reported Russia Olympic Committee head Alexander Zhukov as saying: “We have documents on the admission of about 270 sports people. “We need to do the updated counting.” Russian news agency R-Sport said 29 swimmers and canoeing world champion Andrey Kraitor were also free to compete at the Games. The IOC asked individual federations to decide whether Russians could compete following the country’s doping scandal. The International Weightlifting Federation excluded all eight Russians entered for Rio last week and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled the ...

Uche Ogah Some very senior officials of the Abia State Government on Thursday invaded the premises of Tinubu Magistrates Court in Lagos for the trial of Uche Ogah over forgery allegation. Ogah, who was recently declared as Abia Governor-elect by a Federal High Court, Abuja and two ex-staffs of United Bank for Africa, UBA were arraigned before the court earlier in the year for allegedly forging some documents relating to the opening of an account belonging to one Mrs Bridget Adeosun. Ogah has since pleaded not guilty to the charge, insisting that the matter bothered on business transaction while the Management of UBA through an advertorial in the Punch newspaper has also absolved their ex-employees of any wrong doing on the issue. Ogah’s lawyer, Barr. Monday Ubani had also explained that the forgery allegation by the police was mischievous as the complainant, Mrs Adeosun had actually entered a business agreement with Ogah’s company, Masters Energy Oil and Gas Ltd where she divested...