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Nigerian Women in Clergy has cautioned pro-Biafran groups, Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to suspend their street protests in the interest of peace. The clergy women under the leadership of Prophetess Nonnie Robberson emphasised the importance of dialogue against violent protests that will further lead to deaths and destruction of property in the South-east.

Bar the pitch invasion which almost marred the trophy presentation ceremony at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Nigeria's 2014/2015 Professional Football League season finished in much the way most would have wanted. Not only did the best team emerge champions, the football was of stirring quality. Champions Enyimba finished the season in typically resolute fashion, holding Sunshine Stars to a sparkling goalless draw in Lagos.

SuperSport Africa is to partner the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports to promote grassroots sports in the country. The Head of SuperSport Africa, Andre Venter, made the remark when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung. On the occasion, Andre who was accompanied by SuperSport’s General Manager, Strategies, West Africa, Felix Awogu, said there was need to key into the vision of the new sports minister to empower youths through sports.

@benmurraybruce 1m 8-You cannot be spending more than ₦18,000 per meal and claim that the man who earns ₦18,000 per month is over paid #Dontreduceminimumwage @benmurraybruce 13m 7-Anybody thinking of reducing the ₦18,000 minimum wage should himself first try and live on ₦18,000 for a month #Dontreduceminimumwage @benmurraybruce 19m 6-If FG & state govts dont pay workers well they invite workers to steal.

In furtherance of its commitment to corporate governance and sound reporting, Skye Bank Plc recently held a forum for corporate organisations to embrace sustainability reporting. To this end, the bank hosted over 40 delegates from different institutions including banks and regulatory authorities for the 2015 stakeholders’ conference on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Welcoming participants to the conference, Head, Sustainability and Consumer Protection of Skye Bank, Mrs. Bola Adesanoye, said the bank was seeking to achieve the desired mileage in the implementation of the nine Nigerian Sustainable Banking Principles.

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Nigeria home-based Super Eagles will resume training for next year’s CHAN in Abuja in the first week of December, officials have announced. The 2015 CHAN will be hosted by Rwanda from January 16 and Nigeria have been drawn alongside Niger, Tunisia and Guinea in the group phase of the biennial tournament reserved for players playing in their home leagues. An official informed: “The players will regroup by the first week of next month and will break for Christmas before they reconvene for a training camp overseas.” Dubai and a country close to Rwanda are being considered for this training camp. The CHAN is now a priority competition for Nigeria as it is considered a full international tournament and a team’s performance there will count in the FIFA rankings, which will be one of the yardsticks to use to seed teams for t...

President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his commitment to transform the economy and crack down on corruption through whole-scale economic reforms, some of which may be painful. In an opinion article published in The Economist magazine, titled: ‘All Change in Nigeria,’ he equally expressed optimism that Nigeria can follow Singapore’s example of transformation from a third world country to a developed nation. Buhari, who said he was aware that millions of Nigerians were waiting to see signs of economic recovery, said results cannot be delivered overnight, adding that the ingenuity of Nigerians would be instrumental in delivering change.

Excerpts from Tiwa Savage’s detailing interview with Genevieve Magazine has surfaced online. The 35 year old singer shared a little about her painful pregnancy and also said she had pre-eclampsia, a condition which according to Google, in pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure, sometimes with fluid retention and proteinuria. She told the mag, “Well, it’s a condition some women have towards the end of their pregnancy. For me, it was a period where I had high blood pressure, my feet got terribly swollen and I could hardly walk. Plus, my baby was overdue by about 7-8 days! At the end, they decided to induce me to labour because they were worried about my condition. It was a painful ordeal but I thank God everything went well.”

After rolling out a programme aimed at giving youths vocational skills, the Abia state government has moved to partner the organized private sector (OPS) for successful implementation of the Education for Employment (E4E) programme. At a stakeholders meeting at the commercial city of Aba the OPS under the aegis of Aba Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ACCIMA) was specifically urged to play a crucial role to create a sustainable way of tackling unemployment in the state.

The meeting of Igbo leaders summoned yesterday by the South East Governors’ Forum, SEGF, to discuss the security implications of the agitations by members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, ended in Enugu with the leaders resolving to set up a delegation of Igbo elders to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on the marginalisation of Igbo in the country. They also agreed to dialogue with members of the MASSOB and IPOB groups with a view to ending the protests now rocking the old Eastern region.

Mrs. Hadiza Kuburat Umar Suleiman, a customer of Fidelity Bank Plc, emerged the star prize winner of a four bedroom duplex in Abuja in the bank’s on-going promo tagged ‘Save for Shelter.’ Suleiman who was elated when contacted through a phone call by the bank’s Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, during the promo draws held in Lagos recently, said she had no regret saving with the bank. “I urge other customers to save more with Fidelity Bank and those that do not have account with the bank to do so because the bank is always available for its customers,” she said in the telephone conversation.

Six women were killed on Sunday during the screening of new intakes of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled to Maiduguri, Chairman of Borno State Emergency Agency (SEMA), Mr. Ahmed Satomi, told THISDAY on the phone. Satomi said the incident occurred around Muna garage at about 11 am during the screening of persons who had fled Dikwa area of the state. According to him, people fleeing from Dikwa and its environs were screened at Muna garage, the entry point into Maiduguri from that axis of the state. He said: “Since the IDPs were coming voluntarily into the town, it was decided that they had to be screened at the entrance to the town to prevent the insurgents from mingling with them.

  Hon. Leo Ogor, alias the General, is the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. In this chat, he speaks on why he opposed the fuel subsidy proposals in President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2015 Supplementary Budget and the constitution of House committees. Why did you kick against the Supplementary Budget that Mr President sent to the House? They were not too comfortable with it, they knew what I was saying is nothing but the truth but they insisted that they will do everything in the books  to stop me. But I think, at the end of the day, I was able to pass the message to the Nigerian people and  I am sure  I did justice to the budget because you saw the issue of the subsidy itself.