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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Kids numbering over 120 from twenty schools in Lagos and Ogun states will converge on the prestigious Lagos Country Club, Ikeja today for the second edition of the Rabiu Adeola Under-12 Scrabble Championships. The competition which is gradually becoming the toast of lovers of the game will have schools like Chrisland Schools, Grange School, Dansol School, Mind Builders, Mayflower Schools, Ikenne, Coastland School, Hallmark School, Ifako International School and Berkley Science Magnet School, among others taking part in the developmental event. According to sports broadcaster and sponsor, Bimbo Adeola, the number of participants attests to the growing influence of the competition and the presence of some key sports personalities will no doubt add colour to the championships. “We are awed by the number of kids coming for this edition. Much more interesting is the fact that schools are now pulling and pushing to compete in the tournament, it’s worth getting excite...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Gabriel Enogholase B ENIN— IN the aftermath of the death of three people, students of a polytechnic, in an apartment situated along Agharase Adu Street, off Sapele Road in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State weekend, the state Police Command has arrested two suspects. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Nkombe Moses, who confirmed the arrest to journalists in Benin yesterday, disclosed that the arrested suspects were those who invited the two female students to the house. Recall that three persons were reported to have died as a result of inhaling generator fumes. The deceased, two females and one male, were said to have been found dead by two other occupants of the flat in the early hours of Sunday. It was gathered that the two females, who were allegedly found naked in the room of the deceased male, were his visitors. One of the girls was found dead at the lobby, while the other was lying down on the bed with her shoes on. Vanguard g...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Kingsley Adegboye THE American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE, at the weekend threw its weight behind the call for the revamping of the national economy which is currently going through crises, as an interventionist strategy to steer the country out of these economic crises. The Society which held a one-day seminar with the theme “Revamping the Nigerian Economy: A Look at Investment in Infrastructure, Solid Minerals and Agriculture” in Lagos, said timely investment in these sectors is the only way out of the nation’s economic challenges. The chairman of the event, Babagana Mohammed, an engineer and Vice President, Nigerian Society of Engineers NSE, while commending the organisers of the seminar, particularly on the choice of the theme, said the one-day seminar couldn’t have come at a better, pointing out that the option of investing in infrastructure and other sectors as canvassed by ASCE, would revamp the Nigerian economy and address other sundry issues as...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Bashir Bello K ATSINA— A year-old baby girl was snatched from her 30-year-old mother and gang raped in Danja Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident occurred when one Suleiman and Musa tricked the woman to board their motorcycle, snatched the baby and took her to a bush, where Musa and another person raped the baby. The Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Gambo Isah, confirmed the development to newsmen, noting that a secondary suspect, Suleiman, has been arrested, while a manhunt has been launched for the primary suspects, Musa, and the other person. He said the father of the baby, Ahmadu Jibril, 50, reported the case at Central Police Station, Funtua Local Government Area. The PPRO narrated that the baby’s father, Jibril, said his wife was returning from Angwan Bawa in Danja, when one Suleiman connived with Musa and another to attack his wife and raped his daughter. It was gathered that the baby, who sustained injuries, was r...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor Investors in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, last week, took some frosty steps towards the stock of one of Nigeria’s leading indigenous oil sector conglomerates, Forte Oil Plc (FO), moving the share price by 15.72 per cent in just two consecutive trading dates, the fastest since the company’s last results announcement, first quarter 2017 (Q1’17). However, it remains to be seen how far they can go this week in sustaining their bull run, as it closed flat last Friday, just a day after the two-day push. The investors have been, rather faint-hearted over the company’s Q1’17 results on the back of persisting pressures from the operating environment. Consequently, a near price stagnation and some reversal of gains have been recorded since mid last month until last week’s short-lived bull stunt. Stockbrokers believe the push last week was a fall out of the pervading band wagon effect of the general bullish trend that hit the market...