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http://ift.tt/2rwMSrr Georgia Oboh is currently featuring in the Jabra Ladies Open holding at the Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian les Bains, France. One of Nigeria’s brightest prospects in international golf, Georgia Oboh has begun her quest to garner points for the Ladies European Tour Access Series (LETAS), which will give her the opportunity to feature in more tour events. The event is the Jabra Ladies Open 2017, an Evian Championship European qualifier holding in France. Playing at the Jabra Ladies Open against some of the best emerging stars in the sport is expected to prepare Oboh for the several competitions she has lined up, including the Youth Olympic Games scheduled for Argentina later this year. This is apart from giving her the points that would make her eligible for more championships in the European Tour. The JABRA Ladies Open is holding at the Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian les Bains, and it ends tomorrow.Before leaving for France last week, Georgia affirmed ...

http://ift.tt/2suPMdJ According to Obinna Ukwanni, chief executive officer of the academy: “ Nigeria has the largest tech ecosystem in Africa, valued at $2 billion in 2017 and the Federal Government budgeted over N9 billion on foreign software in 2017, enough to create 2000 well-paid local technology jobs. In a bid to position Nigerians to benefit from the Federal Government budget of over N9 billion on foreign software in 2017 technological opportunities in Africa, a Lagos- based technology institute, NESA by Maker has tasked youths to plug into the company’s program to develop skills that will keep them abreast on information technology. According to Obinna Ukwanni, chief executive officer of the academy: “ Nigeria has the largest tech ecosystem in Africa, valued at $2 billion in 2017 and the Federal Government budgeted over N9 billion on foreign software in 2017, enough to create 2000 well-paid local technology jobs. Start ups and established firms in the private sector are sp...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By John Egbokhan Nigeria’s top seed, Sylvester Emmanuel has crashed out of the Tombim Tennis Futures I holding at the Abuja National Stadium. Playing in the first round of the $25, 000 ITF tournament, Emmanuel, lost in straight sets 4-6, 3-6 to Alessandro Bega of Italy. It was the first major tournament at home for the Nigerian, since moving to the Pereriba Tennis Academy in Barcelona and despite holding serve to take the first game of the match that lasted over an hour, the world number1160 was however broken back in the third game by his higher ranked European foe Despite making spirited efforts to get another break, it was the Nigerian who got broken on serve in the eight game by the world number 311, who never looked back from that point, winning the first set 6-4 on the Centre Court of the Package B tennis section of the Abuja National Stadium. The second set was a more routine one for the third seed Italian, who raced to a 2-0 lead, after breaking Emman...

http://ift.tt/2ppSvGx By Gbenga Olarinoye Osogbo—The founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Bisi Akande had urged Nigerians to pray fervently for President Muhammadu Buhari’s health. A statement by Chief Akande in Osogbo yesterday, read in part: “The health of the leader is intricately intertwined with the health of the nation. It is more so in a delicately fragile union of nations called Nigeria. I did not see President Buhari at the wedding of his adopted son in Kaduna, last Saturday. I was sad and I wept. “When last we met at the wedding of his daughter in Abuja, last December, I complained to him that I was not happy about his stressful looks. His reply connoted some allusions to circumstances where an honest man fighting corruption is surrounded mostly by unpatriotic greedy ruling class. He felt painfully frustrated. “He assured me he would soon be going on vacation. I then knew that corruption has effectively been fighting back. And I prayed ...