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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J As Europe comes alive  this weekend  for another round of 2018 World Cup  qualifying games, StarTimes says it plans show games live to its subscribers from the various centres in Europe. Some of the matches slated to be shown today include Slovenia versus Malta and Scotland’s game against England.  Azerbaijan’s game with Northern Ireland and Kazakhstan;s home tie with Denmark will also be televised by StarTimes. Germany’s game with  San Marino will conclude the list of games to be televised today. The matches continue tomorrow with Kosovo taking on Turkey, even as  Iceland confront Croatia while   Moldova go up against Georgia even as Republic of Ireland battle Austria, while Serbia  square against Wales. In others games for tomorrow, Macedonia tackle Spain, while  Italy host Liechtenstein. StarTimes assured  that viewers can watch all these games  exclusively on its platform this weekend. The firm’s Actin...

http://ift.tt/2rphsE4 The Japanese telecom conglomerate is investing $28 billion and has agreements with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co. and Apple Inc. SoftBank Group Corp. secured the first capital commitment to a $100 billion fund with Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi that would eventually put its founder Masayoshi Son in charge of one of technology’s biggest investment vehicles. The Japanese telecom conglomerate is investing $28 billion and has agreements with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co. and Apple Inc. With more than $93 billion committed, the fund — which includes Qualcomm Inc., Foxconn Technology Group and Sharp Corp. — aims to reach $100 billion within six months, SoftBank said in a statement Saturday. Mubadala committed $15 billion, according to a separate statement. The Vision Fund will seek long-term investments in businesses aimed at innovation. SoftBank has relied on borrowing and earni...

http://ift.tt/2qGrwYp With rising cost of yam, rice, garri, yam flour and other food crops, Nigerians are desperately looking for alternatives to overcome the current economic crunch. One of the food items gaining attention at the moment is Cocoyam. Cocoyam is a traditional staple root crop, commonly grown among small-scale farmers who operate within the subsistence economy. In the past, it is regarded as a lowly crop, which cultivation and consumption lie among the less privileged farmers, but presently it is consumed by Nigerians of different cadres. It’s very easy to cultivate. Cocoyam thrives better on a well-drained loamy soil and can be planted immediately the rain is steady. It produces optimum yields when planted in fertile soil with a good water retention capacity. Most cocoyam varieties mature in about eight months from planting. It has two main varieties-white and pink and can be planted on the crest of the heaps or ridges at one meter apart on row. Experts say it ...

http://ift.tt/2qGzmRZ Agbaje His defining moment came when he was sworn in as the 4th democratically elected governor of Nigeria’s Centre of Excellence and Africa’s commercial hub, Lagos State. That was precisely on May 29, 2015 after the two-horse, riveting race between him, the gubernatorial flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A lot of water, as the wise ones say, has gone under the bridge ever since. But this piece is not all about his modest achievements within a short span of two years, across the spectrum of security, massive infrastructural outlay, agriculture, education, transportation, healthcare delivery, human capacity development and of course, entertainment and tourism. No. Rather, it is a personal perception about the distinguished gentleman who Fate brought me in contact with at Glover Home back in 2014.What was my first impression about him? It was that of a well-groomed, complete gentleman whose...

http://ift.tt/2qGzlNy Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam has approved the engagement of 228 additional doctors, consultants and other professional medical workers for the newly established Yobe University Teaching Hospital (YSUTH), Damaturu. Director, Press Affairs to the Governor, Abdullahi Bego, in a statement, said the Governor approved the first batch recruitment of 158 doctors, nurses, and other staff for the new teaching hospital. Bego added that on completion of the renovation and expansion of the general hospitals in Gaidam, Gashu’a and Potiskum, the state government would equip them. Vía The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper | Nigeria News and World News http://ift.tt/2r4pjHc

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Emmanuel Ovuakporie A BUJA —LEADER of Ikara Community in Edo State, Chief Williams Lambert, yesterday threatened that aggrieved youths of the community could lay siege to Nigeria Petroleum Development Corporation, NPDC, over its perceived deliberate act to ignore an oil spillage that occurred in 2014. Speaking at the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions investigative hearing on the matter, Lambert said: “I have acted like a responsible citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria but if this continues, I will unleash my youths on NPDC for denying my people water to drink, attacked by unknown diseases and yet they refused to appear before this committee. If by the next hearing NPDC fails to show up after we, members of the Ikara community had appeared here for the 5th time, then they will tell us what we have done wrong.” Earlier, chairman of the committee, Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, PDP, Ukwa East/ West of Abia State, ordered the committee clerk to i...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Godwin Oritse THE 2016 unaudited accounts of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is currently stalling the release of the 7.0 percent surcharge paid on imports for the development of the ports. Disclosing this in Lagos, the Managing Director of the authority, Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, said that the account of the agency was last audited in 2015 adding that the 2016 audit was yet to be done. Usman who was responding to queries on the port issues by protesting customs agents and truckers in Lagos, said that access to the fund was tied to the updated audit of the account of the authority. Noting that on resumption of duties at the NPA, she discovered that the accounts of the ports authority has not been audited for three years, Usman said she has ordered an immediate audit of the outstanding accounts from 2014. The surcharge for port development is domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with balances said to be in several billions of Naira over a period of...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Celestine Babayaro  is promising  to perform his  trademark celebratory backflip if he scores  for Nigeria  at Star Sixes this summer –  as long as he doesn’t break his foot again! The former Chelsea and Newcastle defender is the latest star to be unveiled for the inaugural international six-a-side tournament, which will be held at London’s O2 Arena from July 13 to 16. Babayaro was famous for his acrobatics until it was revealed he had broken a metatarsal, but he insists it will not stop him celebrating in style if he scores at the Dome this summer. “If I score the odd goal at Star Sixes, the backflip could well be on again,” said Babayaro, who will again join forces with international team-mate Jay-Jay Okocha, plus other big names still to be announced, when they kick off at the tournament against China on Thursday, July 13. “It was a bit of a misconception that I broke my leg doing it after scoring for Chelsea. I had actually fra...