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http://ift.tt/2qbmiEV Manchester City's Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure Ivory Coast legend Yaya Toure signed a new one year contract with Manchester City on Thursday, a reward for sterling performances after returning to favour mid-November. The 34-year-old midfielder — a four-time African Footballer of the Year — had fallen out with City manager Pep Guardiola but regained his trust and has been retained unlike several other players who like him were out of contract and been allowed to leave. “I’m delighted,” Toure told the club website. “I told myself the journey at City is not done and when I received a call from Txiki (Begiristain the football director) and talked to the manager I was very delighted. “When I was first coming here (in 2010) I was trying to be part of a new story, of something special at this club. “I am very lucky now to be part of a great club with great players around me who are helping me to achieve my targets.” Toure, who skippered Ivory Coast to...

http://ift.tt/2ppopRa Members of the House of Representatives at a plenary. PHOTO: TWITTER/DOGARA The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to investigate the construction of 33 silos worth N280 billion across the country with a view to ensure their completion for immediate usage. This was sequel to a motion moved by Rep. Solomon Ahwinahwi (Delta-PDP) at the plenary. Ahwinahwi said that in the past eight years, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) had been constructing 33 grain silos across the country. He said out of all the silos which so far cost N280 billion, only three were reported to have been completed while others are nearing 85 per cent completion. Ahwinahwi said that the silos, which were located in Abuja, Ado Ekiti, Ilesa, Akure, Okigwe, Igbariam, Saki, Dankande, and Ikenne, had 100,000 tonnes storage capacity each. He said 23 others with various storage capacities were in very deplorable state of rust and decay. The lawmak...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Nigeria’s retail pioneer and foremost entertainment destination, “The Palms Mall” is set to unveil its freshly remodelled web platform to the delight of its customers. The new web platform will create an exciting online experience for customers with a clean uncluttered design, improved functionality and feature-rich content focused on achieving the mall’s mission of providing an exhilarating adventure for families and friends. Some of the features of the platform include instant movie alerts, latest fashion trends, access to exclusive offers and vouchers, store information on all your favourite brands, prompt customer service and so much more to make for an enjoyable online experience. On Saturday 27 th  May 2017, The Palms Mall will provide its guests free Wi-Fi to test and enjoy all the features of its revamped platform. The innovative launch experience has been described by the Portfolio Manager of the mall, Mrs. Bola Shobande as the culmination of ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The 82 released Chibok girls arrive Presidential Villa accompanied by the Minister of Women Affairs for a formal reception by President Buhari. Vía The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper http://ift.tt/2qPzjR7

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Waheed Odusile, National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has commended the Federal Government for the cordial relationship existing between the executive and journalists in Nigeria. He made the commendation on Wednesday in Sokoto at the celebration of the 2017 edition of World Press Freedom Day. The theme of the 2017 World Press Freedom Day is: “Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media’s Role in Advancing Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies.” Represented by Mr Shehu Ahmed, Secretary, Zone ”A”, Odusile confirmed that the federal government, under President Muhammadu Buhari had not been antagonistic but friendly to journalists. “This is truly so if not for the recent expulsion of the Punch reporter from the villa; that was just an isolated act of an over zealous security agent,” he said. The NUJ President, while stressing the need for sustenance of the relationship, called on journalists to be objective in their reportage. In his remarks, Sok...