Nigerian scholar wins $100,000 agric grant in the US

Cornelius Adewale, a former vegetable farmer and current Ph.D. candidate at Washington State University, has won the Bullitt Foundation Environmental Prize for 2017 for his leadership role in developing an app and web tool that can measure a farm’s carbon footprint and help farmers reduce the impact of that footprint.

Before he left Nigeria six years ago, Adewale was just a vegetable farmer in Ikorodu, Lagos State.

Oh gracious! Gunman kills 27 in Texas church shooting

No fewer than 27 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a church during Sunday services in United States (U.S.), the police have said.

The attack happened at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a small town in Wilson County, Texas.

Rohr may invite new players as Argentina land in Russia today

Following the spate of injury induced withdrawals from Nigeria’s team to the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier and the international friendly game against Argentina, Super Eagles’ Coach, Gernot Rohr, is thinking of inviting new players to fill the void created by the absentees.

As at last count, Odion Ighalo, Simon Moses, Victor Moses and Ogenyi Onazi were said to be unavailable for the matches due to various degrees of injury.

Two feared killed, at least 20 injured as Shiites and police clash in Kano

Nigeria - Two members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (also known as Shiites) were yesterday feared killed and a score injured during a clash with men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).

According to an eyewitness, the pandemonium broke out during the yearly Arbaeen procession by members of sect, in their hundreds, from the popular Kofar Mazugal quarters in the morning to Kofar Nasarawa area for prayer to round off the exercise.

MUST READ: Presidency opens up on Buhari's involvement in Maina's reinstatement

Nigeria - President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said he is not aware if his principal was involved in the reinstatement of former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrashed Maina.

Maina, who was accused of fraud of over N2billion had travelled out of the country, shortly after he was sacked by the immediate past administration.

Several killed in twin suicide bomb attacks in Iraqi city Kirkuk

Two suicide bombers struck in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding more than 20 others, police and medical sources said.

The interior ministry said the attacks targeted a Shi'ite Muslim mosque on Atlas Street in central Kirkuk and gave an initial casualty toll of one killed and 16 wounded.

Nigerian Army reportedly kills dozens of Boko Haram terrorists, rescues boy

The Nigerian Army on Saturday said it neutrialised dozens of Boko Haram insurgents in an ambush, while they were attempting to cross over to Sambisa forest .

Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, Director Army Public Relations, who disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri, said many of the terrorists escaped with gun shot wounds.

Nigeria's D’Tigers are African champions again

D’ Tigers of Nigeria have emerged the inaugural champions in the men’s category of the 2017 FIBA 3X3 Africa Cup beating Cote d’ Ivoire in the final game by 21 to 9 points.

The Nigerian team led by Azuoma Dike left no one in doubt in the encounter after dispatching Egypt 21-14 points in the semi-finals and were unstoppable as Abdul Yahaya who scored a total of 39 points in five games left the Ivoriens confused.

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FIFA corruption trial opens in New York

It was the raid that changed the face of the world’s most popular sport. Swiss police swooped in on a five-star Zurich hotel at dawn, arresting seven soccer officials at US request.

Two and a half years later, the only defendants detained in the United States who continue to profess their innocence will go on trial.

Oh really? Presidency says 80% of Buhari appointees not from North

Nigeria - The Presidency on yesterday denied media report claiming that 81% of President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointments have been going to the north.

A statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said that the article published by a business newspaper on October 29, 2017, is either an ignorant effort or a mischievous attempt by the publication to mislead the public and portray the Buhari administration in bad light.

KABOOM!!! Hehehehe... Once bitten, twice shy - Heart aches as MMM Nigeria freezes account, promises restart

The MMM Ponzi scheme in Nigeria has again frozen all Mavros with a promise to restart.

The notice contained in a statement by the MMM Administration and titled ‘restart’ blamed the federal government and mass media for its decision.

KABOOM!!! Why we didn’t vote for Trump – George W Bush family reveals.

A former US President, George W Bush has lambasted Donald Trump saying, “this guy doesn’t know what it means to be President.”

Bush and his father, George HW Bush, shared their thoughts on Mr Trump as part of a new book about the two former Presidents.