FIFA President, Infantino, to visit Nigeria soon

FIFA President Gianni Infantino, has promised to visit Nigeria in a few weeks, following robust and illuminating sessions with the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation at the 66^th FIFA Congress in Mexico City. 

NFF President Amaju Pinnick said at the weekend that during the visit, which date will be communicated in a number of days, the world’s number one football administrator will pay a courtesy call on His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), attend the finals of the NFF/ZENITH Bank Future Eagles Championship, have an evening with Corporate Nigeria and also have an interactive session with a horde of African FA Presidents who will also be in Nigeria to receive him.

Back in the days: Photos of singer, Seal, with his mum and sister in Lagos

International singer, Olusegun Adeola Akanbi Olumide Samuel aka SEAL, is pictured with his mother, Mrs Adebisi Anthonia Samuel and sister Mrs Olufunmilola Aramide Adebowale in Lagos Nigeria many years ago.

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Social Media And The English Language By Reuben Abati

An article written by Reuben Ababti.
I get confused these days reading many of the posts on social media, and text messages sent through cell phones, because of the kind of new English that young people now write. The English language is without doubt quite dynamic. In the last 200 years, it has lent itself to many innovations, as cultural, religious, and situational codes have transformed the language and extended the dictionary, with new words and idioms.
The kind of new English being written by twitter and what’s app users, particularly young people is however so frightening and lamentable, because it is beginning to creep into regular writing. Texting and tweeting is producing a generation of users of English, (it is worse that they are using English as a second language), who cannot write grammatically successful sentences. I was privileged to go through some applications that some young graduates submitted for job openings recently and I was scared.

Veteran Actor Elder Maya Suffers Liver ailment, needs help for treatment

Veteran Nollywood actor, Martins Njubigbo, popularly called Elder Maya, Papa Labista, a name he got from the movie entitled, Labista.

Elder Maya is presently fighting for his life as he suffers from liver ailment.

We can help save Elder Maya. He needs about a million naira to bounce back. No amount is too

Soldiers storm Tompolo’s town for the second time, says It's final warning

Combat ready troops, yesterday, swooped on Oporoza, the traditional headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom and hometown of wanted ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo (alias Tompolo).

The action, the second of its kind in the last one week, comes barely 24 hours after another Chevron facility was bombed at Makaraba fields, in Warri South West council, Delta State.

The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), the shadowy militants group, which has claimed responsibility for previous pipeline explosions, has made no comments yet. Military authorities, however, say the attack bears the hallmark of the group.

About 30 soldiers armed to the teeth arrived in four gunboats and combed the community for hours. To the elders who summoned courage to ask questions, the soldiers said they had come in search of the militants who blew up the Chevron facilities.