CBN Aided Scheme Has To Lead Bumper Harvest

A survey conducted on some cash crops especially, those supported by the Federal Government initiative under the CBN-Anchor Borrower programme during this year‘s (2018) harvest found a favorable and rewarding adventure to onion growers.

Former Real Madrid and Chelsea coach, Carlo Ancelotti would take over from Maurizio Sarri as coach of Napoli, on a three-year deal, the Italian club confirmed on Wednesday. Ancelotti, sacked by Bayern Munich last September, steps in after Sarri was pushed out of the San Paolo Stadium after finishing second in Serie A behind Juventus.

The BlackBerry Key2 was unveiled Thursday in New York by TCL Communication, the Chinese manufacturer which took over the rights to the smartphone brand from the Canadian tech firm in 2016. The latest device, which includes a physical keyboard under a 4.5 inch screen and runs the Android operating system updates the first BlackBerry Key released last year.

JOHESU Strike Sabotage: FG Warns Unions’ Members

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has cautioned that striking Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) have no constitutional right to harass other health workers not on strike or lock government facilities.

The minister gave the caution in a statement issued by Mr Oshundun Olajide, Deputy Director, Media and Public Relations of the ministry, on Tuesday in Abuja.

Olajide said the minister said this while reacting to a news briefing by the President, National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Dr Ugochukwu Chinaka.

Croatia coach, Zlatko Dalic, says that the appointment of German coach Gernot Rohr has been key to the recent impressive rise of the Super Eagles.

Rohr was appointed Super Eagles coach in 2016, and he guided them to their sixth World Cup qualification after finishing atop a tough qualifying group that also had Cameroon, Algeria and Zambia for 2018 World Cup.

The Eagles’ first game in Russia is against Croatia on June 16. They will also face debutant Iceland and Argentina.

The Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has accused former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of cursing him after losing the governorship primary held this week.

The Governor in a statement issued by on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, explained that he had reached out to him to accept the outcome of the result in good faith before Adeyeye started cursing him.

The statement read in part

Zenith Bank plc shares on Thursday at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) depreciated by 95k to close at N27, according to reports. Dangote Sugar Refinery was also down by 85k to close at N18.95 per share. Flour Mills trailed with a loss of N1.40 to close at N31, while Cement Company of Northern Nigeria declined by N1.20 to close at N24 per share.

Apple has cancelled plans to build an 850 million euro ($1 billion) data centre in Ireland because of delays in the approval process that have stalled the project for more than three years, the iPhone maker said on Thursday. Apple announced plans in February 2015 to build the facility in the rural western town of Athenry to take advantage of green energy sources nearby, but a series of planning appeals, chiefly from two individuals, delayed its approval.

Social networking giant, Facebook has revealed the scope of abuse on the site in a transparency report released recently that details how many and what types of offending posts the social network's moderators have removed. During the first quarter of 2018, Facebook deleted 865.8 million posts, the majority of which were spam, according to the report.

“Not once have we negotiated for Griezmann nor do we have any intention to do so,” he said in a statement issued on the team’s official website. “A few months ago, I personally expressed to Barcelona’s president that our player isn’t for sale nor are we going to sell him,” he continued.