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Applications are  invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) 72nd regular course (Degree programmes) for the 2020/2021 academic session . Candidates admitted into NDA for Regular Course will undergo military and academic training as Officer Cadets for a duration of 5 years for Nigerian Army cadets 4 years for Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Air force cadets. On successful completion of training, graduands will earn a honours degree in a core discipline (BSc, BEng, BA). They will equally earn a Presidential Commission into the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) 72nd regular course admission online application form will be available for sale as from 5 December 2019 to 20 March, 2020 and it is open to both male and female Nigerians. The NDA screening test will be conducted as phase one of the Post-UTME screening and is scheduled to hold on Saturday 16 May, 2020 at designated centres across the cou...

The Minister of Youth and Sport, Sunday Dare in a New Year statement has disclosed that Nigeria plans to have four FIFA standard football pitches before the first quarter of this year. He revealed that efforts are ''ongoing to deliver 4 football pitches Of FIFA standard soon-probably April/May 2020 with things running smoothly.'' Ngg.ng reports that the four football pitches to be affected includes the ones at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, formerly, Liberty Stadium, Abuja Stadium, National Stadium Lagos, and Ahmadu Bello Stadium. Apart from this, the ministry will in 2020 monitor and ensure the completion of about 20 mini-stadiums across the country. The Imo-model of one mini-Stadium per Local government by each state will be marketed. The Minister also revealed that the new policy being worked on is to turn sports into business as it brings back sport events like Headmasters’ Cup for primary Schools and Principals Cup for secondary schools, a new Talent Hunt Program...

A customer care officer of a first generation bank, which was attacked by armed robbers last Saturday, Larry Ehizo, has stated that he began planning how to carry out the operation in October 2019. Ehizo, who recanted his earlier claim that a barman, Ernest Ewim, blackmailed him into carrying out the attempted heist, said he started nursing the idea having monitored the security system and the processes in the bank. The customer care officer said, “Everything Ewim said is true; he didn’t threaten me. I willingly collected his number and I called him and he said I should give him a few days. “When I called him, I simply told him how they would go in, where they would see the riot policeman guarding the bank and how to disconnect the CCTV. On Friday night during our meeting, we had issues with getting a driver.” When asked the motive for the crime, Ehizo simply stated, “I was just greedy; I thought it was something simple that I could just pull off. I had taken time to study everything...