Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has included three newbies in his UEFA Champions League round of 16 squad which will face Porto at 9 p.m. later tonight, February 21. Porto and Arsenal are expected to give football enthusiasts a very balanced game in the first leg of the tie but coach Mikel Arteta is expected to leave Portugal with at least a point.
The Spanish tactician is not just looking at earning points during the game, he is looking at giving some of his youngsters a Champions League experience. Read More...
Saudi Airline celebrated its newly opened office in Kano on Monday as it also launched a new aircraft for full-service operation.
Interacting with journalists during the opening ceremony yesterday, Consul General to the Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia in Kano, Kahlil Ahmed Admawi, said though Saudi Airline has been in existence in Kano for many decades as the first branch was opened in the state in 1982, the new development was to improve access to business, tourism and religious opportunities to Nigerians and Africans in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Read More...
Boko Haram militants have ambushed the convoy of the Nigeria chief of army staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai but were fought off by soldiers under his commmand.
The convoy was ambushed while travelling the unsafe Maiduguri-Gamboru-Ngala highway controlled until recently by Boko Haram militants.
One soldier was killed and another two wounded when the Boko Haram militants ambushed an advance team of troops moving ahead of the chief of army staff's vehicle. Read More...
