Brazil produced a masterclass of Beach Soccer as they swept aside Nigeria 11-5 in the Group D clash between the world and African champions.

PROTESTING youths from the oil rich communities of Ondo State have reportedly disrupted the exploration activities of Conoil Nigeria Limited following alleged breached of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the communities.

BEFORE investigations into the assassination of Chief Funso Williams, a Lagos State governorship aspirant began, three years ago, most Nigerians felt the killers would not be found. The case is rarely mentioned these days.

THE Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, the Nigerian Press Council and other media stakeholders yesterday called for the urgent removal of some clauses seeking government control of the media through various means from a Bill for Amendment to the Nigerian Press Council Act.

PATROTIC fervour broke out in different parts of the country as Nigeria snatched one of Africa's World Cup tickets from Tunisia on a dramatic last day of qualifying in Group B.

Nigeria's foremost bank, First Bank PLC yesterday congratulated the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria over the team's doggedness, resilience and determination throughout the three week period the tournament lasted.

The Federal Government is currently awaiting reports of the 10 man committee set up on palliatives for airline operators in the country to know what specific relief package to be put in place for the airlines.

Jigawa State Governor Alhaji Sule Lamido yesterday said if the Nigerian textile industry was thriving, it would have bailed the country from the current economic meltdown.

FEDERAL government has been urged to adopt more effective treatment programmes to preserve women's lives and stop preventable deaths in the country.

Nigerian citizens across the board would have to start coughing out a plethora of taxes with state governments in the country determined to start funding their budgets with Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) beginning from the 2010 financial year.

LONG fuel queues have hit Lagos State and other major cities across the country, as the problem of logistics hinders efforts by the Pipeline Products and Marketing Company, PPMC, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to discharge products from its imported cargoes for distribution to marketers.

Nigerian Eagle Airlines, formerly Virgin Nigeria Airways Limited has signed a codeshare and interline agreement with Kenya Airways.

No doubt, there is yet to be a weekend in Nigerian football history in recent times comparable to last weekend. It was one 'blessed' weekend that saw seeminly impossibile situation turned to possibility. It was a weekend that God answered the prayers of teeming Nigerian football passionate fans.

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Industry. Hon Solomon Agidani, has called for appropriate pricing of gas to stem eminent collapse of major manufacturing concerns, which had reconsigned their plants, in compliance of government's new push to encourage use of gas as cost effective means of production.

Football fans stormed the streets of Kano at the blast of the final whistle signifying Super Eagles qualification for the World Cup in South Africa 2010 at the expense of the Harambee Stars of Kenya in Nairobi on Saturday afternoon.

The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr.Mohammed Barkindo, said in Port Harcourt, that Nigeria's crude production per day had risen to 3.4 million barrels, including condensates, since relative peace returned to the Niger Delta.

Vehicle owners in Abuja will soon begin to pay money to drive on FCT roads, as the FCT Administration (FCTA) has concluded arrangements with the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) to introduce road tax policy in Abuja. This, the administration disclosed, is to ensure that adequate revenue is generated to maintain all existing roads in the city. The system would be worked out in such a way that vehicle owners in the city would pay tax in line with the engine capacity, and fuel consumption levels and gas emissions from their engines.

There's only one slot left to be filled in Africa's line-up at the 2010 Fifa World Cup, to be played in South Africa next June, and it will be taken after what has the makings of an epic playoff between Algeria and Egypt in Sudan on Wednesday.

President Umaru Yar'Adua overruled, yesterday, his defence minister, Major General Godwin Abbe and dialogued with the Aaron team which was set up two months ago by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on the way out of the crisis in the region.

A FORMER US Congressman slammed with corruption charges over business deals in Nigeria has been jailed for 13 years. William Jefferson, a Democrat from Louisiana was sentenced on Friday after he was found guilty on August 11 of 11 of 16 corruption charges by a Federal jury.