The Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, FUNNAB has released the Postgraduate courses available for the 2016/2017 academic session. Candidate that are willing

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Kayode Idowu

Members of the Boko Haram sect on Saturday attacked a village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, killing six persons and abducting 13 others.

A member of the youth vigilance group, Civilian JTF, who spoke anonymously to The Punch said on phone that the attackers rode on four motorcycles.

He said the incident occurred around 5a.m, adding that the insurgents entered some homes killed six people, kidnapped 13 others and left

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Many people were injured Saturday in an attack on a wedding in Gaziantep in Turkey’s troubled southeast, the city’s governor said, quoted in Turkish media.

Gaziantep governor Ali Yerlikaya said that the explosion in the city centre was due to a “terror attack which left


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By Juliet Ebirim and Anozie Egole

Nigeria was obviously not prepared – Barr. Azuka Okubor

The Nigerian government and all the various sports federations were obviously not prepared and need to do better, taking a cue from South Africa and Kenya. Sporting activities and programmes must be well thought out. Let people of proven integrity and passion be at the helm of affairs. We must evaluate results

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Arsenal trio Mesut Ozil, Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny are all in contention to make their first appearance of the season against Premier League champions Leicester City, following an extended rest after the European Championships. All three players missed the opening day defeat to Liverpool but could feature at the King Power Stadium today.

Manager Arsene Wenger admits that the recall of Koscielny is a gamble but it might be a risk worth taking, with captain Per Mertesacker and Gabriel both out injured. Summer signing Rob Holding was partnered with Calum Chambers at the centre of an Arsenal defence that shipped four goals at the Emirates Stadium.

“I will consider them for selection this weekend,” he said, according to the official Arsenal website. “Of course they have not played any games for a while, so I have to be selective and I cannot go for the three because that would be too risky. But basically with Laurent Koscielny I have no

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