Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has revealed he will include CSKA Moscow winger Chidera Ejuke, and Austria-based duo, Samson Tijani and Tobias Lawal in his squad for next month’s friendlies against Cote d’lvoire and Tunisia.

Ejuke was one of key stars In the Dutch league last season but joined CSKA Moscow from Eredivisie outfit Heerenveen last month and has scored once in three league games for his new club this season.

Former Golden Eaglets captain Tijani, who is loan at TSV Hartberg from Red Bull Salzburg will also get the chance to play at the senior level for the first time.

Lawal, 20, is a goalkeeper who plays for Austrian side Linz.

“I invited two players from Austria. One of them you know him, Samson Tijani. He was the captain of our under 17 team that played the World Cup last year,”Rohr told ESPN.

“He signed for Red Bull Salzburg, he is also midfielder 18 years old and he’s on the loan to TSV Hartberg, a first division club. But I’m not afraid to invite him especially because he’s in Austria already.

“Also, the goalkeeper, [20-year-old] Tobias Lawal. He’s a young goalkeeper, playing in Linz. He was on the bench for the European games. They had very good European rally last year, they made it good competition. And he played already sometimes, he was already in Austria [‘s side], under 20 but only a friendly.”

The Super Eagles will face the Elephants of Cote d’lvoire on October 9 with other fixture against the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia to be held four days later.

Both games will be played at a yet to be named venue in Austria.

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As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the 2020 International Day of Peace today, the federal government has been urged to double its efforts in ensuring lasting peace across all parts of the country.

Speaking to Planet News, some residents in Uyo said every Nigerian has a right to live peacefully in every any part of the country but decried ethnic, religious and political crises and intolerance which have hindered the realization of such goal. They shared their opinion on what a peaceful society entails.

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On the 2020 theme, ‘Shaping Peace Together’, the residents said that no meaningful development can be achieved in a crises-ridden environment, adding that all Nigerians must take responsibility in ensuring that peaceful co-existence remains the ultimate goal by upholding virtues that promote peace.

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire.

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The newly deployed Zonal Director National Broadcasting Commission NBC Uyo, Henry Asagba, has promised to maintain the longstanding cordial relationship that has existed between Planet 101.1 FM and the commission before his assumption of office.

While observing that there were areas the station needs to improve upon, the zonal boss addressed issues bothering on hypes by presenters as well as cleared the allegations that the commission is biased in some zones of the federation.

Earlier in his remarks, the General Manager of Planet FM, Sunday Edet, welcomed the new Zonal Director to his new domain, and assured him that Planet 101.1FM will continue to do everything possible to avoid defaulting guidelines as stipulated in the NBC code.

The zonal director and his team were later conducted round different departments of Planet radio.

The Nigerian Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire has received samples of Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine from Russia’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Alexey Shebarshin.

A statement issued by the Ministry Director of Information, Media and Public Relations, Olujimi Oyetomi has it that the  Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine was delivered to the ministry of health during a courtesy visit to Nigeria’s Health Ministers by  Russian Federation Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E. Alexey L. Shebarshin

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of foodstuffs from national reserves, as part of measures to tackle the high cost of food prices.

The statement which was made known to the public via the president’s official twitter handle states  that the president has approved  the release of 30,000 tons of maize from the national reserves, to animal feed producers  in other  to ease the current high cost of poultry production.

He also stated that the federal government has engaged with food producers associations and groups to tackle the issue of exploitative behaviour by middlemen and other actors, which is one of the factors responsible for the high food prices being experienced.

The president further assured Nigerians that the government is doing everything to bring down the prices of food items across the country.