EKITI State governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has constituted a committee to review contracts awarded during the 42-month the ousted government led by Engr Segun Oni was at the helm of affairs in the state.

Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has described Mrs. HID Awolowo as a stabilizing force of the Yoruba race and a quiet contributor to the unity of Nigeria.

A collection of knowledgeable and reputable elders of Delta State, provisionally led by the former Deputy Premier of the defunct Midwest region and First Republic politician, Chief James Otobo, moved, yesterday, to give the state a proper leadership direction, differing principally on principles with some of the positions already taken by the Chief Edwin Clark-led Delta Elders, Leaders and Stakeholders Forum, DELSF, on the affairs of the state.

The First Baptist Church, Ikeja, Lagos State, South-West Nigeria, is set to commission a N53.6 million ultra-modern pastorium/office complex for its pastors and other purposes.

A Nigeria hospital, for the first time in the history of West Africa, has recorded a land mark achievement in the field of medicine when it successfully pioneered the first devised closure of a hole in the heart called “Patent Ductus Arteriosus” (PDA) by non surgical intervention in a three-year -old child.

UAC of Nigeria Plc, has agreed in principle to form a strategic partnership with Tiger Brands Limited, a leading South African conglomerate.

Ahead of the meeting of the National Council of State today in Abuja, the Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC, Wednesday demanded that the Federal Government begin implementation of the new national minimum wage before the end of the year.

National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has again called on Nigerians to troop out en masse to register during the voters’ registration exercise to enable vote for any candidate of their choice.

ACTING Governor of Delta State, Prince Sam Obi, Wednesday, inaugurated a new Executive Council. He also announced the suspension of release of funds to all ongoing mega projects, saying that his priority was to pay contractors to enable them enjoy the Christmas.

Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, in Sokoto State has alleged that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was planning to cause chaos if the ruling on the withdrawal of an interlocutory civil pre-election appeal filed by DPP governorship candidate in the 2007 election, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, which is expected to be delivered by the Supreme Court in Abuja tomorrow was not in PDP’s favour.

THE Appeal Court in Benin has adjourned till March 8, 2011, the Appeal against the Ogodo family in Sapele, Delta State by the Africa Timber and Plywoods, AT&P.

IN the wake of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s release of time-table for Delta guber re-run poll, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart and aspirant to Warri South Constituency II seat in Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Matthew Opuoru, has expressed strong optimism, that people of Okere–Urhobo in Warri South Local Government Area and Deltans in general will overwhelmingly vote for Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan during the re-run election.