IN a dire need to revamp the grooming ground for the country’s football talents which generated so much passion in the past, the Lagos State Government has partnered the Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank to bring back the glory days of the Lagos Principals Cup soccer championship.

By Festus Ahon UGHELLI — CHAIRMAN of Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Godwin Ebosa, has stressed the need for all tiers of government across the country to tackle polio virus.

The Esionwun family of Delta State have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba to dismissed a suit filed by one of their kinsmen, Augustine Jemeriegbe Ayavoro against Chevron Nig. Ltd and Ugborodo Community Trust on the ground that he (Augustine) lacks the authority of the family to file his suit.

Nwabufo Obienu doubled as vice chairman of then Nigeria Football Association and coordinator of the Eagles during the qualification for 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. He worked with coaches Amodu Shaibu, Stephen Keshi and Joe Erico and can attest to their abilities. He bared his mind yesterday in a telephone chat.

Sports Minister/Chairman National Sports Commission, Sani Ndanusa, said yesterday that he was ready to offer himself for probe for his activities during the just ended FIFA Under-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009.

THE Bini Political Coalition (BPC), a socio-political organisation in Edo State, declared, yesterday, that the Binis would no longer allow foreign political godfathers or aliens dictate the politics of the state.

SACKED Managing Director of Oceanic Bank Plc, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, has filed a suit before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, challenging her removal as the Chief Executive of the bank by the Central Bank, CBN, accusing the Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido of plotting to sell Oceanic bank to his friends under the guise of core investors.

INFRASTRUCTURE development topped the Federal Government’s agenda in THE Capital Expenditure of the N4.07 trillion budgetary proposal for 2010 laid separately before the Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday.

A 76-year-old woman has been kidnapped at Ibusa, Delta State, even as kidnappers of the Oceanic Bank manager have dropped their ransom from N110 million to half a million naira.

Mrs. Ejueyitichie-Oroye’s family has petitioned the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Benin over alleged illegal invasion of a property on 6, Boyo Road, Sapele, Delta State, by one Joseph Atsenyi-ku.