Gabon were impressive in the qualifiers, losing out on a World Cup spot to giants Cameroon, but they now have the African Cup of Nations in their sights…

THE crisis rocking the Labour Party in Edo State worsened yesterday as the chairmen of the party in the 18 local government councils of the state passed a vote of no confidence in the state chairman of the party, Dr John Ogbeide, for alleged constitutional breaches.

More than ten years before Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua assumed office as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , the Nigerian judiciary was sick. The malady in the justice system was so pronounced at the time that it gave not only the right thinking Nigerians the reason to worry but also the successive military governments which largely contributed to the woes of the third arm of government.

MANAGERS of five petrol stations in Edo State, caught selling petrol above the official price of N65, have been arrested by the State Petroleum Monitoring Committee in Benin.

THE Provost of Delta State University, DELSU, Oleh campus, Prof. Victor Peretomode, has said the state government was committed to the develop-ment of the campus.

Tragedy struck in the Amarata suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, yesterday, when a teenage girl was crushed to death by a fast moving vehicle along the busy Sani Abacha Expressway.

For some body who was part of the carnival on Sunday to have made such a comment is not surprising as the Governor told reporters that “I saw a lot of foreigners, Nigerians and people from Port Harcourt who came to spend Christmas vacation in Calabar”.

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has decried the lack of articulated policy that supports tourism development and promotion in Nigeria as obtained in other countries in Africa.

The Traditional Ruler of Ibi in Taraba State, Alhaji Abubakar Salihu Bawuro III has solicited the cooperation and assistance of the
apex Tourism Regulatory body in Nigeria _ the Nigerian Tourism Development Development Corporation in fast tracking the promotion and development of the Nwoyo Fishing Festival.

Decline in demand for European destinations in 2009 will ease, with some instances of growth in 2010. But any upturns in demand from emerging markets in Asia won’t be enough to offset continued flat or negative demand from American and European markets.