THE leadership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has again raised alarm over plans by some Nigerians to truncate the nation’s democracy through what the party described as another clandestine plot by some political adventurers to polarise the party.

A university don, Professor C.I.C. Ogbonna, has advocated greater attention to the management of malaria in the country as it claims more lives than the dreaded HIV/AIDS.

ACTING President Goodluck Jonathan arrived for a four-day official working visit in the United States of America, yesterday.

THELagos State government, weekend, said 1,028,455 people benefitted from its various free health services in the last one year.

Newly appointed Sports Minister and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Ibrahim Bio, demonstrated his near emptiness about Nigerian athletics development, when he declared that he will return Nigeria to winning ways in the long distance events.

LEADERS of the two unions in the nation’s Maritime industry, Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, and its Senior Staff Association of Communications, Transport and Corporations, SSACTAC, Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA branch counterpart, weekend shelved the planned industrial action scheduled to commence Wednesday over pending workers’ enefits.

Nigeria yesterday became the first team to qualify for the semi-final stage of the WAFU Cup after pounding Guinea 5-0 at the MKO International Stadium in Abeokuta.Striker Solomon Okpako got the ball rolling for theNigerians, with his first of the afternoon in the first half, beating two players before slotting past the Guinean goalkeeper, to edge the homers 1-0 ahead.

After helping Nigeria beat the Republic of Benin in the opening match of the first WAFU Cup of Nations in Abeokuta, Friday, top striker, Ahmed Musa, said the Eagles could win the tournament.

A police constable was at the weekend stabbed to death during a clash between factions of a transport union in Ajegunle area of Lagos.

Chika Chiejina, the cap-tain of the IBB International and Country Club believes that the establishment of an academy would enhance the churning out of talents that would adequately represent the country in the 2020 Olympics.