FIFA and CAF executive committees member, Dr Amos Adamu has said that he had discovered the source of recent statements insinuating that he was being considered for appointment as special assistant to the president on sports.

Nigeria’s women quarter-milers Margaret Etim and Bukky Abogunloko stayed on course for a medal at the on-going World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada.

Former Secretary General of Nigeria Football Association Sani Ahmed Toro has said that he had the antidote to the myriad of problems facing Nigerian football.

Former Delta State military administrator, Air Commodore Luke Ochulor, has expressed disappointment at Nigeria’s failure at the recently concluded World Cup just as he called on NFA officials to do proper home work before setting out for any competition.

President General of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club, Dr Rafiu Ladipo yesterday charged the national U-20 Women team, the Falconets to go all out and win the ongoing FIFA U-20 Women World Cup in Germany.

According to the Director-General of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa, Dr. Sule Yakubu, over 250,000 children were born to Nigerian soldiers who participated in peace keeping in ECOMOG operations in Liberia..

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has expressed uproar over recurring reports of unfriendly policies of the Ghanaian authorities towards Nigerian investors and citizens.

FORMER governorship candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, in Rivers State, Chief Sergeant Awuse, has crossed over to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state. Awuse said his decision stemmed from his conviction that there was now internal democracy in the party.

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $25 million equity investment in the second New Africa Mining Fund.

ONE person was feared dead, while 32 others were hospitalised, yesterday, as the scaffold used for the construction of a five storey, 911 plaza building, belonging to Mr. Ayiri Emami, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chairman, Warri South West Local Government Area, along Ogunu Road, Warri, collapsed on workmen and women under it at about 2:00 p.m.

Lagos State Police Command seem to be ahead of all commands in the country in implementing, to the letter, all policy directions, criminal strategies and manoeuvrers mapped out by their authorities in Abuja. When detectives from the command are not pursuing fleeing criminals who operated freely in other states, they are busy tracking and arresting dare-devil kidnappers.

Just as the two winners of the programme: “Be Road Friendly” will be heading to the United Kingdom, August this year, Lagos State government has concluded plans to give immediate job opportunity to graduates of Lagos State University School of Traffic (LASUSOT) in order to alleviate the suffering of the unemployed graduates of the state.

Education is said to be the bed rock of any developing country, as it serves as a spring board to the well being of any nation. It also serves as the hub through which all sectors of any economy are powered. Unfortunately, the reverse is the case in Nigeria.

DR. OKWESELIEZE Nwodo, the new Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in an attempt to stymie the raging controversy on zoning, was quoted in almost all the national newspapers of July 8, 2010 as saying: “There is no zoning on the ground now, absolutely, there is no zoning”.

The clergy charged the students to emulate Nelson Mandela who is not just an elder statesman but also an international figure because of his outstanding performance adding that the governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola is a proxy example of an outstanding achiever amongst his counterparts.