Fire razed the male block of the artistes camp of National Troupe of Nigeria, located a few metres from the snack and drinks bar (Abe-igi) at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos.

TWO suspected members of a robbery gang met their waterloo recently, after they were arrested by policemen from Ogun State Police command. The suspects who gave their names as Ajose Ebenezer and Olaosegbe Idowu, were arrested in their victim’s apartment at Oke-Ola area of Abeokuta, during an operation.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said he was hopeful that the Ivorian political crisis could be resolved without resort to force.

GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi, has expressed gratitude to delegates of his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for voting for him at the governorship primaries election, which took place, weekend, in Port Harcourt.

Two alleged accomplices of the former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, have pleaded guilty to V-Mobile shares theft charges.

GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the Citizens’ Popular Party, CPP, in the just concluded re-run elections in Delta state, Chief Ogbe Onokpite, Monday, conceded defeat and congratulated Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, even as he described the election as the freest and fairest election ever conducted in the state. He also pledged to support the Governor in his efforts to move the state forward.

PROTESTS, weekend, trailed the National Assembly primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, as the aspirants accused the leadership of the party in the state of manipulating the delegates list in favour of their preferred candidates.

Super Falcons coach Uche Eucharia has invited 40 players for a special camping exercise to ascertain the level of the readiness of her players jostling for places in the squad for this year’s Fifa World Cup in Germany.

VICE-CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Petroleum, Senator Abubakar Umar Gada, representing Sokoto East Senatorial District, was reported to have wept profusely after losing his bid to get his party, PDP nod to return to the senate.

One of Nigeria’s leading industrialists, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has redeemed his pledge of N200 million donation to Katsina University, owned by the Katsina Islamic Foundation.

Arewa Christian Initiative, ACI, has endorsed the presidential aspiration of a former Chairman the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Malam Nuhu Ahmed Ribadu.

THE Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, has written a letter to Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan to formally welcome him back to the forum.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi, was last night, crowned winner of the inaugural Fifa Ballon d’Or award ahead of Barcelona team-mates Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta.

FOLLOWING voting along ethnic lines in the just concluded Delta State re-run gubernatorial election won by Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, former militants from the Delta Central Senatorial district, have charged the Governor to forget and forgive and take the three senatorial districts in the state as his constituency.

NIGERIA has continued to maintain the lead among African countries in the import of generating sets ranging from 1 to 2,000KVA, of which about $103.1million was spent on its importation between January and June 2010.