Worried by the spate of political killings and assassinations in the country, a Lagos-based Legal Consultant and Chairman of Nigerian Branch of Ghana’s New Patriotic Party, NPP, Mr. Kofi Atiemo-Gyan, has suggested that political offices should be made less attractive.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state has approved about N 2.8 billion for the construction of the Ejigbo- Ajao Estate Link Bridge in remembrance of the over one thousand victims who lost their lives during the January 27, 2002 bomb blast.

A 27- year-old man was Wednesday night killed, after he was flung down from the minaret of Ijesha-Tedo central mosque, following a failed attempt to rescue a mother of three that was trapped there.

As Lagos State began another round of polio immunisation exercise, the World Health Organisation, WHO, has declared the state polio-free from April 2009 to date.

Head coach of the Aspire soccer academy in Qatar, Ferdinando Scarpello have said that the centre of sports excellence will produce star players who could make Qatar proud during the 2022 World Cup.

CHIEF Ovie Omo-Agege, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Governorship candidate for Delta State in the 2011 Governorship election, has nominated Rear Admiral John Kpokpogri (rtd) as his running mate.

Barely two months after Samson Siasia was officially unveiled as the Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, the 43_year old technocrat might be heading for a head_on collision with his employers, the Nigeria Football Federation over alleged huge hangers-on around him.

A clergyman, Mr Emma Okoro, of the Christ Ascension Church, Umuahia, has launched a free medical care for residents of Item in Bende Local Government Area of Abia.

The national U-20 team, Flying Eagles on Thursday morning defeated the Super Eagles 2-1 in a high-profile practice match at the mainbowl of the National Stadium, Abuja.

TWO water projects being executed by Anambra State government at Nibo in Awka South local government area and Agulu in Anaocha local government area of the state are to become functional in April this year, Commissioner for Public Utilities and Water Supply, Mr. Emeka Nwankwu, has said,

Two hundred and twelve former militant departed the country, Thursday, for Ghana for offshore vocational training in industrial welding and fabrication techniques at the National Vocational Training Institute, NVTI, Ghana.

Mr Josue Dione, Director, Food Security and Sustainable Development, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), on Tuesday in Addis Ababa urged a transformation of the agricultural sector in Africa.

As this year’s Oodua cultural festival kicks off in Ile-Ife, Osun state today, the Olokun festival foundation has promised that festival will draw scores of enthusiastic residents and guests, especially multitude of members of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) from several states of the south west of Nigeria.

The court case over the title sponsorship of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL) will resume on Monday at a Federal High Court in Lagos following a suit filed by Total Promotions Limited.

The Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Mr Abdullahi Dikko on Wednesday in Abuja reiterated the Customs commitment to tackling smuggling to facilitate trade.