GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, yesterday, read the riot act to feuding Ogbe-Ijoh (Ijaw) and Aladja (Urhobo) communities over a 76 years old boundary dispute settled by the state government in 2009 by the Chief Tunde Smooth-led panel.

Heartland’s new technical adviser, Lodewijk de Kruif, will soon replace caretaker coach, Christian Chukwu.
The club’s media officer, Cajetan Nkwopara, told SuperSport.com that the newly recruited Dutch tactician has been understudying Chukwu and would soon be in charge of team.

In order to reduce the amount of unclaimed dividend in the country, shareholders have been advised to embrace the e-dividend platform that has been introduced to the capital market.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, were among major political parties that, yesterday, boycotted the all-inclusive meeting with chairmen of registered political parties in Nigeria, summoned by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Hafiz Ringim, towards achieving the objectives of a violence free 2011 general elections.

DELTA State Government, yesterday, vowed to expose contractors handling its projects in the state, should they fail to make reasonable progress in the contracts awarded to them before the April general elections.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) have called off a proposed friendly against Peru in Malta on March 30, officials announced Thursday.

The Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa, has acknowledged the improvement Air Nigeria’s forays into Benin had brought to air transportation between the state and Lagos.

Inter Milan youngster Joel Obi has stepped up to the plate at a time Nigerian fans are desperate for new heroes following the fiasco that was last year’s World Cup.

ACADEMIC and administrative activities were grounded yesterday at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, as a result of the protest by students over perceived outrageous increase of their school fees by the management of the institution.

South Africa’s MTN Group posted a 20 percent rise in full-year profit on Wednesday and sharply lifted its dividend payment, as benefits from strong subscriber growth in emerging markets.

Daar Communications Plc has recorded significant improvement in its bottom line as its profit after tax stood at N1.949 billion in its third quarter financial performance for the year 2010. This is against a profit after tax of N195.091 million recorded in the same period in 2009.

The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) requires N1.6 trillion to meet the needs of small-scale farmers in the country, the Managing Director, Dr Mohammed Santuraki, has said.

Umuchinemere Pro-credit Micro Finance Bank (UPMFB), Enugu, has began the disbursement of micro credit facilities to about 300 active poor in Nkanu East and Nkanu West LGAs in Enugu State, in furtherance of the church’s avowed war against poverty in Africa.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign tour of the South-South zone no doubt provided food for thought for Nigerians who might not have come from that geopolitical zone of the country. Apart from the flavour of celestial ordinance around Goodluck Jonathan’s ascension to his present position, the claim of the minorities of the South to the leadership position in Nigeria has incontrovertible justification on the platform of morality

At long last the much waited and talked video of pint size star rap artiste MI is dropping any moment from now so says his recording company, Chocolate City.