The National Assembly also deleted section 87(9) of the Electoral Act, 2010 which provides that where a Political Party fails to comply with the provisions of the Act in the conduct of its primaries its candidate for election shall not be included in the election for the particular position in issue. While section 97 of the original Act has 11 subsections, the amended Act has 10 subsections.

In line with its tradition of celebrating Nigeria’s literary icons, the Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA announces for the benefit of writers, academics, critics and friends of literature at home and in the Diaspora the planned celebration this year, of its past Chairman of Rivers State Branch and one time, National President of ANA, Environmental and Human Rights Activist,late Ken Saro Wiwa

A Lagos-based school, The White Dove, has asked a Federal High Court, Lagos to restrain Bank PHB Plc from selling or taking over the school following an alleged N280 million facility, pending the determination of the suit. The school, which said that it secured a loan facility for the construction of its school, is seeking to restrain the bank from taking over its buildings located at Sango-Tedo, Lekki area of Lagos State or elsewhere, pending the hearing and determination of the suit. Mrs Oluwayemisi Adekoya is also a claimant in the suit.

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ondo State yesterday accused the state government of planning to witch hunt the immediate past Governor Olusegun Agagu by instituting a probe panel two years after he left office.

Head Coach of the national U-23 team, Austin Eguavoen has reviewed his team list for next weekend’s 2012 Olympic Games qualifying match against Equatorial Guinea, calling up Nosa Igiebor and Odion Jude Ighalo to replace lanky central defender Alex Nkume and tall forward Uchebo Okechukwu.