Nollywood diva and sex symbol, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has taken her acting prowess beyond the shores of this country as she stars in the thrilling movie “Ties that bind”, which is written and directed by Ghanaian award winning film maker, Leila Djansi.

OWERRI, the Imo State capital was last night engulfed in palpable tension over the continued delay in the announcement of results of the gubernatorial election concluded last Tuesday.

Coach Austin Eguaveon and his under-23 team are in no mood for pleasantries as they clash with their Liberian counterparts in the All Africa Games qualifiers billed for the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City on Saturday.

I have known Reverend Father Edmund Akpala since 1996. And when I went to St. Gregory’s College two weeks ago I had to visit his office to greet him. Discussion on sports naturally ensued. He spoke with so much passion that I felt that my column last week would be on him and St. Gregory’s.

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan yesterday restated the commitment of his administration to conduct free, fair and credible future elections in Nigeria.

Eagles’ coach Samson Siasia has declared that there would be no room for national team players who are not holding down regular appearances with their respective clubs.

THE Lagos State Government, yesterday, said that it was able to rake in over N20 billion through tax audit exercise in 2010, adding that it was also able to increase the number of companies remitting tax to its coffers from 17,491 in 2009 to 18,148 in the year under review.

A new Archbishop for the Benin Metropolitan See of the Catholic Church was yesterday installed. He is Most Rev. Augustine Obiora Akubueze who until recently was the Bishop of Uromi Diocese.

Nigeria and Cameroon will play the final of the African Youth Championship billed for Sunday. This clash of neighbors was set up after Nigeria beat Mali 2-0, while Cameroon edged out Egypt after a shoot-out.

Barely 24 hours after he was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, in the gubernatorial election in Nasarawa State, CPC’s Governor-Elect, Alhaji Tanko Almakura, has promised to reopen all shut hospitals as a result of strike.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, yesterday, advised members to give priority to Occupational Safety and Health, OSH, issues in their respective workplaces.

IT is, I believe, generally understood that the achievement of true development in Nigeria must entail the building of our own endogenous domestic capabilities and capacities to produce and manufacture modern technologies and globally competitive industrial goods.

The post election violence in some parts of the north is condemnable and it stands condemned. No matter what happened, killing and destruction of properties is never a solution. Consultation, and dialogue with stakeholders would have address whatever grievances of the perpetrators. But we should also know that somebody must win.

Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has said that Employee Compensation Act, ECA, which is under its management, is to address all issues relating to workers’ insecurity, safety and anxiety.

The police authorities in Bayelsa State, yesterday, confirmed the arrest of Mr. Barnabas Edure, a Labour Party candidate in Tuesday’s state House of Assembly poll.