The Nigeria Rowing, Canoe and Sailing Federation has scheduled the 17th Annual retired Rear Admiral Festus Porbeni Regatta for May 28 at Bics Resort, Lekki, Lagos.

Counsels to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, at the Election Petitions Tribunal have continued to trade words over the qualifications of the candidates that contested in the just concluded general elections and the duty of the tribunal.

The Plateau government is to provide all the needed support to encourage its athletes to win laurels at the forthcoming National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, an official has said.

A French newspaper have reported that Gaddafi was tired of fighting a civil war under constant pressure from NATO bombs, and would step down if allowed to remain in his country.

South African President Jacob Zuma will visit Tripoli next week for talks with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the presidency said in a statement on Wednesday.

Ex-creek warlords in the Niger Delta region Wednesday kicked against calls by some politicians for the Federal Government to probe the Amnesty Committee over alleged cases of mismanagement of the welfare packages for the ex-militants youths involved in the programme.

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday warned local government personnel against mounting road blocks and using touts to collect revenues and levies.

President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that he will select credible and intelligent people into his cabinet and other areas of government to run the affairs of the state.

No fewer than 347 people were infected with tuberculosis in Zamfara between January and April, Dr Ibrahim Bature, the TB and Leprosy Control Officer in the state, has announced.

For the second time in eight days most civil servants in Yenagoa the Bayelsa State Wednesday shunned work to battle flood water that invaded their homes.