Nigeria will today begin her defence of the West African Football Union Nations Cup trophy she won last year against the Eagles of Mali in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. Incidentally, it was the same venue the Super Eagles lifted the trophy last year under coach Daniel Omokachi whose side had just been knocked out of the African Nations Championship qualifiers by Niger.

Following the inconclusive Imo State governorship election, a prominent indigene of the state and Chief Executive Officer of American Automotives Limited, Mr. Celes Ejimkonye, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan not to interfere in the state politics as any attempt to do so would rub him of people’s goodwill.

The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, yesterday has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to begin the de-registering of political parties that performed woefully in the 2011 general elections.

A GANG of assassins, operating on motorcycles, yesterday, shot dead a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Anthony Udom, in broad daylight.

Outgoing Lagos State Deputy Governor, Princess Adebisi Sosan, has broken her silence on not returning with Governor Babatunde Fashola, SAN, for a second term in office, saying “there is no regret.”