A legal practitioner and member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, campaign council in Delta State, Mr Jesutega Onokpasa, has urged the governorship candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, in the April general elections, Chief Great Ogboru and his supporters to refrain from further heating up the polity in the state.

Former international Uche Okechukwu has backed his Eagles’ defence partner, Austin Eguaveon to succeed with the Under-23 team.
Eguaveon faces a crucial test this weekend as he attempts to stop perennial Nigerian rivals Ghana in the All Africa Games qualifiers at the Ogbe Stadium Benin City.

As part of its commitment to achieving e-governance, Edo State Government, yesterday, said that it had spent about N20 billion on different Information and Communications Technology projects in the state.

THE 83-year-old mother of the National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olusola Oke, has been released by her abductors 11 days after she was kidnapped.

Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has called for a strong collaboration between the state government and civil servants to ensure quick development of the state.

Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc Wednesday outlined all-inclusive plan to raise between N270 billion and N300 billion required to retain its international banking status, just as it assured all stakeholders that it would complete its recapitalisation process before the September 2011 deadline stipulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Abdullahi Abubakar, Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Football Association, on Thursday blamed the low development of football at the grass roots on lack of sponsors. Abubakar, who made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, said the problem was a major challenge to his association.

Bayelsa State Government has reiterated its commitment to the completion of the South South zonal station of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, in the state.

ABOUT N1.2 billion has gone into the execution of 2,600 Fadama III projects in the South-East zone.

As the seventh National Assembly is trying to settle down to legislative business , the imperative of another constitution amendment is inevitable. For stakeholders, the constitution may well be amended as often as it is necessary until it becomes a perfect document.

GOVERNOR Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State assumed power with a lot of promise on May 29,2007. The circumstances that brought him to power placed him on the fastest lane to meet up with the high expectations of Niger citizenry.

WHEN Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura defeated the former governor, Akwe Doma at the April polls, many observers of political developments in the state knew that Al-Makura has a big task ahead of him especially in the area of development of basic infrastructures in the state.

Mr. Emmanuel Bello a young but experienced journalist with varied experiences at the senior editorial level at some of the nation’s leading newspapers including Daily Trust, Leadership among others is the Commissioner of Information, Culture and Home Affairs in Taraba State. Bello who was before now the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor in this interview previews the agenda of the new administration in Taraba State led by Gov. Danbaba Suntai.

The Kaduna centre of the on going Copa Coca Cola began on Thursday with Kaduna team defeating its Abuja counterpart 2-0 with goals from Abdulahi Alfa and Abubakar Saleh.

THE nomination of Prof. Barth Nnaji by President Goodluck Jonathan as minister-designate has continued to generate mixed reactions from various groups in the Eastern part of the country.