AS the zero hour to the national sports festival tagged Garden City Games approach swiftly, Rivers State Information Commissioner, Mrs Ibim Semenitari has given an insight into what to expect in the Games that would kickstart on June 27.

The Executive Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) on Saturday expressed his full backing for the Nigeria Football Federation in its proven desire to lift Nigerian football to lofty heights in the international arena.

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has awarded N10 million as damages against the Inspector General of police, and three others, over the unlawful detention of seven Muslims accused of being members of Boko Haram sect.

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has waded into the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State.

ALABO Tonye Graham-Douglas has served in various capacities in Nigeria; a one time Minister of Youths, Sports and Culture, Aviation as well as Labour and Productivity. In 2000, he became the Minister of Tourism before leaving office in January 2001. In this interview, he bares his mind on the state of the nation especially how President Goodluck Jonathan can survive the next four years

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Film Corporation, NFC, to enhance meaningful contribution of the film sector, with a view to creating jobs, reducing poverty and generating revenue for the Federal Government.

PAPA (Chief Obafemi Awolowo) was, among other things, a visionary, a philosopher, a statesman, an eminent strategist and tactician, an accomplished economist, an orator of enthralling eloquence, a man of letters, and above all a most affectionate husband, father and grandfather. He was a lover of good wholesome food, a disciplined politician, a devoted and committed Christian; a self-taught scientist; who enjoyed good music, had an insatiable quest for knowledge, and was quick-witted and humorous.

Estranged Eagles’ striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni was shocked to find out that Nigerian fans were yet to forget his world famous miss at the South Africa 2010 World Cup.

FORMER Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Usman Bayero Nafada, who was quizzed last week by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alongside other principal officers of the sixth National Assembly is likely to be charged to court today with his former principal, Mr. Dimeji Bankole over allegations of corrupt enrichment and misappropriation of over N40 billion

Twenty six of the 27 local government chairmen in Imo State, who were recently sacked by Governor Rochas Okorocha through a radio and television broadcast, have dragged the state government to court.