The Imo State House of Assembly has thrown its support behind the efforts of the present management of Heartland FC led by Chief Fan Ndubuoke in repositioning the club to become a full professional club side, assuring that its members are ready to give a ‘helping hand.’

Member of the Fly ing Eagles squad to the Chile ’87 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Peter Nieketien has stated that majority of the players in the Nigeria Premier League today are just ordinary and not naturally talented.

Mr. Osita Chidoka, Corps Marshal and Chief Executive, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Wednesday, said road accidents on Nigerian roads will be reduced by 50 per cent in another four years.

PresidentGoodluck Jonathan has approved the renaming of the Federal University of Technology, Yola.

The Benue State Commissioner for Health and Social Services, Dr. Oduen Abunku, has disclosed that over 600,000 persons are currently living with the dreaded HIV/AIDS in the state.

A 32-year-old man has been murdered in Gana, Agbarha Otor, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, over the sharing of N30,000 said to have been paid by a contractor attached to the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC.

The Lagos State government, yesterday, declared as illegal and unconstitutional, quit notices given to some house owners and residents in the Ikosi GRA and its environs by agents of the Federal Government over allegation that their property fall within the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway expansion project site.

TWO people were confirmed dead yesterday while two others were seriously injured in a bomb blast that rocked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, even as Islamic sect, Boko Haram, accused northern governors of hypocrisy in their inconsistent policies.

Erstwhile Minister of Aviation and former spokesman to President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has exonerated the former President of allegation of procuring favourable judgment for Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State at the governorship rerun election petition tribunal in Asaba.

AGGRIEVED members of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, from the 33 local government areas of Oyo State, yesterday stormed the government secretariat to protest the list of Commissioners and Special Advisers, SAs, sent to the House of Assembly by Governor Abiola Ajimobi.

I should be directing this to the President of Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN but it may also interest Patrick Ekeji, the Director-General of the National Sports Commission.

Praise be to Allah. We praise Him and seek His help and forgiveness. We turn to Him in repentance. We seek Allah’s protection from the evils of our souls and our bad deeds.

The National Council on Privatisation, yesterday approved the negotiated sale strategy for the privatisation of the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited, NITEL.

GENERAL Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has again challenged Nigerian journalists to always verify their stories before rushing to press, arguing that balanced reporting was the hallmark of responsible journalism.

AHEAD of the National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, slated for February 25, 2012, guidelines for its conduct and congresses show that the party has adopted open ballot system, to elect its National Chairman and other members of National Working Committee, NWC, as against the former secret ballot method.