Enyimba players and coaches are abuzz with the prospect of playing in the FIFA Club World Cup billed for December in Japan.

The Ogun State House of Assembly’s Committee on Lands and Housing yesterday said it had uncovered illegal sales of a government lodge in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.

A fresh application brought by Mr. Deji Abiola, son of late politician, Chief M.K.O. Abiola, to quash the N35.5 million fraud charge brought against him, Thursday, stalled his trial before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of an Ikeja High Court.

Heartland striker Chibuzor Ozurumba has fired a big warning to Enyimba after he scored thrice in test games ahead of Sunday’s Federation Cup final.

Amidst calls for an upward review of the federation’s revenue allocations to state governments, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has promised a new equitable sharing formula among the three tiers of government.

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola has described the arraignment of National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu before the Code of Conduct Tribunal as political harassment and a threat to the nation’s democracy.

Lagos State Police Command, Thursday, described as untrue, reports that it arrested some members of the Boko Haram sect, Tuesday, reinstating its resolve to protect lives and property of Lagosians.

Director-General, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, NLRC, Peter Igho, has said that the commission has raked in N1.8 billion from Lagos State alone.

THERE are too many inspiring stories from Africa that we can ignore them mostly at our own risk. At a time the African Union could only raise $20 million (N3.1 b) for the famine victims in Somalia, an individual -Samuel Eto’o – is earning 20 euro (N4.2b) a year.

Less than 24 hours after the authorities of Abia State University, Uturu, disowned the video clip where a gang of five young men alleged to be students of the university subjected a young girl to marathon rape, Abia State Government, Thursday, came out also to deny that such incident took place in the university.

Court of Appeal, Benin, Thursday, dismissed the appeal by Chief Great Ogboru of Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, against the decision of the election tribunal, Asaba, which upheld the declara-tion of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan as winner of the re-run January 6 governorship election in Delta State by the Indepen-dent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has stated his firm belief that rather than disintegrate, Nigeria would emerge from its current security and social challenges stronger and more united. He spoke when members of CITAR, French word for roundtable, a non-governmental organization (NGO) committed to dialogue, paid him a visit and conferred him with an award.

International Monetary Fund, IMF, has said the global financial stability risks have risen sharply in recent months, as slower economic growth, market turbulence in Europe, and the credit downgrade of the United States have weighed on the global financial system.

Immediate past governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao- Akala has faulted Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s trip to Abuja Wednesday to show support for the Action Congress of Nigeria’s, ACN, national leader and former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who was docked by the Code of Conduct Bureau.

Ten persons including five newspaper vendors were, Thursday, arrested by Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State during the weekly environmental sanitation for violating the sanitation exercise.