AS official results of Saturday’s council polls from Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, are being awaited, opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the outcome of the polls, alleging that the electoral umpire was “doctoring” the results.

Edo State Government, Sunday, announced plans to immortalise the late veteran actor, Mr. Sam Loco Efe, who passed on in August. Governor Adams Oshiomhole said government will rename a street after Sam Loco while making his speech at the lying-in-state of late Loco at Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre, Benin.

DEPUTY Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said if Nigeria must achieve its target of becoming one of the top largest economies of the world, the education sector must be well funded and overhauled.

Former Super Eagles skipper, Sunday Oliseh said at the weekend that he was as good as any foreign coach that the Nigeria Football Federation may be thinking of hiring to replace Samson Siasia and therefore should be given the chance to coach the national team.

Prof. Dora Akunyili of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has said the National Assembly Election tribunal sitting in Awka, Anambra State, only struck out her petition against the declaration of Dr Chris Ngige of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, as winner of Anambra Central Senatorial election by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and not dismissed as reported in the media.

A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has restrained the National Universities Commission, NUC, from going back on its initial accreditation of the Law programme of a private university, Lead City University, Ibadan.

Delta State Government has awarded contracts for the renovation of 50 schools and the construction of 10 new primary schools across the three senatorial districts, as part of its effort to improve on the standard of education in the state.

NIGERIA Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has joined the growing clamour for resource control and devolution of powers from the center to states for the nation to develop, saying until “we address the basic issue of our political reform that focuses on devolution of power, resource control, fiscal federalism, whatever economic policies we are thinking of, we will not be able to realise their full potentials.

Indications emerged, weekend, that Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Special Duties, Mr. Henry Dickson had taken the lead in the race to secure People Democratic Party, PDP, ticket for the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa State.

As the people of the Niger Delta await the constitution of a new board for Niger Delta Development Commi-ssion, NDDC, a Niger Delta activist, Mr. Frank Akiefa, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint persons with good track record and are committed to the development of the long-neglected region.