FORMER Commander, Corps of Army Finance and Accounts of the Nigerian Army, Maj.Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (rtd), has formally declared his ambition to run for the 2012 governorship election in the state under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State returned from a month-long vacation abroad last weekend declaring that he is hale and hearty, contrary to speculations.

Chairman of Advertising Practitioners’ Council of Nigeria, APCON, Akinlolu Akinwunmi, has threatened action against practitioners in the industry who are not APCON certified.

Sequel to a last minute directive from the acting President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Dalhatu Adamu, Borno State election petition tribunal, sitting in Abuja, Saturday, delivered its judgement.

Indigenes of Weppa Wanno Kingdom of Etsako East local government area of Edo State resident in the FCT, at the weekend, hailed President Goodluck Jonathan for bestowing the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) on their traditional ruler, Dr. George Oshiapi Egabor.

Succour came for Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), Delta North senatorial candidate, Prince Ned Nwoko, when the Appeal Court, sitting in Abuja, ruled, at the weekend, that he was validly nominated as a candidate of the DPP to contest the April 9, 2011 election which was shifted by one week.

Unionism has no doubt taken a firm root in Nigeria as every profession, occupation and vocation in the country now wears a well organized labour stance.

A chieftain of the Labour Party, LP, in Ondo State and the Commissioner for Sports and Youths Development, Alhaji Yekini Olanipekun, says the much talked about “Akoko agenda” is a creation of some individual to achieve their selfish ambitions.

Pandora, the first woman in Greek mythology was given a box; a box that contained the world’s evil, when she opened it, evil escaped into the world and the only item left in the box was HOPE.

JUTH FC boss, Isa Mailafiya has stated that the Jos based side will return to the Premier League after one season in Pro League.

SOLOMON Iyobosa Edebiri is the Chief Executive of Typha Cenia Nigeria Limited and President of the Nigerian Institute of Welding. Born in Edo State in 1962, Edebiri trained in welding and engineering while working weekends on his father’s plantation.

THE leaders of the host community of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, FUPRE, Ugbomro, Delta State, have advised President Goodluck and the Minister of Education not to succumb to any pressure to return Prof Alabi, outgoing Vice Chancellor of the university, in order not to throw the institution into crisis.

It was indeed a celebration of faith and victory over the devil as friends, colleagues and literary icons gathered at the banquet Hall of Excellence hotel, Ogba, Ikeja for the public presentation and launch of a book titled, “Sound of Broken Chains”, a collection of inspirational and revivalist poems…

Brazilian legend Pele says both Lionel Messi and Wayne Rooney need to perform on the highest international stages before they can be considered world class.

All is set for the final of the Amstel Malta Showtime holding on November 18, 2001 at the Harbour Points Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.