A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Ahmad Inu-Umoru, has been shot dead by suspected cultists in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area, Edo State. He was the son of late Alhaji Inu Umoru, former Chairman of Setraco Construction Company Ltd., and financier of PDP in Edo North.

Since the last Nigeria Football Federation elections, there have been so many fall outs regarding football in this country. I don’t even want to go into any details, because they are all sickening. It will be correct to say our football is in disarray. We have gone through some time now, and I must say that I am still waiting for the improvement the board promised.

As the Senate awaits the presentation of the 2012 budget to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan, there are indications that the budget may run into hitches unless there is a general pay cut in all the three arms of government.

ABEOKUTA- Barely five days after three persons lost their lives in a fracas involving rival leaders of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in a popular motor park in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, three others have been confirmed dead in a renewed clash between the feuding members of the union in Ijebu-ode.

ABUJA-In anticipation of suits that would soon flood the Supreme Court sequel to judgments by various election tribunals across the federation, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, Tuesday, issued new ‘Practice Directions’ that he said must be followed by the apex court in determining such cases.

ABEOKUTA-The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has strongly condemned the aggressive clamour by the Federal Government to set up the so-called Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), describing the fund as illegal, unconstitutional, fraudulent and anti-federalism.

THE talk about Senator Danjuma Goje’s arrest, detention and arraignment at the Federal High Court in Gombe was refused to wear out, and it seems the talk will continue for some time to come.

BENIN CITY-EDO State Government, Tuesday, vowed to commence legal action against hospitality business operators who have failed to register with the state’s Board of Internal Revenue as enshrined in the Consumption Tax Law which was signed into law in June 2011.

LAGOS – Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, may have abandoned no fewer than 250 containers, containing vital equipment imported to boost power generation in the country, as Nigerians continue to groan under epileptic power supply.

LAGOS -The five-day industrial action by Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria, AMLSN, Tuesday, took a violent dimension, as AMLSN members, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, LUTH, Chapter drove away resident doctors, alleged to have taken over the laboratory and blood bank in the hospital.

Abeokuta-The Ogun House of Assembly has directed the state Bureau of Project Monitoring and Evaluation to submit a detailed report on all projects executed in the state under the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, from 2008 to date.

Former Director-General of Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce, Tuesday, described reports that he had been disqualified from contesting November 19, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primaries for Bayelsa State governorship election as wild rumours and falsehood.

LAGOS -The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, Tuesday, set aside the judgment of the Lagos National Assembly Election Tribunal, which dismissed the petition by Labour Party, LP, against the declaration of Mrs Oluremi Tinubu of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN…

WARRI-THE Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, WRPC, in Delta State has been commended by the traditional ruler of Uvwie kingdom, HRM Emmanuel Sideso, Abe 1 for donating a 100kva Mikano sound proof generating set to the Ekpan General Hospital in Uvwie Council area of the state.

OSOGBO- GOVERNOR Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, Tuesday said his administration would strive to re-enact the glorious days of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo in the South-Western region through his six-point integral programme.