The Minister of Youths Development, Bolaji Abdullahi has been directed to take over the sport ministry as minister of sport and chairman of sport commission in an acting capacity.

The management of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, yesterday, met with marketers of petroleum products to discuss operational guidelines for the fourth quarter (Q4), 2011 allocation, towards ensuring seamless and robust supply of petroleum products over the yuletide season.

Erstwhile Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Dimeji Bankole and his deputy, Mr Usman Bayero Nafada, Wednesday, insisted before an Abuja High Court sitting at Apo that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has no case against them.

DELTA State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, yesterday presented his 2012 budget proposal of N383. 39 billion to the State House of Assembly for consideration and promised to apply “stricter control over expenditure.”

FIRST female Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Folake Solanke, has warned the Federal Government against its planned removal of fuel subsidy.

AHEAD the 2012 governorship election in Edo State, indigenes of the state in America and Europe have urged their kith and kin at home to ensure that Governor Adams Oshiomhole is voted back to Edo State Government House, saying that it would be unfair to “God and humanity” if he was not given support in view of what he has been able to achieve in the past three years.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has described the2012 budget proposal presented to the National Assembly yesterday, by President Goodluck Jonathan as anti-people and a disaster waiting to happen.

THE Onokpite family of Ugolo-Okpe, Okpe local government area of Delta State has dragged the Inspector General of Police, Commissioner of Police, Delta State and the Area Commander, Warri to a High Court in Warri over the killing of its son, Chief Ogbe Onokpite, a former governorship candidate of the Citizens Popular Party, CPP.

The police in Lagos on Wednesday confirmed the death of a 39-year-old worker with Patterson Zochonis Industries (PZ), Ikorodu Branch, Bolaji Sekoni.

Toyin Owoyomi, 33, has dragged her husband, Israel, to a Grade ‘B’ Customary Court, Oshodi, Lagos, seeking dissolution of their 14-year old marriage.

IT was a harrowing experience for newly delivered and would be mothers at the labour and maternity Ward of the Edo State owned Central Hospital Benin when suspected robbers were allegedly said to have invaded the hospital at the early hours of Wednesday.

Yaya Toure has admitted he feels “guilty and confused” about leaving Manchester City to play in the Africa Cup of Nations (ANC), but says giving some kind of hope to the Ivory Coast is paramount.

BY NNAMDI OJIEGO LAGOS – The Lagos State Government, yesterday, said it could not stop flooding or any other natural disaster in the state, but can only mitigate its effects.

LAGOS -LEADING media icons, Tuesday, dissected the role of the media in Nigeria’s development and stated that the Fourth Estate of the Realm had the onerous duty of driving the country’s development and must take up the responsibility, in spite of daunting challenges.

An earthquake rattled the Club World Cup in Japan on Wednesday, frightening players and fans from countries not used to violent seismic activity.