A member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Folagbade Gbemibade, was yesterday suspended for a Month for alleged unruly behaviour to the leadership of the Assembly.

Prof. Steve Ugbah until recently a United States based university lecturer was the gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN in the recent elections in Benue State. Though he was declared as the loser of the election, Ugbah in a petition to the Election petition tribunal claimed to have been robbed of victory. Excerpts:

Nigeria Football Federation technical committee member, Christian Chukwu believes that the federation will not take into account the gender of the coach that will be appointed for the women national team.

FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke says his organisation does not always feel welcome in England. The world football’s governing body, has been antagonised by the British media’s attempts to uncover corruption in the organisation, while England was hurt by FIFA’s decision to award the 2018 World Cup to Russia.

Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Victor Ochei, has challenged Nigerian engineers to channel their expertise to the development of the country, as the profession is central to any developmental process.

ALL is now set for the much advertised end of year thanksgiving service at the corporate headquarters of Vanguard Media Limited as all roads lead to the Apapa, Lagos venue of the event today.

ORGANISED Labour in the nation’s Maritime sector, yesterday, in Lagos, berated the Senate over fresh moves to give legal backing to the establishment of another agency in the maritime industry through the Maritime Security (Establishment) Bill 2009, to duplicate the jobs of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, in spite of earlier overwhelming rejection of the plan by all stakeholders in the sector.

Ambitious and delectable, Tamara Eteimo has emerged winner of the 2011 Next Movie Star reality show. The Bayelsa State native was adjudged the most outstanding and talented in the reality television show. Tamara’s victory, which was announced by Afro juju maestro, Sir Shina Peters, comes with a brand new SUV, cash prize and three movie roles.

Following the recent slide in the country’s football , a football friendly company, Crown Media limited has launched what they call Soccer rumble, a television reality game show with prize money of $50, 000.

The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has said the establishment of a Yoruba Academy would go a long way to promote the Yoruba culture and tradition as well as enhance the speaking of the language by a new generation.