Robin van Persie scored the fastest goal of the English Premier League season as Manchester United stayed a point clear at the top with a 1-0 win over West Ham at Old Trafford on Wednesday.

Heavily armed mobile policemen have been deployed in the troubled riverine town of Agbere, in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the theatre of Tuesday’s violent youth skirmish, during which property worth millions of naira was destroyed.

ONE of the greatest philosophers that ever lived, Aristotle, opined centuries ago: “Men come together in cities in order to live; but they remain together in order to live the good life”. It is, however, becoming increasingly harder to live the good life in Nigerian cities today.

Three more people were killed by unknown gunmen in troubled Barkin-Ladi and Riyom local government areas, Plateau State, yesterday. 10 people were gunned down at a drinking joint, Monday.

Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Mr. Rotimi Amaechi has denied reports that there was disagreement at its last meeting over the on-going constitutional amendment.

Justice Lateefa Okunnu of an Ikeja High Court yesterday rejected a prosecution witness presented by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the on-going trial of the former Managing Director of Finbank Plc, Okey Nwosu and three other directors accused of stealing N10.9 billion from the bank.

DEFENDING Champions of the National Sports Festival,Rivers State yesterday sent out warning signals to other states insisting that it would be difficult for them to be toppled from making a successful defence.

“The role of teachers in nation building and national development cannot be wished away” said Prof. Chike Anibeze, Deputy Provost, College of Medicine, Abia State University, Uturu. Accoring to the don, the future of the Nigerian child and the society at large can only be secured if the welfare of teachers is given top priority by government and other concerned authorities.

Traffic along the ever busy Owerri-Orlu federal highway was, yesterday, disrupted for several hours, following the blockade mounted by protesting students of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, AIFCE, Owerri.

The ruling Action Congress of Nigeria ACN in Osun State and the main opposition party in the state, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday in Osogbo differ on the level of performance of the state governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola in the last two years in the state.