LAGOS – The Coordinator of Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, Comrade Joseph Evah, has described the Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as the new face of hope in the South-South region in particular and Nigeria in general.

Athletics Federation of Nigeria officials have indicated their interest to lodge a protest with the world governing body, IAAF over the manner Nigerian athletes were treated by the Spanish embassy in Lagos.

NIGERIAN media have been advised to ensure that their news items, particularly on the issue of natural disasters are not limited to urban centres at the expense of rural areas, when such rural areas are exposed to the havoc of natural disasters.

One of the local governments to watch out for this weekend would be Esan South East local government area. There a keen fight is expected between the entrenched political stalwarts of the PDP and the new political high flyers in the ACN who are aiming to sustain their major victory in that local government area.

BENIN CITY – FORMER Chief of General Staff, Admiral Mike Akhigbe, and the former Commander of the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta, Major-General Charles Omoregie (rtd), have warned against any plot to manipulate Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State.