“I Know Honourable Gbenga Elegbeleye to be very passionate about sports most especially the game of football which he loves so much. I have had the opportunity to work with him and I know that he has something to offer Nigerian sports.

Northern governors, who are in support of the election of a new chairman for the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, have reportedly thrown their weight behind the candidature of Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State, Vanguard, has learnt.

President Goodluck Jonathan has said Professor Achebe’s truthful interventions in Nigeria’s affairs will be greatly missed.

THERE was a mild drama at the premises of an Ikeja Magistrate Court, Monday, when a 21- year-old woman, Esther Odozi, a farmer, rolled on the ground and screamed that she and her children were at the verge of dying from hunger.

Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has bagged the best Governor in Africa Award from an Accra-based Africa Development Magazine, for his development strides in the state.

The 2013 UEFA Champions League final will mean different things to different Nigerians as MasterCard, the official sponsor of UEFA Champions League, has elaborate plans to celebrate the final of Europe’s most lucrative club football competition.

Sixteen schools from various states of the federation will be participating in the 2013 Channels National Kids Cup kicking off Wednesday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere Lagos.

ABA—THE Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 9, Umuahia, Abia State, Alhaji Tambari Yabo Mohammed, has warned officers and men of the state police command against accidental discharge, saying it amounted to carelessness.

African Democratic Congress, ADC, has described the state of emergency imposed on Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states by President Goodluck Jonathan as the most creative way to tame the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, which had been terrorising Nigerians in the past three years.

West Bromwich Albion forward, Peter Odemwingie appears set for a lifeline from newly-promoted Barclays English Premier League club, Hull City.

…Calls for Central and West Africa Security Summit
THOUGH it has no constitutional role to play in the declaration of emergency rule in any one of its member countries, the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS is throwing its weight behind the proclamation.

Two years into his tenure, Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara says his government is fulfilling its electoral promises to the electorates as encapsulated in the Shared Prosperity Programme.

Nigeria still hope they can persuade Sidney Sam to play for them despite his call-up to the Germany squad for two upcoming friendlies.

AJEGUNLE, popularly known as the ghetto city is located in the Ajeromi/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State. It has a dense population of about 555,000 people and 335 streets. It is bordered on the west by Apapa Wharf and Tincan, two of Nigeria’s biggest sea ports from where over 70 percent of imported goods come into the country.