The Appeals Committee on the Elections of the President and Vice President elect of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF in the National sports federations election conducted on Tuesday in Abuja has thrown out the petition filed by Engr. Musa Kida, Babs Ogunade, Mark Igoche and Osita Nwachukw against Tijani Umar and Muktar Khaled; president and Vice president respectively.

INASMUCH as I’ve told President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to be a true statesman of honour and integrity and avoid the (devilish, dangerous and unpatriotic) lure of going for another term as Nigeria’s President and emulate General Abdulsalami Abubakar who had all the powers and resources available to stay in power for long but honourably and responsibly chose to avoid such lure and its negative consequences and stayed in power as Head of State of the same country Nigeria for only 12 months (June 1998-May 1999),

Economic activities were yesterday grounded at Mbaise, following a peaceful protest organized by priests and lay faithful of Ahiara Catholic Diocese to press home their total rejection of Monsignor Peter Okpalaeke as the new bishop of the Diocese.
The protesters, who spotted black attire, marched slowly between Saint Brigid’s Parish and Cathedral Church, saying their rosary and periodically sang Christian songs.

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, yesterday, disagreed with his predecessor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, over the commencement of Agro-Cargo Airport, proposed to be sited at Ilishan-Remo in Ikenne Local Government Area of the state.

Minister of Trans-port, Senator Idris Umar, has wooed local and foreign investors to take advantage of the friendly investment policies and structures by investing in the transport sector of the economy.

Over time one of the major problems many trendy and smart ladies experience in almost all the smartphones has generally been how to navigate the phones with their usually well manicured long nails. Majority of the smartphones just can’t bulge at the touch of the finger nails and since the ladies’ thumbs are always under the protection of the long nails, navigation becomes highly problematic.

She ruled the airwaves in 1998 with her chart-bursting motivational songs Osamudiamen, Child of God and others at the tender age of 10. She also toured a number of massive arenas which had her performing before audiences comprising several highly placed government officials; and now, Benita is staging a return to the music scene with a historic performance at this year’s Nnenna and Friends Children’s Day Show.

Newcomers, Nembe City of Bayelsa have said they were on a mission to show other teams that they can compete with the very best in the Nigeria Professional Football League.

Enyimba’s forward Sibi Gwar has set his sights on emerging the top scorer of the Nigerian League.

MINISTER of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Victoria Sekitoleko, former Minister of Agriculture of Uganda, and founder of Uganda Culture Community Centre; Adedotun Sulaiman, a renowned management and strategy consultant; Jane Kiragu, advocate of the High Court of Kenya; Alyse Nelson, co-founder and president, Vital Voices Global Partnership; and Kah Walla, CEO and founder, Strategies from Cameroon, would be the keynote speakers at the Vital Voices Global Partnership and Women in Management, Business, and Public Service, WIMBIZ, forum holding in Lagos on May 23, 2013.