DELTA Progressive Movement, DPM, a political pressure group, has urged Chief Godswill Obielum to contest the Delta State 2015 gubernatorial election.

THE people of Egbema, in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, have accused the Joint Task Force, JTF, of invading their communities and arresting prominent individuals for protesting alleged years of political marginalisation, economical and environmental despoliation by the Delta State Government and Chevron Nigeria Limited, operating in the area.

THE Lagos State government has disclosed that informal sector in the state is worth N7.615 trillion ($48.2 billion). The sector is locked outside the state’s legal framework, which is under-capitalising business activities in the state.”

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Africa lacks enough scientists and engineers for the continent to migrate into the emerging global knowledge-based economy.

As Nigeria, yesterday, joined the rest of the world to mark the 2013 World Asthma Day, experts have called on both the public and private sectors to create a conducive work environment devoid of sensitisers that could trigger occupational asthma, as well as contribute to already high incidence of asthma in Nigeria.

THOUSANDS of drums of crude oil abandoned by alleged oil bunkerers and illegal refinery operators in Anambra State have littered the banks of River Niger, along Ogbaru axis of the state.

Barely four days after organised labour expressed concern about the precarious security situation in the creeks of Bayelsa State, tragedy struck Saturday in the troubled waterways when armed gunmen launched a deadly attack on some youths allegedly on a peace mission to Lobia community I in Southern Ijaw local government area of the state, killing eight of them.

Riveting media reports of last Thursday’s court judgment on the celebrated land dispute between Dame Patience Jonathan and Hajiya Turai Yar‘Adua was a sweet piece of cake for many. It was especially so for those who abhor the aggrandisement that has in recent times been associated with the spouses of the country’s leaders at national and state levels.

Enugu Rangers FC have been handed Tunisian opponent Club Sportif Sfaxien in the playoff of the CAF Confederation Cup.

Benin Na-tional Congress, BNC, has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan and the Minister of Health to ensure transparency in the appointment of the next Chief Medical Director of University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Benin City, Edo State

Obafemi Martins is the fifth highest paid player in Major League Soccer for the 2013 season, according to a players’ union release.

Abuja — Vice President Namadi Sambo has decried the imbalance in trade relations between Nigeria and Sweden and called for improvement

THE Director General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Mike Omeri has described the National Identity Management System,NIMS, as a revealing project that will provide a comprehensive National Database in Nigeria.

LAGOS—National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has won a major legal victory in the battle against importation of fake drugs into the country.

Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has disclosed that it had recovered over N6 billion customers’ money trapped in various commercial banks across the country from internet banking and electronic money transfer transactions within one year.