Super Eagles coach, Stephen Okechu-kwu Keshi has spoken for the first time since the draws for the final round qualifier for the Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifier, (Africa zone), were held last Monday in Cairo, Egypt. The draw pitched the Super Eagles against the Wylan Antelopes of Ethiopia.

LAST week, representatives of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trustfund, NSITF and the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, met in Lagos for the second award ceremony of the NSITF/NECA Safe workplace intervention project as well as an interactive session with participating employers on the implementation of the Employee’ Compensation Scheme, ECS, in the past one year.

Ovie of Udu Kingdom, HRM Owhorhu I, has said that Nigeria can be the best country in the world, while charging the people of Udu to maintain the peace and be law-abiding in all their undertakings.

THE People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that Mr. Tony Nwoye remains the candidate of the party despite the interim court order obtained by Mr. Nicholas Ukachukwu to replace him in the position in the gubernatorial election.

FOLLOWING complaints received from operators during the tour of major ports in the country by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN, Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has directed that the illegal collection of practicing fees by the Joint Task Force of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) and the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) be stopped.

WHEN the two sides of the raging PDP battle for supremacy addressed the press together on Sunday night, vowing to muster efforts to end the rift within the ruling party, they moved closer to a closure.

WITH the rain pouring in torrents in many parts of the country, its effect is adversely affecting many erosion-prone communities in Anambra State. It has become a common sight to see many families abandoning their homes whenever it rains because their houses are flooded. The floods have created gully erosion in areas that hitherto did not have such problems.

Briefing over, Col. Obasanjo was ready to go as commander of 3MCDO, but his very first move was a disaster. In complete disregard of our advice, he planned an attack from the same problematic Sector 1 under Lt. Col. Godwin Ally. The target was again Ohoba, a town 25 miles south of Owerri where Adekunle’s conventional war tactics had resulted in heavy casualties earlier on.

A Tanzanian-based firm, Export Trading Group (ETG) has disclosed its intention to build a 50 million dollar fruits juice factory in Benue state Nigeria.

After almost twenty years writing on just about every subject concerning our national life, it has recently occurred to me that the most important work had been neglected. That is the education of Nigerian youth at all levels.
But, for now I am starting with university education and more specifically private universities.

Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) just concluded a seven day warning strike, and will go on a full-fledged strike action if the Federal Government does not meet its demands.

Uganda Cranes coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic has said although his team has been placed in a group of death for the 2014 Africa Nations Cham-pionship, they will progress to the later stages.

Last month, this column dealt exhaustively on the case of the screening of primary school teachers in Edo State. At the peak of an encounter between one of the teachers and the State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the latter asked: “Who is now the teacher?” The former responded: “You are the one, sir”.

IN a bid to ensure trade facilitation in Nigeria, about 19 government agencies are currently inter-connected to the Nigeria Customs Information System (NICIS), which is now powered by Web Fontaine.

Imo State governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has dragged the embattled Chairman of South East Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Cletus Ilomuanya, to the Supreme Court.