The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday asked an Ikeja High Court to strike out a suit filed by a faction of the party.

The unsettled PDP family in Ondo has been thrown further into a dilemma, over who will play Agagu’s stabilising role in the party. After the Court of Appeal sacked him from the Government House five years ago, Agagu returned to the role of leading the PDP, a task he had been shouldering since the formation of the party in 1998.

Observers believe that for Uba to win the election, he must work with the Emeakayi group who controls the grassroots of the party as could be seen in his recent outing before the controversial governorship primaries of the party.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday thanked key backer Russia for helping his regime face down a “savage attack” by Western-backed rebels, state television reported.

A Nollywood actor, Francis Duru, has called for the writing of novels suitable for film adaptation to boost the quality of film content and enhance the country’s international repute.

A group, the PDP Forward Forum, has asked the national leadership of the party to pick a neutral person from those that participated in the party’s primaries as the candidate of the party for the November 16 if PDP hopes to take part in the election.

English football giants Manchester United announced record financial results on Wednesday after a year of rapid commercial expansion.

After defending its hold on Ondo State and helping its former national president, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to retain Edo State, organised labour is seeking to make Anambra State its third staging post in the country.

Philippine soldiers pursued heavily armed Muslim rebels through the streets and homes of a major city Wednesday, warning they would be killed or captured unless they surrendered.

The Syrian regime has handed Russia new materials implicating rebels in a chemical attack outside Damascus on August 21, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Wednesday after talks in Damascus.

GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi led Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, yesterday called for the immediate resignation of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

A couple, Abdulazeez Umar, 50 and Hajiya Fatima Umar, 48, were on Wednesday arraigned at an Auchi Chief Magistrates’ Court for an alleged visa scam.

There are legal fisticufs in Bauchi State over the non-conduct of local council elections. Since the creation of the state in 1976 local government administration has been governed by duly elected chairmen except during the military era and in recent times.

Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia on Wednesday said that he was extremely excited that Enyimba FC of Aba won the 2013 edition of the FA Cup.