GUNMEN invaded Uwheru community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State again, Friday afternoon, maiming four persons, Julius Inyevwe, Moto Onyo, Arire Ajinome and Lucky.

STRIKING lecturers at the Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, Delta State, during the week, took to the streets, challenging the state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, to implement his threat of ‘no work, no pay’, Monday in Abuja.

FOR speakers and participants who converged on the Women Development Centre, Awka, the Anambra State Capital on Wednesday for a sensitisation workshop for political parties and stakeholders for the November 16 governorship election, the polls must be free, fair, credible and violence-free.

This is not the best of times for the families of Mr Odega and Abiodun, who have been visiting various shipping companies and the mortuary in search of their sons. This is as a result of the mysterious disapearance of their sons in the high sea aboard a tanker vessel sailing from Port-Harcourt to Lagos.

It is very clear that President Goodluck Jonathan is determined and almost desperate to seek another term of office. His refusal to put it in so many words can be described as his stock in trade. He did precisely that, the last time around, before ferociously pursuing his ambition. Not many people were fooled then. Hardly anyone is fooled now.

FORUM for Justice and Human Rights Defence, FJHD, Delta State, Friday, said the spirited defence by the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, that the controversial purchase of two armoured BMW cars at a whopping sum of N225 million passed through due process was morally wrong and an insult on the collective intelligence of Nigerians.

Nigerian superstar Naeto C and South African airwaves hotshot, AKA have been announced as the co-hosts of the upcoming 10th annual Channel O Africa Music Video Awards.

Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has disclosed he plans to open his training camp for the 2014 African Nations Championships (CHAN) in the first week of December. The competition strictly for players plying their trade on the African continent is billed for January 11- February 1 in South Africa.

Justice Lateefat Okunnu of a Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja yesterday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to produce some documents for the trial of a former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche.

Former Shooting Stars coach Godfrey Esu has called on the Golden Eaglets to be watchful of their opponents’ style and tactics in coming games of the on-going U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

Abiodun Dominic Odunuga is a development consultant, a public speaker and an International Youth Ambassador for Peace. His interest spans across Youth and Sustainable Development. His involvement in developmental issues has made tremendous impacts beyond the shores of Africa.

Two Nigerian football coaches, Tunde Disu and Ndubisi Nduka have hailed Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi for inviting 28 domestic league players for the friendly against Jordan on October 28.

Foundation member of the IBB Golf Club in Abuja, Sam Iredia, has predicted a new era for the game of golf, after he was declared winner of the South-South zone slot in the board of Nigeria Golf Federation [NGF} ahead of the its election on November 5 in Abuja. Iredia who had to battle through a zone that consisted a golf warrior, King Diete-Spiff, first Governor of the Old Rivers State, stated that his agenda in the new board of the NGF was to give golf a new meaning in Nigeria. “Golf in Nigeria has potentials to grow. And I hope to change the way we do things.

THE remains of ace photographer/journalist Peter Oyeyemi Obe known in Press circles as “Mr. Exclusive” was yesterday committed to mother earth in his Country home Igbara-Oke, Ondo state amid eulogizes.

African 400m women record holder, Falilat Ogunkoya yesterday predicted a boom for Nigeria in the quarter-mile discipline as the two-day meet packaged the former Nigerian international comes to an end today at the Dipo Dina Stadium in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.