FOR sometime now, the Nigeria Customs Service has been having a running battle with operators in the Tinapa Free Zone and Resort, Calabar, CrossRiverState. At the centre of the battle is the temporary stoppage of unrestricted movement of imported consignments to the free trade zone by Customs.

The sleepy Ogbogoro community in the outskirts of Yenagoa, BayelsaState capital, is gradually losing its rustic look in the wake of its invasion by girls of easy virtue and increase in the number of emerging relaxation spots.

KEY PLAYERS in the healthcare sector; notably hygiene and healthcare, have harped on the need for Nigeria to take a cue for accelerated development of medicines that is relevant to Nigerians and Africans as a whole.

The face-off between striking university lecturers and the Federal Government entered a new phase, yesterday, as some lecturers took to the streets with both parties engaging in war of words. While the Federal Government accused members of ASUU of being heartless for the prolonged strike, the lecturers tackled President Goodluck Jonathan on his appeal to them to be patriotic enough and call off the strike.

Golden Eaglets coach, Emmanuel Amuneke has predicted that the Eaglets would sting Sweden with goals when they play their second match in the FIFA U-17 World Cup today.

The State of Osun will on Wednesday, October 23, launch an awareness campaign for the organisation of Governor’s Cup U-17 football competition for the discovery and nurturing of young football talents across the state.

Colorectal cancer cases continue to grow globally largely fueled by a diet of processed convenience foods and a sedentary lifestyle void of regular exercise. But a research team from the University of Colorado Cancer Center has published the results of a study a journal, Cancer Letters demonstrating that the more advanced colorectal cancer cells are, the more Grape Seed Extracts, GSE inhibits their growth and survival. Conversely, GSE does not affect healthy cells and is shown to specifically target only cancerous cells. The authors note that this is an important finding in light of the increased number of late stage colon cancer cases currently being diagnosed.

A typical Delta pidgin goes this way:“Play play naim de turn to eat and go”. The Delta Central Senatorial by- election which took place on October 12, 2003 turned out to be such that most people in Delta felt the APC, a party that had nothing on ground and the DPP decided to change the fortune of the Urhobo Nation by coming back in their droves to vote PDP and reclaim the glory which the PDP lost narrowly in 2011 to DPP

THERE is apprehension in Esan North-East Local Government Council of Edo State as soldiers and mobile policemen deployed in the state from Abuja, flooded the streets of Uromi, ancestral home of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, ahead of today’s rescheduled Local Government Council election.

The Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said yesterday, that the Army had commenced massive recruitment to tackle the security challenge in the country even as retired army generals warned that the unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable.

Former Nigeria Premier League (NPL) boss Davidson Owumi has been appointed as chief executive of Warri Wolves.

The U-20 Women National Team, nicknamed Falconets, has intensified training programme in Abuja ahead of this weekend’s 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying match against their counterparts from Sierra Leone.

A 29 year-old woman, Esther Adie, of Angwan Doka, New Nyanya, Nasarawa State, appeared before a Mararaba Upper Area Court and charged with causing grievous hurt on her husband.

More trouble may still be lurking the way of Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, over the controversial purchase of two bullet-proof cars for her by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, without necessary approvals.

Segun Odegbami, a former Green Eagles Captain, on Monday said the Super Eagles’ conquest of the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia was a “foregone conclusion’’.