GOVERNORS of the South- South geo-political zone of the country, yesterday, commiserated with the Ondo State Government, family of the late Governor Olusegun Agagu and those that lost their lives in the air crash that occurred, yesterday, when the remains of the former governor was being conveyed from Lagos to Akure.

THE Delta Central senatorial bye-election, initially fixed for this weekend, but now postponed to Saturday, October 12, to fill the vacant position created by the unexpected death of Senator Pius Ewherido, means different things to the political parties currently jostling to enthrone their candidates in the chiefly Urhobo senatorial district of Delta state.

SPECIAL Adviser to the President on Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Professor Sylvester Monye has called on Nigerians, especially the people of Niger-Delta, to exercise patience with the President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s administrations saying they had done well in governance.

Ijeoma Imoh has been in Nollywood for almost a decade; and if she would not be quick to tell you she has made a name for herself, it is only because she is being modest because the records are there to see and they speak well in her favour. Few weeks ago, she added another year and instead of wallowing in celebratory bliss with just friends, the Abia State-born actress showed her ‘heart of gold’ by visiting Heart of Gold Hospice in Surulere, Lagos to celebrate with the underprivileged before painting the town red with her select friends. It was at Ojez Restaurant our reporter caught up with her.

The people of the industrial town of Nnewi on October 1, 2013 gathered at the Royal Square of the famous Igbokwe family to drum support for the candidate of APC, Senator Chris Ngige. Nnewi is the home town of LP candidate, Chief Ifeanyi Ubah.

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State yesterday approved the payment of N133 million hospital bill for 300 patients and victims of Boko Haram attacks whose conditions require medical treatment outside the state.

The Delta State government has attracted more than 16 billion dollars worth of investment for its export free zone, which is expected to create some 500,000 jobs

ABOUT 1,500 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Tuesday decamped to All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Anambra.

It was a good week for the student Architects, Builders,Urban and Regional Planners of various Lagos state universities as they took part in the Capacity Development Integration (CDI) workshop of African Artists’ Foundation, last week of August.

President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) Sani Ndanusa has said that the body decided to camp some players for the upcoming Governor’s Cup Futures because it wanted to stem the tide of poor results churned out by the players in past editions of the competition.