Niger State governor, Dr. Muazu Aliyu has warned that the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has assumed a dangerous dimension and if not swiftly addressed is capable of destroying Nigeria.

Former Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi has decried allegation of swindling a Flying Eagles player, Kayode Olanrewaju saying it is an attempt to persecute and malign him before the 2014 election into the Nigeria Football Federation board.

OWERRI—Imo State Police Command has lashed out at traditional rulers, sole administrators of local councils areas and religious leaders for failing to report the activities of neighbourhood criminals to the police.

LAGOS—A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship hopeful in Lagos State, Mr Owolabi Salis, has advised the party to allow President Goodluck Jonathan contest the 2015 presidential election under its platform, saying Jonathan going for a second term will perfect the nation’s democracy and diversity as a nation.

LAGOS — Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Tuesday gave a marching order to the Office of the Public Defender, OPD, to take legal action against the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, for allegedly arresting eight residents of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area LCDA, whose wells were found to have been polluted by oil spill from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC pipeline in the area.

In this interview, the Deputy Governor of Benue State, Chief Steven Lawani, spoke on his relationship with Governor Suswam, and why he has decided to join the race to succeed him in 2015 and other nagging issues. Excerpt:

Kwara United and Warri Wolves have been directed to replay the Week 29 abandoned Glo Premier League match on Thursday, September 5 at the FIFA Technical Center, Abuja even as the Ilorin side were slammed a host of sanctions by the League Management Company (LMC) for the breaches that led to the non-completion of the encounter last Sunday.

Football Association of Malawi is comfortable with Calabar to host the crucial World Cup qualifier against the Super Eagles.

The call for a national conference, stability and security of the nation were some of the issues that came to the front burner, Tuesday, at the political summit organised by the Nigerian Consensus Group underway in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital.

Africa’s 400m record holder, Falilat Ogunkoya-Omotayo’s desire to raise men and women quartermilers who will break her and Innocent Egbunike’s records has received the backing of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) who has pledged financial support to next month’s Falilat Ogunkoya Athletics competition.