The Super Eagles maintained their place as the 35th best national team in the World, according to the latest Fifa ranking released in Zurich yesterday.

The planned national election of the crisis-torn Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, worldwide, slated for Saturday has been postponed, following the intervention of Ijaw National Congress, INC.

Ogun state is one of the states in the country which often experiece acute shortage of kerosene. People, especially women, go the extra mile to get the product, often at outrageous prices. The problem, according to findings, is more pronounced in the rural areas of the state which harbour majority of residents.

It may sound strange, but there are more victims of cyber crime in the society than there are perpetrators. And contrary to the belief that scammers are smart, strategic and on top of the game, they merely harp on your inability to pay attention to details than do any major brain work.

Veteran athletics coach and one time chairman of Athletics Association Tony Urhobo has said that Jamaica’s Shelly Ann Fraser is still the athlete to beat in the Women’s 100m event of the World Champion-ships that start tomorrow in Moscow, Russia.

Former University of Benin don and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State, Prof. Adego Eferakeya, has said that there was no Elders’ Forum in the state chapter of the party, contrary to claims in some quarters.

DELTA State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has described Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, former Minister of Education, as a committed Deltan and great industrialist, who was deploying his resources to build industries in the state.

As part of effort to promote Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs, the Lagos State Government has concluded plans to host the year 2013 domestic trade fair tagged Eko Expo, aimed at promoting locally made products in the country.

As part of its plan to take banking services to the unbanked and under-banked segments of the Nigerian population, Diamond Bank Plc said it is partnering with Women’s World Banking, WWB, to advance financial inclusion for these segments in the country

THE Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, chairmanship hopeful in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Blessing Oborevwori, has lambasted the former Secretary of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, Chief Frank Ovie Kokori, describing his statement on DPP as undemocratic.

Athletics’ world governing body, the IAAF, will hand four-year bans to those caught doping from 2015.

21st century technological advancement is taking a toll on journalism. Depending on which divide one stands, the effects could either be positive or negative.

THE National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers, NATCOMS, has urged the Association of Licenced Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria, ALTON, operators of the Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM, to compensate subscribers in the country in the face of poor quality service.

Edo State Government has waded into the factional crisis rocking the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, in the state and urged the new zonal chairman of the Mid-Western Zone, Mr. Sylvanus Idanwekhai, to reach out to aggrieved members in the aftermath of the election.

ABAKALIKI—GOVERNOR Martin Elechi Of Ebonyi State, Thursday, sacked the Commissioner for Environment, Engr. Paul Okorie, for exhibiting acts inconsistent with his mandate