BENIN—AFEMAI youths in Edo North Senatorial District of Edo State have condemned the detention of Chairman of Edo State Board of Internal Revenue, Chief Useni Elamah, Tuesday, by the police. They vowed to resist the police in future.

Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Alloy Agu has told Coach Stephen Keshi to use Vincent Enyeama as Eagles first choice goalkeeper in the upcoming matches against South Africa at the Mandela Cup and the 2014 World Cup qualifier against the Flames of Malawi in September 7.

Mixed reactions, yesterday, greeted the registration of All Progressives Congress, APC, a merger of opposition parties, as a political party by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

WHEN Governor Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan quits as chief helmsman of Delta State on May 29, 2015, who will be his successor? Will the person come from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or opposition parties like the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC), Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) and others?

All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has rejected the inclusion of its logo in the advertorial placed in some national dailies, yesterday, by Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State hailing the registration of APC.

Ahead of the November 16 governorship poll in Anambra State, a group, Odimma Anambra Development Association, yesterday called on the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, to be transparent and unbiased in the conduct of the election.

The world over, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are agencies, organizations or social movements that open up the liberal political space, engender equalization of opportunities; improve the circumstances of disadvantaged peoples and institutions and hold governments to account.

Residents of Adeku Village, Egbe-Idimu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of Lagos State are presently in a celebration mood thanks to the National Association of Seadogs, NAS, which recently donated a standard borehole water system, with reservoir tanks to them.

The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, Thursday, called for the enactment of stiffer laws for human traffickers.

Mrs Ada Stella, Apiafi, is the coordinator of I-Nigerian Initiative, a group concerned about the worsening negativity about the country has recently launched a campaign to promote the country through an initiative called The Nigerian Renaissance Project. In this interview, she speaks on how to develop Nigeria and why Nigerians must change their perception of the country.

WARRI—ACTING Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Petroleum Resources, FUPRE, Effurun, Delta State, Professor Alhassan Bichi, has lamented that more than six years after its establishment, the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, has not released a take- off grant of N500 million approved by the Federal Government for the institution.

SUDDENLY, the news hit us July 25; Hadj. Alade Odunewu, journalism’s gift to Nigeria, is no more. As a small measure of his worth, the media have been abuzz with stories of his passage.

United Daudu Progressive Movement, UDPM, has expressed concern over interference by non-indigenes in the leadership affairs of Alder’s Town Community in Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State.

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has expressed satisfaction over Syke Bank Plc’s initiative in pioneering the customer service charter that is designed to give customers confidence in their transactions.

PORT HARCOURT—Nigerian Union of Mine Workers, NUMW, has called on the governments of Rivers, Abia and Akwa Ibom states to stop youths, who pose as agents of the various state governments from harassing tipper and truck drivers on federal roads in the states.