Nigerians have been charged to offer constructive suggestions on how to move the nation forward.

The people of Louteyebiri community in Delta State have denied a newspaper report, referring to them as militants and illegal occupants of NPA, Warri Urban Area.

On December 31, 2012, while the world was enraptured with the prospect of ushering in the New Year, someone in Kogi state, Nigeria was busy scooping the brains out of his four-month-old son whom he had just murdered. Earlier in October of the same year, the nation was shaken by the gruesome murder of four promising undergraduates who were beaten to death and set ablaze over a minor disagreement. And just as I was contemplating this piece, news filtered in again – a man has set his pregnant sister-in-law ablaze for pouring water on his dog!

Radiographer Registration Board of Nigeria weekened opened its Northern zonal office in Kano .

The zonal office is anticipated to cater for members from 13 states in the North west and North east geo-political zones.

A Toyota Sienna bus, Saturday, skidded off the Third Mainland Bridge and plunged into the lagoon.

After chalking up all three points against Ethiopia with an emphatic 4-0 win in group C of the 2013 African Nations Cup, Burkina Faso coach Paul Put said his team is totally focused on beating Zambia in their last group game to qualify for the quarter-final.

Are you among those agitating for change over the poor results from the Eagles in the Nations Cup? The Nigeria Football Federation has given a tacit backing to the team and their technical officials describing them “as work in progress”.

Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo said youngsters Kenneth Omeruo and Godfrey Oboabona gave a good account of themselves in the heart of the Eagles defence in their game against Zambia on Friday.

Atlanta ’96 gold medalist, Garba Lawal has said it is not impossible for the Super Eagles to become one of the front runners in the race for the coveted trophy of the Africa Nations Cup in South Africa.

Eni successfully drilled Sankofa East 2A, the first appraisal well of the Sankofa East oil discovery in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block, located in the Tano Basin offshore Ghana, around 50 km off the coast of Ghana. The result is important because it confirms the commercial standing of the oil discovery in the OTCP block and the strategic importance of the block for further industrial and economic development in the country.

Nigeria midfielder John Obi Mikel has said that the team needs to work harder and find a way to kill matches after Friday’s 1-1 draw against defending African champions Zambia in Mbombela.

The arrival of LNG-fuelled ships such as the Viking Grace will be a focal point for ports in 2013. Port expansion project planning this year is likely to be dominated by two regions, say industry watchers: Brazil and offshore south-east Africa.

Senator Ben Obi is the Special Adviser to the President on Inter -Party Relations. In this interview, Obi says he warned as far back as 12 years ago (2001) that terrorism in Nigeria could turn deadly. According to him, his experience motivated an anti -terrorism bill he initiated eight years ago in the Senate. He also speaks on President Goodluck Jonathan’s plan for Nigeria this year, Igbo leadership and the potentials of the country achieving Vision 20:2020, among other national issues. Excerpts:

She fights me at the slightest opportunity, she is a pest in my life”. Pastor Ope Balogun stated this while pleadig with an Orile Agege Grade ‘B’ Customary Court, Lagos, to end his three-year-old marriage to his wife, Taiwo, who he accused of troublesome acts and nagging. The 54-year-old cleric, who lives at 7, Ilupeju Street, Oke-Odo, Agege, testified that he had not known peace since he married his wife.

Non-league Luton Town pulled off an historic FA Cup upset by winning 1-0 at Premier League Norwich City in the fourth round on Saturday, while third-tier Milton Keynes Dons humbled Queens Park Rangers 4-2.