EDO State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, weekend, resolved to participate in elections into the 18 local government areas of the state slated for April 20.

HERITAGE Bank, formerly Societe Generale Bank (Nig.) Ltd., SGBN, will commence commercial banking operation, Tuesday, January 29, following the approval granted it by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

Mali denied determined Niger a first point at the Africa Cup of Nations when skipper Seydou Keita scored with six minutes left to earn a laboured 1-0 win.

Niger goalkeeper Daouda Kassaly failed to deal with a high ball into his area and Keita slid home the match-winner in the 84th minute.

Delta State Auditor General, Local Government, Mrs. Brown Njokanwa, had been dragged before a Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba, over her retirement age.

DELTA State Commissioner for Housing, Chief Paulinus Akpeki, has said that plans had reached advanced stage to rebuild the collapsed high court building in Asaba.

Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will, Wednesday, deliver judgment in the petition against the re-election of Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, by the governorsip candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the July 14, 2012 governorship election, Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (rtd).

After suffering an injury scare against Cape Verde in an international friendly, that saw him sidelined for days, Goalkeeper Austin Ejide is back and fit as a fiddle.

Persons arrested in connection with the kidnap of the mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Professor Kamene Okonjo, currently being interrogated at the state police headquarters, Asaba, will be arraigned in court as soon as investigations were concluded, state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Famous Ijieh has said.

A 35 years old man, Gift Meshack, has been sentenced to three years in jail by a Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa, for defiling a six years old girl.

ACTING Governor of Cross River State, Mr. Efiok Cobham, has said that those behind the communal clash between the state and the neighbouring Amagu community in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State that reportedly claimed the lives of no fewer than 11 persons from Cross River and 2,000 displaced, will not go unpunished.

Lagos State government has unveiled plans to transform the Iganmu and Ijora axis of the metropolis with the construction of 1,008 housing units within the area, expected to commence this year.

Clint Dempsey’s equaliser in the final minute of stoppage-time denied Premier League leaders Manchester United victory as Tottenham Hotspur forced a 1-1 draw at a snowy White Hart Lane on Sunday.

THE Super Eagles will face the Stallions of Burkina Faso in Monday’s second game of Group C in Nelspruit.

Price gains on the equities of Nestle Nigeria Plc, Dangote Cement Plc and 66 others listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, led to N553.23 billion appreciations in total market capitalisation last week.

Anambra Deputy Police Public Relations Officer , Mr Emeka Chukwuemeka, has confirmed that only 18 bodies were removed from the Ezu River of Amansea in Anambra state by Sunday.